Responsable Qualité Projet

GE Hydro represents more than 25% of the world's hydraulic turbine and generator installations with 3,500 employees worldwide. Our portfolio of technical solutions enabling the production of hydraulic electricity includes the widest possible range of hydraulic solutions and services: from individual equipment to the installation of complete solutions.

GE Hydro is looking for a Project Quality Leader in charge of quality of projects. As part of a project team, you will be responsible for ensuring compliance to quality requirements within the framework of the GE procedures and standards as well as contractual customer requirements.

Roles & Responsibilities

At Project Launch

• Read, understand, and analyse the Project Contract in terms of QA/QC.
• Provide the Contract QA/QC requirements to the Project Team, and support Function Kick-Off meetings to ensure that all Contract specific requirements are transmitted to all stakeholders (Suppliers, GE2GE, …).
• Define the Project specific processes and documents as per Contract Requirements and/or to meet Customer requirements.
• Consolidate lessons learned from previous projects to make them actionable for preventing future issues.
• Define with Project Director the strategy for Quality Assurance, and Project Risk identification, translate the identified risks into mitigation plans for the functions.
• Issue the Project Quality Plan and Inspection Test Plan and get them approved by the Customer. Ensure communication to and use by the Functions

During Project Execution

• Implement, support, monitor compliance with project processes & tools (PGR, PMR, R&O, DR, NCR/CoQ)
• Coordinate and drive mitigation on Project risk and prevent defects to occur and to escape along the execution of the project.
• Prepare and Coordinate quality Inspections as per ITP with Customer and Supply Chain to secure fulfilling the quality and contract requirements.
• Manage the Databook (project quality records) preparation and delivery, assuring compliance with customer requirements: track, submit timely & get approval by the Customer.
• Monitor project process performance on periodic basis (Lagging metrics: VoC score, Escaping defects, Cost of Non-Quality) and implement/lead appropriate actions to improve results.
• Lead the VoC process, making sure we receive periodic answers from the customer and treat them accordingly.
• Ensure relevance of all non-conformities including cost of non-quality data related to the Project.
• Support Project Director for the analysis & management of Cost of non-quality, the related claim process, curative and containment, corrective and preventive actions associated.
• Obtain Customer approval of Non-Conformity curative plan when relevant.
• Gather, analyse, circulate feedback to the organization (VoC, LL, Close Out)

Site Preparation

• Adapt to the project best practices for execution at site erection phase.
• Support Site Leader/Site Manager for the preparation of all resources needed for excellent execution at site, including trainings, personal qualifications, proper information, etc.

Site Execution

• Ensure execution as per GE requirements (valid documents, control plan)
• Ensure qualification of staff & maintenance of tools, (calibration, parameter recording, qualifications for measurement, welding, painting…)
• Ensure quality records are done as per control plan and support coordination with 3rd party/customer
• Perform process audits at site, including but not limited to:
  • Control and distribution of documents
  • Control of measurement and tests devices
  • Storage and preservation
  • Welding process
  • Painting process
  • Material traceability
  • Personal qualifications for special processes
  • Quality records
• Support the preparation of documents to protect GE in case of third party claims.
• Ensure the execution of the process from Red Mark to As-Build documentation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering
• Min. 8 years of solid experience in Quality or Project Management or Site Operations
• Fluent in French and English
• Rigor for compliance and EHS

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge of other languages would be a plus
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to influence others and lead small teams
• Lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact
• Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously
• Effective problem identification and solution skills
• Proven analytical and organizational ability