Quality & HS&E Manager

Mission:

• Monitor and validate the conformity of products / processes in production
• Represent the site for Quality related matters.
• Ensure the Quality Management System is defined, documented, implemented and maintained.
• Ensure customers’ requirement are satisfied.
• Ensure the full deployment of the Wabtec / Transit Quality strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Has the authority to stop and release the execution of any process/product inside his/her site.
• Managing the safety area.
• Manage Incidents (0 Km, warranty) directly for operation scope and with support of PQE for Customer
• In coordination with Product line, ensure Incidents are handled with the proper reactivity (QRQC Step 1).
• 48h for containment.
• 10 days for analysis and action plan definition.
• 30 days for closing, learning and sharing.
• Ensure QRQC Step 2 is implemented to collect learning from past experiences and its integration inside the applicable local Site standards.
• Manage Quality Indicators on his/her site.
• Develop, coordinate and communicate the site Quality Improvement plan following guidelines from Regions/Transit/Corporate.
• Promote Quality Culture change in his/her site.
• Manage Quality network in his or her site.
• Coordination of procects and audit the Quality Management System periodically (Internal, Customer Audits, ISO, IRIS).
• Follow up the Quality of major product/process changes within the sites.
• Represent Customer on Quality matters (Communication / Escalation) > “voice of customer” inside the plant.
• Ensure the escalation of major quality issues to the upper level of the organization, if necessary (Regional Quality and/or Product Line Quality).
• Manage the Quality in operations: inspection controls, Local SQA / SE Engineer, and Production Quality in order to secure the production lines.
• Ensure that control plans are applied and maintained by Operations and Incoming Inpsection (focus on safety / critical characteristics).
• Lead the Module QRQC, monitor the Line QRQC.
• Ensure all the requested documentation is provided to customers, according to customers’ project requirements (3.1 certificates, FCF/SCS, automatic e-mail ….).
• Collaborate to the “first assembly/first revision “product/system phase and ensure that all topics are integrated inside the P-FMEA.
• Ensure that workplace audits are performed in order to prepare internal FAI or customer FAI.
• Facilitate the C-FAI organization and all customer visits at site.
• Ensure the reliability of the quality data, through the use of WIM (Wabtec Incidents Management) data base.
• Make sure that customers quality data are tracked and followed closely, and aligned with the customer’s appraisal of the site performance.

Internal Relations

• All internal Departments
• External Relations
• Customers
• Sister Companies
• Suppliers
• External Certification Bodies
• Hierarchical Relations

Reports to:

• Site Director

Manages the:

• Manufacturing Quality
• Site Supplier Quality
• Incoming Inspection
• Quality system manager
• Project Quality Engineer (Functional)
• Management of health, safety and environmental processes

Qualifications:

• University degree in a technical faculty.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in leading quality and health and safety teams.
• Proven experience in quality processes.
• Experience in participating in new technology transfer, transfer/line projects
• Fluent English.
• Ability to influence through influencing, coaching, mentoring and teaching. Ability to each and develop the team in rapid improvement cycles; these rapid development opportunities will build the confidence of the team; this in turn will give us the ability to dramatically increase the speed of change.
• Being part of the management team demonstrates leadership courage and a proactive attitude in presenting initiatives.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Clear thinking, ability to analyse and solve complex problems.
• Proven ability to lead programmes / projects ensuring support from key stakeholders in a matrix environment at all levels.
• Established project management skills, experience in documenting, planning and stabilising programmes.