Team Leader Incoming Quality Control 80 - 100% (f/m/d) — Hitachi Energy
- Location
- Embrach
- Contract
- other
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
The opportunity Are you passionate about quality, leadership, and continuous improvement?
Would you like to play a key role in ensuring that only high-quality materials enter our switchgear factories for High Voltage Gas-Insulated Switchgear (GIS) and Generator Circuit Breakers (GCB)?
As Team Leader Incoming Quality Control (IQC), you will lead a team of quality professionals and help shape our incoming inspection processes.
- The opportunity Are you passionate about quality, leadership, and continuous improvement?
- Would you like to play a key role in ensuring that only high-quality materials enter our switchgear factories for High Voltage Gas-Insulated Switchgear (GIS) and Generator Circuit Breakers (GCB)?
Company and context
- Build strong relationships across the organization and strengthen collaboration with key stakeholders.
- Recruit, develop, mentor, and support quality professionals while ensuring effective succession planning.
- Ensure that measurement equipment is maintained, calibrated, and available for reliable inspection activities.
- Drive improvement initiatives together with production, logistics, R&D, sourcing, and other functions to achieve sustainable quality improvements.
- Your background To be successful in this role, you bring: A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- More than five years of experience in quality management, project management, program management, or similar functions.
- Leadership experience or a strong interest in leading and developing people.
- Experience in quality management, manufacturing operations, lean principles, continuous improvement, and visual management.
- Six Sigma Green Belt certification is an advantage.
- Strong communication skills in German and English, both written and spoken.
Questions about this listing
What salary does Hitachi Energy offer for this role?
Hitachi Energy lists CHF 73'500 - 111'500 gross per year for this position in Embrach. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Hitachi Energy offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with Hitachi Energy during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
EU/EFTA residents living in the border zone of the country adjoining Canton Zürich can apply for a G permit; the Swiss employer files it with that canton's migration office after the contract is signed. Border-zone rules and processing times vary by neighbouring country and canton, so confirm the specifics with Zürich's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
How do I apply for this position at Hitachi Energy?
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