Preventive Quality Systems Leader

Preventive Quality Systems Leader

Are you passionate about building worldclass preventive quality systems

Would you like to drive quality excellence and risk prevention across a global engineering organization

Join our team

Baker Hughes is a global energytechnology company operating in more than 120 countries. We deliver innovative solutions that make energy safer cleaner and more efficient. Our Industrial & Energy Technology (IET) organization is committed to embedding quality into every stage of the product and service lifecycle through proactive risk management continuous improvement and operational excellence.

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As a Preventive Quality Systems Leader you will develop drive and embed a worldclass preventive quality approach across IET. You will strengthen the Business System through proactive risk management defect prevention and knowledge reuse across product and process lifecycles. Leveraging best practices from automotive aerospace and other highreliability industries you will help establish scalable and practical preventive quality methodologies suited to EngineertoOrder (ETO) ConfiguretoOrder (CTO) and Flow manufacturing environments.

As a Preventive Quality Systems Leader you will be responsible for:

• Developing driving and embedding a worldclass preventive quality approach throughout IET.
• Strengthening the Business System through integrated risk management defect prevention and knowledge reuse.
• Leveraging best practices from automotive aerospace and other highreliability industries adapting them to Baker Hughes operating models.
• Establishing and continuously improving a pragmatic riskbased integrated project and technical risk management framework.
• Expanding understanding capability and rigor around:
  • Project FMEAs
  • System FMEAs
  • Design FMEAs
  • Process FMEAs
  • Knowledge management and lessonslearned systems
• Maximizing learning standardization prevention and reuse across the enterprise.
• Driving deployment and integration of:
  • Control Plans
  • Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
  • Process Controls
  • Statistical methods
  • Other preventive quality tools embedded within the Business System
• Defining and deploying differentiated adoption models ranging from lightweight preventive quality approaches for lowerrisk applications to full APQP methodologies for strategic highrisk product lines.
• Evolving and embedding an integrated Problem Solving Framework across IET including:
  • 3Cs
  • A3
  • 8 Step
  • Apollo
  • Cordant
  • Shainin
  • Six Sigma methodologies
• Driving organizational alignment and commitment to preventive quality principles across all levels of the organization.
• Training coaching and developing a global network of SMEs to support adoption and capability development.
• Assessing the maturity effectiveness coverage and business impact of preventive quality systems and associated tools.
• Ensuring preventive quality practices remain aligned with business strategies customer expectations and operational priorities.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Hold a Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college.
• Be Lean Six Sigma certified or actively pursuing certification (Green Belt Black Belt or Master Black Belt).
• Have significant experience in Process Improvement and consistent application of APQP tools.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of:
  • Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
  • Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • Control Plans
  • Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
  • Statistical Process Control (SPC)
  • Root Cause Analysis methodologies
• Possess strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts to senior leadership.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal coaching leadership and influencing capabilities.
• Be capable of developing new methodologies and approaches to improve organizational performance.
• Have proven ability to analyze and resolve complex business and quality challenges.
• Demonstrate success leading programs projects and transformation initiatives.
• Possess strong planning execution and project management skills.

Desired Characteristics

• Leadership experience in the development of APQP tools within a globally recognized standards body.
• Extensive knowledge of preventive quality systems within highly regulated or complex engineering environments.
• Proven capability to influence across global crossfunctional organizations.
• Strong passion for quality excellence continuous improvement and organizational capability development.

Work in a way that works for you

This is a fulltime global leadership role requiring extensive collaboration across engineering quality manufacturing operations and business leadership teams to drive preventive quality excellence throughout the organization.

Working with us

At Baker Hughes quality is at the center of everything we do. We foster a culture of continuous improvement innovation and collaboration while empowering our teams to anticipate risks prevent defects and deliver exceptional outcomes for our customers.

Working for you

We offer a competitive benefits package aligned with local market standards including:

• Worklife balance and wellbeing programs
• Comprehensive private medical care
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Competitive financial programs
• Additional voluntary or elective benefits