Senior Manager – Quality Engineering, Continuous Improvement

Role Overview

• Responsible for defining, deploying, and sustaining quality engineering and assurance processes across the product lifecycle
• Leads the implementation of core quality engineering tools—including Design and Process FMEA, Process Control Plans, MSA, and SPC
• Defines the governing processes, standards, and documentation required to deploy these methodologies consistently across Air-Insulated Switchgears/High Voltage circuit-breakers (AIS) & Power Quality Products (PQP) Portfolio manufacturing sites
• Lead and ensure completion of all NPI Quality deliverables in line with the Confluence NPI process and checklists
• Serves as a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and problem-solving coach
• Leads the investigation, Structured root cause analysis and resolution of complex quality and product failures
• Delivering robust corrective and preventive actions
• Lead and resolves Air-Insulated Switchgears/ High Voltage circuit breakers (AIS) , Instrument current transformers & Power Quality Products (PQP) which do not meet first pass yield (FPY) targets
• Define and lead the systematic integration of lessons learned from Field performance, Root causes analysis and corrective actions & preventive actions for quality, technical issues and associated quality nonconformities from customer sites and at the manufacturing lines/routine test beds
• Drive high-impact Quality Kaizen initiatives across plants by leading and enabling plant quality teams
• Implement structured manufacturing process audits across plants to identify gaps and enhance product quality
• Defines and deploys “Quality Built-In” strategies
• Provides strong quality leadership for Transfer of Work (TOW) projects, ensuring quality is planned and achieved in assurance mode.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or electrical engineering
• Minimum 15 years of experience in the AIS high-voltage Circuit-breakers and/or Instrument transformer Industry
• In-depth knowledge of high-voltage air-insulated circuit breakers, Instrument transformers
• Experience in power quality experience is a plus
• Expert in diagnosing mechanical, insulation failures and application failures
• Proven ability to lead field investigations and drive effective corrective actions
• Skilled in interpreting/Classify PD patterns and Identify root causes in high-voltage AIS instrument transformers
• Guides plant quality teams in PD analysis, troubleshooting, and implementing corrective actions
• Expert in core quality tools, including FMEA (Design & Process), measurement system analysis (MSA), and process control plans, with track record of coaching teams
• Skilled at identifying Critical-to-Quality (CTQ) characteristics and implementing both prevention and detection controls
• Applies statistical process control (SPC), capability analysis, and data-driven decision-making to reduce process variation
• Demonstrates proven success in quality problem solving, utilizing methodologies such as 8D, A3, why-why, Fault tree and root cause analysis to prevent recurrence
• The candidate must be a certified Root Cause Analysis (RCA) coach, with proven experience in facilitating structured problem-solving sessions
• Extensive experience and expertise in driving high-impact Quality Kaizen initiatives to deliver sustained product quality improvements
• Extensive experience and expertise in conducting in-depth manufacturing process audits and ISO 9001 system audits.

Benefits

• Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes