Manager Quality - Wind Projects (WTG)- Material Quality

CANDIDATE MUST BE BASED IN HEAD OFFICE NOT PROJECT SITES

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Material Quality Assurance for WTG commodities, including towers, blades, nacelles, hubs, gearboxes, generators, converters, pitch/yaw systems and control systems, ensuring compliance with the IEC 61400 series and applicable quality standards.
• Lead vendor qualification and pre-supply audits for WTG OEMs and component suppliers, maintain the Approved Vendor List (AVL), and establish robust Quality Assurance Plans (QAPs) and specifications.
• Drive manufacturing and factory quality assurance, including tower fabrication, welding, NDT, coating, blade composite manufacturing, nacelle assembly, gearbox endurance testing, generator testing, and converter performance validation.
• Manage and witness FAT activities for critical WTG components, ensuring compliance with approved specifications, IEC standards, inspection plans, and customer requirements.
• Lead site-receipt, installation, and commissioning quality activities, including tower inspection, blade checks, torque-tension verification, reliability runs, PR/AEP tests, power-curve verification, and pitch/yaw calibration.
• Drive NCR/CAR closure and CAPA, ensuring timely resolution of quality issues with OEMs and suppliers while identifying opportunities for preventive and continuous improvement actions.
• Monitor quality budgets, MIS, standards, and certification requirements, coordinating with DNV, TV, BV, Kiwa and other certification bodies for type certification and compliance updates.
• Provide cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management across Engineering, SCM, Procurement, Projects, Construction Quality, Site teams, OEMs, suppliers and TPIAs, leveraging strong communication, negotiation, technical expertise, integrity, and crisis-resolution capabilities.

Requirements

• Experience: 7–12 years of relevant experience in wind turbine, aerospace, or heavy-engineering quality assurance, preferably with hands-on exposure at a WTG OEM or Tier-1 supplier; experience in 20+ WTG erection QA campaigns will be an added advantage.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, or Materials Engineering.
• Certifications: ISO 9001 Lead Auditor and ASNT Level II NDT certification required; AWS CWI / IWE certification preferred.
• Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of IEC 61400 standards, WTG components, manufacturing quality, NDT, FAT, erection, commissioning, and inspection processes.
• Industry Exposure: Proven ability to manage supplier/OEM quality, site quality activities, audits, NCR/CAR closure, and cross-functional stakeholder coordination.