Quality Manager

Job Description

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within the near futture. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.

Job Description

Do you want to work with complex and innovative projects and contribute to the goal of a fossil free future? Are you interested in complex challenges for industrial plants?

To enable the ongoing energy transition with increased electrification and reduced emissions Vattenfall is making large investments in our heating plants. Now we are looking for you who want to join us on this journey.

OUR DEPARTMENT

Vattenfall Heat Projects develops and realizes all of Vattenfall's new-build heating plant projects in The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Sweden.

The Engineering Department within Heat Projects consists of an international team of highly qualified engineers from different disciplines and is responsible for the technical integrity of the newly built heating plants. For each project, a selected project team manages the development and execution processes and coordinates the realization, commissioning and hand-over of the new plants to the future operator in consultation with the stakeholders.

In addition, the engineering department supports the projects with schedule preparation, investment cost estimation and quality management.

In order to support the development and implementation of our technical activities in an extensive project portfolio, we are looking for a quality manager for our project portfolio in all regions.

YOUR TASKS AS A QUALITY MANAGER

• Develop, implement and maintain quality management processes and procedures for asset and infrastructure type projects. This should ensure technical integrity, but also meeting all requirements regarding compliance (e.g. PED, CE, ATEX).
• Supporting projects regarding quality management during engineering and contracting.
• Supporting projects in reviewing Inspection and Test Plans, Quality Plans, Test Plans, Test Reports, Quality Documentation for both manufacturing as well as on site construction.
• Support projects with trouble shooting quality issues.
• Support projects by hiring external quality assurance and control staff and services and steering these resources on content.

You will be working on multiple projects in a consulting role. You will provide the project managers, engineering managers and site managers with your findings and recommendations. You will report to the Line Manager Site Execution within the overarching engineering organization.

Location
Amsterdam

Qualifications

YOUR PROFILE:

Our ideal candidate has a relevant University (MSc) degree mechanical engineering.

You speak and write both Dutch and English fluently.

Your personal characteristics and competences:

• You have at least 10 years of professional experience in quality management of capital projects in energy, oil & gas or chemical industry.
• You are a team player and have good communication skills.
• Your professional skills include a sound knowledge of quality management and obtaining authority approvals for realisation of power and heat generation plants and/or process plants.
• Your personal competencies include leadership qualities and analytical skills. You are able to create a structured way of working for yourself, your team and external experts and contractors.
• You are self-propelling.
• Frequent travelling within Europe is no problem for you

Additional Information

Our offer
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

More Information
We welcome your application in English, no later than, the 5th of January 2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we will not be able to process applications that are not made via our website.

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Thijs Suurmond via thijs.suurmond@vattenfall.com. If you have any questions regarding the position please contact hiring manager Geert Laagland, director of engineering, geert.laagland@vattenfall.com +31 6 1585 3256.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.

We look forward to receiving your application!