Quality Manager Tower (m/f/d)

ENERCON Global GmbH

Erneuerbare Energien

Aurich

Art der Beschäftigung: Vollzeit
Hybrid

Über diesen Job

ENERCON has been one of the technology leaders in the wind power sector for 40 years. As the first manufacturer of wind turbines, the company used a gearless drive concept that is a characteristic of all ENERCON wind turbines. ENERCON is also at the forefront in other areas, such as rotor blade design, control technology, grid connection technology, and with its wide range of technological new developments, proves its innovative strength time and again.

Quality Manager Tower (m/f/d)

Innovative ideas are the hallmark of our successes and move us on. We are passionate about realizing wind energy projects across the globe and meeting tomorrow's energy technology challenges. You and your engagement can make a contribution to shape the future of renewable energies.

Your Tasks

Actively participate in change boards, design reviews, and hotspot (critical issue) meetings to ensure that appropriate processes, methods, and quality standards are consistently applied across all functions, enabling sustainable and robust outcomes
Through structured collaboration with cross-functional teams, define, implement, and monitor corrective and preventive actions, ensuring long-term effectiveness and process sustainability
Participate in FMEAs (DFMEA / PFMEA) and guarantee that the FMEA methodology is applied correctly, consistently, and in alignment with applicable ENERCON guidelines.
Assure series product stability in both production and field operations by monitoring process sustainability across the entire value chain, with a strong focus on reducing non-conformities and COPQ (Cost of Poor Quality)
Engage in and supervise the engineering change processes for series products, including quality assessment, risk evaluation, and controlled end-to-end implementation together with respective functions
Provide periodic expert support for internal and external audits
Make sure supplier, production, installation, and service qualifications are executed and documented in accordance with the defined processes and the integrated management system (IMS)
Lead, moderate, and close out 8D (problem-solving method) for critical issues
Collaborate with the IMS team on releasing production processes and ensuring compliance with the defined standards
Identify gaps or deviations in processes during issue resolution and work collaboratively with the IMS team to develop and implement process improvements
Support deployment of lessons learned into upstream processes (like engineering, manufacturing, and supplier processes) to prevent recurrence of non-conformities
Monitor, track, and drive the achievement of COPQ and non-conformity (NC) reduction targets in line with organizational performance objectives
Provide timely reporting of all relevant topics, risks, and progress updates to the manager and leadership team
Initiate necessary escalations when required while simultaneously driving issue resolution through structured problem-solving and cross-functional alignment

Your Qualifications

Completed studies in a relevant field such as mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, production engineering, quality management, or electrical engineering
Sound knowledge of the product development process as well as of DFMEA / PFMEA, CTQ, APQP / APQP4W
Experience in change management and quality-related end-to-end processes
Confidence and high skill level in unsing problem-solving methods and tools (e.g., 8D, 5-Why, Ishikawa, 7QC, PDCA)
In-depth familiarity with the tower component and its manufacturing processes
Analytical dexterity, including Pareto and trend analyses as well as Power BI and Excel
Understanding of reliability metrics such as MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) and MTTR (Mean Time To Repair) and practice in Teamcenter, SAP, IQS, and relevant quality systems
Background in process audits and FAI / PPAP requirements
Strong competence in drawing and specification reviews
Basic know-how in validation and quality-related release processes
Ability to integrate the feedback from operations and R&D into quality-related actions
Excellent decision-making capabilities, clear communication, and convincing self-assurance for handling escalations and stakeholder management