Supplier Quality Engineer

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is committed to solving some of the biggest global challenges of our time by advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We are able to deliver on this great promise because we have great people who everyday work and innovate collaboratively across the globe.

As an employer, we operate in 90 countries with 45,000 people committed to ensuring they thrive and are empowered to deliver their best work as part of our Diversity 360 vision.

Embrace Diversity and Innovation

Hitachi Energy's Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service global product group is a world-leading provider of grid connections and power quality solutions that enable our customers to build a more sustainable, flexible and secure energy system. We leverage our long-standing technology leadership, vast integration expertise, huge installed base and global footprint to provide our customers with life-cycle value solutions at the lowest risk. Our customers are in the utility, renewables, industry, transportation, data centers and infrastructure sectors.

Our business in Europe has more than 1,000 skilled professionals focused on critical areas of expertise and is present in 16 countries.

At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business in Europe (HBUEU), diversity drives our culture of innovation and collaboration. Our leading technology and strong market position enable us to achieve growth targets in the energy transition across current and growing market segments such as hydrogen, data centers and e-mobility.

Join Our Team

The opportunity

As the Supplier Quality Engineer, based in Oslo or Bergen (Norway), you will be coaching and managing suppliers according to organization quality standards and policies. Providing advice and training on quality protocols and conducting audits to ensure compliance with organization and applicable government standards. Resolving supplier problems related to quality, performance and service level. Identifying and certifying alternative suppliers to mitigate supply disruption.

How you'll make an impact

1. Support Category teams and local SCM teams within the supplier qualification process.
2. Plan and lead, remote and/or onsite, supplier audits.
3. Coordinate, monitor and report high-impact supplier nonconformances, driving supplier to identify the root cause and to establish appropriate process controls to prevent recurrence.
4. Monitor and consolidate the supplier delivery and quality performance KPI's.
5. Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

1. Bachelor's degree in an Engineering-oriented discipline.
2. Professional experience working in supplier quality.
3. Well-developed auditing skills and experience. Lead Auditor certification is a plus.
4. Expected 25% minimum travelling required.

We only process applications that are registered electronically with relevant attachments. Hitachi Energy manages critical infrastructure and follows guidelines and statutory security requirements from Norwegian authorities in our hiring processes.

Please note that, in collaboration with Meditor AS, we conduct background checks on all candidates offered permanent employment at Hitachi Energy Norway, as well as suitability assessments based on the Energy Act.

If the position requires security clearance under the Security Act, you must be willing to provide relevant information.

Job type: Full time

Experience: Experienced

Job function: Quality Management

Contract: Regular

Publication date: 2025-03-31

Reference number: R0053004

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 employ around 45,000 people in 90 countries who each day work with purpose and use their different backgrounds to challenge the status quo. We welcome you to apply today and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation.