Lead Quality Engineer

Join Alfen as a Lead Quality Engineer and contribute to innovative projects that accelerate the energy transition. With your experience you will ensure the highest quality standards, improve processes, and collaborate with teams and suppliers to drive sustainable growth & innovation.

What will you be doing?

As a Lead Quality Engineer at Alfen, you will be responsible for monitoring and systematically improving product quality within our product lines and among our suppliers. Thanks to your experience in a production environment, you know how to structurally improve processes and create support for change.

You will play both a coordinating and hands-on role within the quality team, working closely with multidisciplinary teams and suppliers to tackle technical challenges and achieve continuous improvement. You'll use your analytical skills and data analysis expertise to make performance measurable and translate insights into concrete actions.

Your tasks and responsibilities include:

• Measure and analyze quality performance (KPIs), including supplier quality.
• Investigate and implement structural technical improvements.
• Evaluate samples of new components.
• Support audits conducted by customers and certification bodies.
• Design and monitor internal testing processes.
• Set up and perform incoming goods inspections.
• Follow up on quality issues with suppliers.
• Conduct and coordinate supplier audits together with the procurement team.
• Keep the quality management system up to date.
• Coordinate customer complaints, 8D reports, and NCRs internally and externally.
• Perform, analyze, and report on quality inspections and measurements.

What do we ask of you?

• A completed bachelor's degree in a technical field (e.g. Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Energy Technology, or Automotive).
• 10+ years of experience in a production environment in a mid- or senior-level role, and/or 5+ years of experience in a quality-related position.
• Demonstrable affinity with our products and experience with data analysis.
• Knowledge of and experience with MS Office.
• Good command of Dutch and/or English, both spoken and written.

What do we offer?

At Alfen, you'll have an independent and responsible position with plenty of room for your own input, new ideas, and entrepreneurship. In addition, we offer you:

• A market-based salary in accordance with the Metalektro collective labor agreement (CAO).
• 27 vacation days + 13 ADV (reduction of working hours) days per year, with the option to sell up to 10 days.
• Hybrid working (up to 2 days per week based on a 40-hour work week).
• A company laptop.
• Free and unlimited access to our online learning platform.
• Dedicated colleagues and fun activities through our staff associations AlFun and Young Alfen.
• Free sports activities to help you stay fit.
• Pension scheme through the PME Pension Fund, with Alfen covering more than half of the contribution.
• Travel allowance of €0.23 per kilometer (up to 50 km one way).

Where will you be working?

At Alfen, you'll be working at the heart of the energy transition. With our broad range of in-house developed products and our experience as a system integrator, we are building the electricity grid of the future — reliable, sustainable, and innovative.

Within the Quality department, we focus on ensuring and improving the quality of our products and processes. Our team consists of experts in quality control, process optimization, and supplier management. Together, we ensure that Alfen consistently meets the highest standards of quality and safety.

Interested?

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Please note:
Reference checks, screening, and a Certificate of Conduct (VOG) may be part of the procedure. We review applications on a rolling basis, so the vacancy may close earlier if we find the right candidate. Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.

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