Site Quality Director Kassel (w/m/d)

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Site Quality Director Kassel (w/m/d) in Kassel we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your production expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to Céline Grivel (Cluster Head of Quality Loco & compo CNE) and work alongside passionate, motivated, and dedicated teammates as part of the site management team led by Matthias Papritz (Site Managing Director Kassel).

You’ll lead the Site Quality team to ensure that the deliveries from the site meet the right quality standards. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (site management, project teams, and operational teams), drive continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure compliance with quality and safety standards, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of cascading and implementing the site objectives within the Quality organisation and ensuring that quality policies and tools are effectively applied at the site level.

We’ll look to you for:

• Developing a quality culture and fostering a right-first-time approach.
• Ensuring alignment with QCD objectives and compliance with contractual and regulatory obligations.
• Driving continuous improvement plans to address CTQ objectives such as CONQ, NCR, safety issues, and demerit.
• Deploying quality policy to the site management committee.
• Taking responsibility for the quality and safety assessment of products and services delivered in line with contractual quality requirements.
• Increasing customer satisfaction through periodic meetings, customer surveys, and product delivery controls.
• Managing and escalating top safety and customer issues.
• Ensuring timely completion of DFQ gate reviews and supplier FAI, including waivers when required.
• Leading, managing, and developing quality teams using quality processes, expertise, and APSYS.
• Deploying standard tools and indicators while contributing to their improvement.
• Ensuring process governance, risk, and opportunity management with site stakeholders.
• Evaluating quality performance in each process through internal audits.
• Ensuring the latest updates on QMS reference materials and utilizing the REX process regularly.
• Ensuring site QMS conformance with Alstom standards, customer standards, and ISO9001/IRIS/CMMI/ECM requirements.

All About You

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Master’s degree in Engineering, General Management, or Quality Management.
• Experience in quality, project, and operations management.
• Knowledge of the rail industry.
• Familiarity with managing quality tools and problem-solving techniques.
• Fluency in English and German.
• Customer-oriented mindset.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Comprehensive understanding of quality processes.
• Natural flair for problem-solving.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.

You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines.
• Work with new security standards for rail signalling.
• Collaborate with transverse teams and supportive colleagues.
• Contribute to innovative projects.
• Utilise our dynamic and challenging working environment.
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning programs.
• Progress towards quality leadership roles within the region.
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.