Quality Manager

About the role

Hitachi Rail Arabia Limited is hiring a full-time, onsite Quality Manager in Riyadh. The role implements quality management in line with STS strategies and in compliance with GBMS for complex projects (such as those involving more than one legal entity) or plants.

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to project team activities through the Project Quality Engineer (PQE) role: take part in kick-off meetings, define the scope of work for remote activities, update QA cost estimation, set up and update the project quality system (quality plan and procedures), propose the project quality report, develop the software project quality plan with support from WPL, and define quality KPIs.
• Organise training on the project quality system and coordinate process-specific training such as Teamcenter.
• Act as a quality interface with clients, partners, suppliers and third parties alongside the Project Manager, and verify purchase specifications for quality aspects of packages or complex supplies.
• Maintain the project SharePoint, prepare and share customer reports, and support the Project Manager in project management reviews, stakeholder satisfaction tracking and record formalisation.
• Support manufacturing, construction and commissioning teams with test reports, non-conformity corrections, change requests and handover files, and promote the use of Teamcenter and SharePoint.

Required profile

• University degree (engineering) or equivalent technical background.
• 5 to 10 years of business experience.

Required skills

• Knowledge of applicable standards and certifications (ISO, IRIS, CMMI, CENELEC).
• Auditing standards (ISO 19011) and audit techniques.
• Organisation techniques, process management, risk management, supplier qualification and monitoring, cost estimating and budgeting.