Specialist - Logistics Quality Backoffice

Become a Logistics Quality Specialist with Nordex in Chennai, India. Support technical and quality aspects of transportation for renewable energy projects. Collaborate across departments to enhance logistics operations and ensure quality standards. Enjoy a dynamic work environment and opportunities for continuous improvement. Join Nordex as a Logistics Quality Specialist in Chennai, India, where you will provide technical and quality support for transportation in the renewable energy sector. This role involves collaborating with various departments to enhance logistics operations and ensure adherence to quality standards. You will manage KPIs, conduct root cause analysis, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Enjoy a supportive work culture focused on quality and innovation.

Nordex Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India On-site Full Time UTC+05:30

Nordex

Company Overview

Name

Nordex SE

Headquarters

Hamburg, Germany

Founded

1985

Size

Over 10,900 employees worldwide (Source: linkedin.com). Revenue of over 5.7 billion euros in 2023 (Source: renewable-energy-industry.com).

What They Do

Nordex focuses exclusively on onshore wind turbines in the 4 to 6 MW+ class. The company develops, manufactures, installs, and maintains these turbines through integrated processes that include design, precision engineering, rotor blade and tower production, logistics, turnkey installation, and complete lifecycle maintenance (Source: windindustry-in-germany.com). The core platform Delta4000, introduced in 2017 with the N149/4.X, offers flexible power ratings (4-6 MW) and rotor diameters of up to 175 meters. This platform is optimized for various wind conditions and extreme climates (Source: nordex-online.com). The products cater to various customer segments, including utilities, independent power producers, and community wind projects, providing tailored solutions for site-restricted or grid-limited locations with lifespans of up to 35 years.

Projects & Track Record

In Germany, Nordex has commissioned 8,653 MW of onshore wind power plants, with 4,946 MW under construction, including the first wind farm in Hamburg featuring N27/150 turbines that have been operational for over 32 years (Source: nordex-online.com). A prototype of the N175/6.X on a 179 m high hybrid tower in Santow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, is in pre-series, with installation scheduled for September 2025 and commissioning between October 2025 and January 2026 (Source: nordex-online.com). Globally, Nordex supplies over 52 GW of installed turbines in 85% of markets outside China, with about 1 GW in Canada, including the N163/5.X, N163/6.X, and N175/6.X cold climate models (Source: windindustry-in-germany.com). Key customers include Bürgerwind Hollich GmbH & Co. KG and Energieversorgung Mittelrhein (evm), who engage in long-term partnerships for turnkey projects and maintenance.

Recent Developments

In the past two years, Nordex secured significant contracts in Germany, including 107 MW repowering in North Rhine-Westphalia for Bürgerwind Hollich with 12 N163/6.X on 164 m high hybrid towers (Source: renewable-energy-industry.com). Additional contracts include 21 MW from BMR energy solutions for the "Heinz" site and 77 MW for the Schneifelhöhe wind farm (Source: renewable-energy-industry.com). Milestones include the commissioning of 2,202.2 MW in Germany in the first half of 2025 and the launch of series production of hybrid towers in April 2025 (Source: nordex-online.com). The merger with Acciona Windpower in 2016 remains a key expansion, with no further acquisitions or funding rounds mentioned in the latest sources.

Working There

Nordex employs over 10,900 people in various fields, including development, production, project management, installation, logistics, sales, and service (Source: nordex-online.com). The company culture emphasizes decentralized regional operations for customer proximity and continuous training for technicians to global standards. Training is provided through the Nordex Academy, which includes GWO certifications and practical training on Delta4000 simulators (Source: nordex-online.com). Hiring occurs at the locations in Hamburg and Rostock as well as in production facilities in several countries, with increasing demand for installation and service technicians in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate (Source: renewable-energy-industry.com).

Contact

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Last updated on 2025-12-26 | Report an issue

Job Description

Your Tasks

Technical and Quality Support

The Outbound field support staff working in the different locations where blades are handled.
The pool of surveyors verifying vessel loading and unloading
External contractors participating in the transportation chain, from factory to installation site.
All Nordex internal staff needing technical or quality support regarding transportation.
Performance management for transportation, measuring manufacturing, road transport companies, ports of origin and destination, tools and components. Dashboards and KPI creation and analysis.
Identification of repetitive problems and continues improvement action.

Cross-Department Collaboration

Logistics Operations: Support on Quality topics with the operational activities during pre-run, main-run, and final-run phases.
Logistics Engineering: Any issue related to current or in development transport requirements established by Logistics Engineering department.
Logistics Strategy: Identify improvements or changes to be presented in Logistics Committee, contribution to continuous improvement initiatives.
Installation Quality Assurance: supporting on transportation technical topics and support on root cause analysis and corrective actions when needed.
Advanced Quality Engineering: Collaborate on quality processes such as p-FMEA and d-FMEA, ensuring robust risk mitigation strategies.
SQA (Supplier Quality Assurance): Alignment of transport-related issues linked to supplier manufacturing processes.
BQA (Blade Quality Assurance): Alignment with blade manufacturing aspects impacting transport quality and integrity.

Your Profile

Minimum 4-6 years in technical positions or quality assurance or logistics roles within industrial, manufacturing, or renewable energy sectors.
Hands-on involvement in FMEA processes (p-FMEA and d-FMEA).
Background in non-conformity management, including incident reporting and root cause analysis.
Practical knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies.
Experience working with digital quality tools (ServiceNow, Upvise, Team Center ERP systems).
Ability to manage KPIs and performance monitoring for logistics quality activities.
Proficiency in ServiceNow, Upvise, MS Office Suite, Team Center; familiarity with ERP systems and digital quality platforms.
Ability to conduct problem solving activities, technical analysis and investigations, root cause analysis, 8Ds, interpret KPIs, and propose corrective actions.
Experience in continuous improvement methodologies (FMEA, Lean, Six Sigma preferred).
Fluent in English (spoken and written); additional languages are a plus.
Detail-oriented and committed to maintaining Nordex quality standards.

Nordex adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity. All employment decisions are made without regard to religion, age, sex, color, national origin, handicap, or other protected class and in full compliance with all federal and state laws.