Quality Specialist - QA Engineering

Overview Lufkin Gears is committed to delivering high‑quality engineered products. The Quality Specialist – QA Engineering ensures that all projects meet technical, normative, and contractual quality requirements, acting as the key interface between internal teams, customers, and suppliers throughout the project lifecycle. Responsibilities Commercial phase (Inquiry to Order – ITO): Analyze customer technical specifications, applicable standards, regulatory constraints, and contractual quality requirements. Identify quality risks and constraints associated with customer requirements. Provide quality input to commercial and technical teams to ensure requirements are clearly understood and integrated into the offer. Support feasibility reviews by highlighting quality, inspection, testing, and documentation impacts. Contribute to the definition of inspection philosophies, deviation strategy, and specific quality deliverables during the quotation phase. Execution phase (Order to Remittance – OTR): Define, implement, and maintain inspection and test plans (ITP) and required certifications in accordance with customer contractual requirements, applicable codes, standards and regulations, and internal company procedures and quality system requirements. Act as the main quality interface with customers, attending kick‑off, quality review meetings, FAT, and other inspections. Coordinate and support internal stakeholders (engineering, supply chain, production, inspection, testing) to ensure proper execution of quality requirements at all project stages. Ensure all quality activities are planned, executed, monitored, and recorded in a timely manner to support the preparation of the final customer quality documentation dossier. Monitor compliance at each key milestone of the project, identifying gaps, risks, or non‑conformities as early as possible. Lead the analysis, definition, and follow‑up of corrective and preventive actions when deviations or non‑conformities are detected. Verify the conformity of the product, documentation, and records prior to delivery and define, supervise, and validate any actions required to restore compliance. Ensure that quality deliverables are complete, accurate, and compliant before product release and shipment. Qualifications Knowledge Read and understand a technical plan. Very good understanding of the operating principles of a gear machine. Understanding of the principles of organizing a production workshop. Knowledge of ISO 9001 and 14001 standards and associated documentary systems. Mastery of the main regulations applicable depending on the country of installation, in particular anti‑explosion standards (ATEX / IECEX). Knowledge of tools for searching causes and identifying corrective and preventive actions. Ability to design and lead improvement initiatives. Proficiency in technical English. Expertise Manage multiple activities in parallel according to priorities and emergencies. Analyze a situation and data to adapt an action plan and achieve objectives. Follow objectives, check progress, give feedback. Present progress and results at all levels of the organization internally or to clients. Manage a project and lead improvement initiatives. Define action plans and implement them. Lead meetings and write reports. Behavioral Skills Autonomous decision‑making to achieve objectives. Inform management of problems and risks. Be pragmatic, factual, and analytical. Show active listening, reformulation, explanation, and persuasion. Establish a climate that encourages communication and exchange of information. Demonstrate diplomacy, dynamism, coherence, and logic. Be rigorous, organized, and demanding of yourself. Collaborate and work as a team. Be available to colleagues. QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety & Environment) Ensure the application of quality, health, safety, and environment procedures. Promote an environmental approach within the company. Participate in reducing the company's consumption (energy, water, consumables, etc.). Reduce waste and encourage sorting for recovery. Follow recommendations for machine/device use to reduce risk of malfunction and releases. Respect rules for handling hazardous products or substances. Maintain and archive quality‑related records. Facilitate internal audits. Provide feedback on quality, hygiene, safety, and environment issues. Benefits Contemporary work‑life balance policies and wellbeing activities. Comprehensive private medical care options. Life insurance and disability programs. Tailored financial programs. Equal Opportunity Employer Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Work Authorization This position requires current work authorization in the country of employment. The employer is unable to provide or continue work authorization sponsorship for this role. #J-18808-Ljbffr