Quality Assurance Lead - General Electric (Hawaii)
**About Us:**
GE is the world’s Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.
GE Renewable Energy is a 9 billion dollar start-up that brings together one of the broadest product and service portfolios of the renewable energy industry. With 13,000 employees present in more than 40 countries, and headquartered in Paris, GE Renewable Energy is backed-up by the resources of the world’s first digital industrial company. We take the earth’s most abundant resources - the strength of the wind, the force of water, and the heat of the sun, - and put them to work with breakthrough technology that unleashes their true possibilities. Combining onshore and offshore wind, hydro and innovative technologies such as concentrated solar power, GE Renewable Energy has installed more than 370 gigawatts capacity globally to make the world work better and cleaner.
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer at http://www.ge.com/sites/default/files/15-000845%20EEO%20combined.pdf . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
**Role Summary:**
The Quality Assurance Lead will work closely with Marketing, Commercial, Product Line Leaders, Product Managers, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Projects & Services and component / systems engineers to develop, implement and govern the Integrated Quality Management System strategy across the Onshore Wind business globally.
**Essential Responsibilities:**
You will develop and deploy QMS processes to ensure ONW has a plan to meet customers commitments by understanding industry quality standards, interacting with internal & external customers and tracking leading indicators.
As the Quality Assurance Lead, you will:
+ Coach and mentor teams on the Integrated Quality Management System with emphasis on Quality Assurance and associated underlying principles, approaches and methodology to all levels of the organization
+ Develop, implement, and monitor overall Onshore Wind Business Quality Management System for quality improvement purposes. Standardize processes, tools and methods
+ Teach and mentor the teams with application of QMS processes and associated tools (Lean Six Sigma, RCA, DFMEA, DFSS, Process Mapping, SPC) with focus on prevention and risk mitigation
+ Develop and govern the New Product Introduction (NPI) and New Technology Introduction (NTI) Quality plan to ensure fulfillment of internal and external requirements
+ Ensure robust sequence of NPI & NTI activities into the Integrated Program Schedule to support reliability targets
+ Translate NPI & NTI activities into functional activities with timing to meet specified standards
+ Develop and ensure continuous QMS improvement through lessons learned and prompt deployment to minimize risks for future programs
+ Simplify and develop key quality indicators to measure, outline report format and frequency
**Qualifications/Requirements:**
+ Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college
+ Minimum of 5 years of experience in Quality
**Desired Characteristics:**
+ Black Belt or Master Black Belt Certification or equivalent quality certification
+ Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC) or Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) experience
+ Prior Renewable Energy / Wind business experience
+ Strong leadership & organization skills especially in matrix environment
+ Renewable Energy Black Belt or QMS Leader experience
+ Familiarity and experience with Technical Regulations and Standards
+ Experience to Lead groups / people and work well with various leadership levels
+ Proven track record in the Power Generation business
+ Demonstrated project management, organizational and planning skills
+ Demonstrated problem solving experience
+ QMS / process management experience
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**Locations:** United States; New York, South Carolina; Schenectady, Greenville
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer at http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.
