R&D Process Coordinator - HVDC - IDC

Business Information:

Hitachi Energy India Development Centre (IDC) is a research and development facility with around 500 R&D engineers, specialists, and experts, who focus on creating and sustaining digital solutions, new products and technology. This includes product integration, testing, cybersecurity, and certification.  The India Development Centre is situated in Chennai and Bangalore. IDC collaborates with the R&D and Research center's of Hitachi Energy, which are spread across more than 15 locations throughout 12 countries. In the past 20 years, IDC has secured more than 200 international papers and 150+ patents.

Mission Statement:

Advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We are advancing the world's energy system to be more sustainable, flexible and secure. As the pioneering technology leader, we collaborate with customers and partners to enable a sustainable energy future – for today's generations and those to come.

Your Responsibilities:

• As an R&D Process Coordinator you will be a part of the respective local department but also report to the R&D Process Manager.

• You will be responsible for keeping processes up to date and develop new processes where needed, and together with the respective team(s) coordinate the Process maturity assessment and identify/propose improvement areas.

• You will learn to work within the applicable process design and quality improvement tools.

• You will prepare presentations and report progress within your area, and create supporting documents and templates, when needed.

• You will also drive quality culture, raise awareness, and create engagement in the organization. Identify, drive progress, follow-up, and keep track on quality related investigations.

• Be responsible for performing SWOT analysis, RCAs, Kaizen events and FMEA/DFMEA/PFMEA

• Responsible to update KPIs, support internal quality audits and ISO certifications

• Engage in lessons learned sessions and participate in strategic workshops.

• Report continuous improvements and keep track on agreed updates and their time plan

• Coordinate with SCM, HSE and other support functions to identify the non-conformities to improve the quality of deliverables

• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business. 

Your Background:

• University degree in applicable area, i.e. Process Management or Engineering.

• Knowledge in Lean Product Development and Continuous Improvement.

• Black Belt certification in Lean Six Sigma.

• Strong analytics and data visualization skills.

• Strong documentation skills.

• Experience on working with Power BI.

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.