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Hitachi Energy is seeking a Quality Control Technician for its Crystal springs, MS Location. This role is responsible to act with safety, efficiency, quality, and productivity to assure that products and systems meet stated requirements. Employs standard test protocols, qualitative and quantitative assessments to meet specifications to ensure quality.

Your responsibilities

• Inspection and Test Capability: Conducts test protocols as assigned to ensure the products and systems that are created by the local organization meet specified requirements and customer expectations. Provides support to other functional teams as needed to perform test protocols. Ensures data are available according to ABB QO guidelines. Inspect and assess the product during production process at defined control points and as part of audits
• Safety: Utilizes safety systems to perform work, resulting in an accident-free workplace. Notifies others when unsafe situations are observed and works with local HSE teams to improve the safety systems
• Quality Control: Works with department staff to improve existing test protocols and capability, resulting in greater efficiency, accuracy, and/or reliability of test outcomes
• Utilize data: Evaluates quantitative and qualitative metrics that provide descriptive data for the determination of compliance to requirements. Use data to develop sustainable improvement solutions by means of RCAs, RCCMs etc.
• Process Assurance: Trains Operators/Assemblers in basic quality and test routines to support quality-at-source processes and verifies quality assurance testing performed as a part of the value creation process
• Supplier Quality and surveillance: Schedule, monitor and approve supplier part, material, and project subcontractor service activities, as applicable. Note: requires often close coordination with other functions/experts like engineering and where applicable includes PPAP, Production Part Approval process
• Perform required product surveillance at supplier manufacturing site. Ensure supplier approvals match SAP / ERP systems info records and limits of supply

Your background

• High School Diploma/GED and up to 2 years of experience inspecting or testing electrical products in a manufacturing environment, or an Associate degree or equivalent in an electrical related field. Candidate must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.
• Recent exposure to quality control during heavy machinery or equipment manufacturing
• Experience use of measuring equipment and reading manufacturing drawings
• Experience in use of computers for data entry and basic to intermediate knowledge of office tools
• Familiarity with ISO-9001 standards is preferred; expertise in QS-9000 will also be considered
• Experience working with transformer systems and/or related technologies (e.g. electromagnetics / magnetics, induction systems, power electronics, power products, inverters, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills (written & verbal) in English

More about us

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 38,000 people in 90 countries and generate business volumes of approximately $10 billion USD. www.hitachienergy.com Hitachi Energy is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. We welcome you to apply and want you to know that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, protected veterans' status or any other legally protected characteristic. For more information regarding your EEO rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.dol.go v/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf and https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/regs/compliance/ posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf. Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling a Hitachi Energy HR Representative at 1-888-504-2007 or by sending an email to: us-pg-askhr@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner. #LI-NAM1

Publication date

2022-01-07

Reference Number

US52207708_E3