MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE) & Overseas Inspections

Define, plan, and coordinate inspections for goods purchased overseas in collaboration with Dextra QA/QC teams in China, India, and other regions. Approved third-party inspection agencies when applicable
Ensure inspections meet project quality, cost, and delivery requirements.
Perform and/or follow up on inspections for critical parts and projects at suppliers’ locations when required.
Monitor and support inspection activities conducted by regional QA/QC teams.
Review, consolidate, and formally report inspection results.
Identify, document, and track non-conformities, ensuring timely corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) with suppliers.
Support supplier qualification, evaluation, and continuous improvement initiatives, including supplier audits upon Supply Chain request.

2. Quality Control Leadership Across Production Sites

Lead and harmonize QC practices across all Dextra production sites (Thailand, China, Hong Kong, India).
Develop, standardize, and deploy Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs) and QC procedures to ensure consistency and compliance.
Shift QC focus from end-of-line inspection to process-oriented quality control, embedding quality at every production stage.
Plan, monitor and implement the QC equipment and tools calibration plan
Collaborate with engineering, production, and operations teams to integrate QC automation and advanced inspection technologies where feasible.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality, efficiency, and scalability.

3. Monitoring, Audits & Compliance

Monitor QC performance across sites using KPIs such as Process capability Index (Cpk), PPM, Defect rates, Customer complaints, Wastes, Non quality costs
Identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities, and drive corrective actions.
Maintain and continuously update QC procedures and work instructions related to supplier and production quality.

4. Customer Quality Support

Act as a key quality interface for customers on quality-related matters.
Visit customers’ sites when direct engagement is required to support issue resolution.
Work closely with operations and engineering teams to define and implement corrective solutions.

5. Training, Capability Building & Innovation

Design and deliver training programs to upskill SQE and QC teams on Advanced quality tools, Statistical process control, Root cause analysis, International best practices
Promote a strong quality culture focused on prevention, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Lead the adoption of data-driven and automated quality systems to improve accuracy, efficiency, and traceability.

6. Nuclear safety

Ensure that nuclear safety is taken into account in decision making and actions, and that it always takes precedence over any other consideration.
Use a balanced, rigorous, and prudent approach to decision making with respect to quality, cost, and schedule such that nuclear safety is never compromised.
Ensure that involved personnel understand not only their own responsibilities and the consequences of mistakes, but also those of their immediate colleagues and how these responsibilities complement each other.
Ensure that key operational and technical positions are filled by competent and knowledgeable persons, and that they are empowered to speak openly.
Adopt and encourage a questioning attitude, particularly when choices, or lack thereof, are presented.
Challenge unsafe decisions, acts, behaviors, and conditions.
Take prompt conservative and preventive actions when an incident that could affect nuclear safety is reported, even if not yet fully understood or documented.
Communicate transparently to the Board of Directors any issue which might compromise nuclear safety, including any human, technical or organizational issue.

Qualification Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering i.e., Civil or Mechanical or IndustrialScience or related field.
Minimum 8–12 years of experience in Quality Control, Supplier Quality Engineering, or Manufacturing Quality, preferably in an international industrial or manufacturing environment.
Strong background in supplier quality management and overseas inspections, especially in Asia (China, India).
Hands-on experience in factory QC operations, inspections, testing, and process control.
Exposure to multi-site or group-level quality standardization.
Experience working closely with Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, and Production.
Solid knowledge of manufacturing processes, inspection/testing methods, laboratory quality systems, and equipment control.
Practical experience with ITPs, non-conformities, CAPA, quality KPIs (Cpk, PPM), and ISO standards.
Strong command of Lean, Six Sigma, PDCA, and root cause analysis.
Proven leader able to influence multicultural, international teams.
Analytical, customer-focused, and solution-oriented.
Clear communicator, fluent in English (additional languages are a plus).
Willing to travel internationally as required.

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