Quality Control Specialist

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This position reports to:
Electrical Engineering Manager

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Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality and compliance of ABB electrical projects across manufacturing facilities, construction sites, and customer locations. This position requires frequent travel to support project execution, verify adherence to ABB engineering designs, and ensure installations meet applicable codes, standards, and quality expectations. The Quality Control Specialist serves as the primary quality representative in the field, working closely with project managers, engineers, installation teams, inspection personnel, and customers to identify issues, drive corrective actions, and ensure project documentation is completed thoroughly.

The work model for the role is: Hybrid with frequent travel. #LI-Hybrid

This role is contributing to the Automation Energy Industries division in Houston, TX.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Traveling regularly to manufacturing facilities, construction sites, and customer locations to perform quality inspections and audits throughout project execution.
• Utilizes safety systems to perform work, resulting in an accident-free workplace.
• Developing procedures / checklists for testing activities and inspection tasks.
• Ensuring successful equipment or building integrated FATs (IFAT) which may include LV power and control circuit troubleshooting.
• Verifying all electrical installations conform to ABB engineering drawings, specifications, local codes, and industry standards.
• Conducting field quality inspections and identifying installation deficiencies, documenting findings, and driving corrective actions to completion.
• Producing construction progress reports to align project management team with updates on quality and schedule.
• Field verifying installation teams are accurately completing and submitting redline drawings on a regular cadence.
• Ensuring installation records, inspection reports, test documentation, and turnover packages are completed correctly.
• Working closely with project management, engineering, commissioning, and construction teams to resolve quality-related issues.
• Participating in customer quality meetings, inspections, and factory/site acceptance activities as required.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives by identifying recurring quality issues and recommending process improvements.
• Promoting a strong culture of safety, quality, and compliance across all project sites.
• Provides feedback and advice to the Engineering team on improvement opportunities in product and/or process design.

Our team dynamics

• You will join a dynamic, highly collaborative team focused on delivering industry-leading electrical automation projects while maintaining the highest standards of quality, safety, and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications for the role

• You enjoy working in the field and traveling to customer and manufacturing sites to support project execution.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in electrical construction, quality assurance, commissioning, field engineering, or a related industrial role.
• Strong knowledge of the National Electrical Code (NEC) and electrical installation best practices.
• Experience interpreting electrical drawings, one-line diagrams, wiring schematics, layout drawings, and construction documentation.
• Experience performing field quality inspections and documenting inspection results.
• Familiarity with industrial electrical equipment, control systems, switchgear, motor control centers (MCCs), and power distribution systems.
• Experience with medium voltage power projects up to 35kV.
• Strong understanding of electrical testing procedures including insulation resistance, contact resistance, VLF, hi-pot, partial discharge, etc.
• Experience reviewing and managing redline drawings and construction documentation.
• Strong understanding of installation testing, inspection records, turnover documentation, and project closeout requirements.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with customers, contractors, engineers, and project teams.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to travel extensively (approximately 50-75%) throughout the United States and occasionally internationally as project requirements dictate.
• OSHA 30, NFPA 70E, or quality-related certifications are considered a plus.
• You are currently authorized to work permanently in the United States.

What's in it for you


We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You'll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that's tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger.


ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.


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ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees


[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]


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Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan .
  
  

• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
  
  

• Vision benefit
  
  

• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
  
  

• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
  
  

• Voluntary life and AD&D - 100% employee paid up to maximums
  
  

• Short Term Disability - up to 26 weeks - Company paid
  
  

• Long Term Disability - 60 % of pay - Company paid . Ability to "buy-up" to 66 2/3% of pay.
  
  

• Supplemental benefits - 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
  
  

• P aid P arental Leave
  
  

• Employee Assistance Program
  
  

• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
  
  

• Employee discount program
  
  

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
  
  

• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
  
  

Time off


ABB provides 11 paid holidays . Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions . Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.


More about us


The Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in their efforts to decarbonize. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models. The Division's goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of domain expertise delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

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