Project Quality Manager

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems products services and digital applications Voith sets standards in the markets of energy paper raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867 the company today has around 20700 employees sales of 4.8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Hydro is hiring for:

Project Quality Manager
York PA

Project Quality Manager

Voith Hydro Inc. North America Project Quality

Reasons youll love working here:

Flexibility with work/life balance.

Dress for Your Day dress code.

Great compensation and benefits package.

Climate-neutral footprint worldwide.

Leadership and professional development opportunities.

Summary:

Provide overall quality leadership and governance for assigned hydroelectric projects from bid phase through final turnover to the customer.

Ensure customer contractual regulatory statutory environmental and company quality requirements are planned deployed monitored measured and achieved throughout the project lifecycle.

Serve as the primary quality representative within the project team and support the Project Manager customer Engineering Sourcing Manufacturing Construction & Commissioning and other stakeholders on quality-related matters.

Report directly to the Head of Project Quality and maintain ownership for project quality performance quality risks quality documentation issue resolution lessons learned and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

Project Quality Leadership and Planning

Lead and coordinate all project quality activities throughout the project lifecycle from bid and contract review through engineering procurement manufacturing installation commissioning and customer turnover.

Develop maintain and execute Project Quality Plans Inspection and Test Plans project quality strategies quality schedules and related documentation requirements for assigned projects.

Facilitate the integration of customer contractual regulatory statutory environmental and company quality requirements into project execution processes and deliverables.

Act as the primary quality representative within assigned project teams supporting Project Managers and stakeholders on quality-related decisions escalations and priorities.

Risk Issue Resolution and Continuous Improvement

Identify project quality risks and opportunities facilitate risk assessments and drive mitigation actions to reduce impacts to project cost schedule technical performance and customer satisfaction.

Lead and facilitate root cause investigations corrective actions nonconformance resolution lessons learned activities and continuous improvement initiatives.

Promote a preventive quality culture focused on risk management proactive issue resolution customer satisfaction and continual improvement.

Capture communicate and deploy lessons learned and best practices across the project portfolio and quality organization.

Cross-Functional Quality Coordination

Coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve complex quality issues arising during engineering procurement manufacturing installation and commissioning phases.

Support supplier quality and manufacturing quality activities as required to ensure project quality objectives are achieved.

Coordinate with Supply Chain Quality Managers for supplier quality plans vendor documentation source inspection records supplier nonconformances and supplier quality performance.

Coordinate with the Manufacturing Quality Manager to ensure VHY shop inspections tests NDE reports dimensional reports quality records and manufacturing release documentation are completed and controlled.

Coordinate with Field Quality Managers for site documentation construction and commissioning quality records field nonconformances punch-list closure and turnover deliverables.

Customer Audit and Performance Management

Facilitate customer audits inspections quality reviews witness points and project quality meetings.

Monitor project quality performance establish appropriate metrics analyze trends and communicate status to project and quality leadership.

Support internal and external audits quality verifications compliance reviews and management review inputs as required.

Ensure final quality documentation quality dossiers quality releases data books and turnover packages are complete accurate and aligned with contract requirements.

Travel occasionally to supplier manufacturing project or customer sites as required.

Requirements:

Education and Experience

Bachelors degree or equivalent professional experience in Quality Manufacturing Project Management Construction Supply Chain Business Engineering or a related field preferred.

Minimum 5 years of experience in Project Quality Quality Management Manufacturing Quality Supplier Quality Project Management Construction Engineering or other related business functions.

Experience working in project-based engineer-to-order manufacturing energy construction industrial hydroelectric or similar environments preferred.

Demonstrated experience coordinating activities across multiple functions organizations and stakeholders.

Technical and Quality Management Knowledge

Experience managing quality risks nonconformances corrective actions lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives.

Knowledge of quality management systems auditing principles root cause analysis risk management and continuous improvement methodologies.

Working knowledge of inspection and test planning quality plans supplier quality documentation manufacturing quality documentation field quality documentation quality dossiers quality releases and customer turnover requirements.

Familiarity with ISO 9001 ISO 14001 ISO 45001 environmental compliance expectations customer specifications codes standards and contractual quality requirements preferred.

Leadership Communication and Tools

Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.

Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience interacting with customers suppliers and cross-functional teams.

Excellent problem-solving organizational analytical and decision-making abilities.

Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Experience with SAP SharePoint quality management systems document management systems or project management tools is a plus.

Auditor qualifications quality certifications and project or improvement certifications such as ASQ ISO Lead Auditor Six Sigma PMP or equivalent experience are considered a plus.

Dont meet every single requirement but think you would be a good fit for our team We encourage you to apply your unique skills may be just what we need for this or other roles!

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin protected veteran status or any other classification protected by federal state or local law. We welcome everyone to apply especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color LGBTQI community women individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen) Veterans people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.