Site Quality Engineer - Cherbourg (Normandie)

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This role is based at our Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Normandie) site and requires an onsite presence 5 days per week .

The Opportunity

Join Hitachi Energy and play a key role in delivering strategic HVDC projects across France and internationally. As a Site Quality Engineer , you will drive quality excellence during site execution, ensuring compliance, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement in a dynamic and innovative global environment.

How You'll Make an Impact

Lead the deployment and execution of site quality processes and tools, ensuring compliance with customer, contractual, and regulatory requirements.

Train and support site teams and contractors on quality standards and quality management systems.

Oversee inspections, testing, and quality control activities during civil, mechanical, electrical, and commissioning phases.

Manage non-conformities, deviations, punch lists, and corrective action plans through to closure.

Provide clear visibility of project quality performance through KPIs and stakeholder reporting.

Support internal and supplier audits while promoting a culture of quality and continuous improvement.

Work closely with project teams, contractors, and customers to ensure safe, compliant, and successful project delivery.

Your Background

Degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related technical field.

Minimum 5 years of experience in construction site quality, operational quality, or EPC project environments.

Good knowledge of Quality Management Systems and ISO 9001 standards.

Experience within the energy, infrastructure, or industrial sectors.

Strong communication, coordination, and problem-solving skills.

Fluency in French and English.

Willingness to relocate for long‑term assignments in France and internationally.

More About Us

We believe great work thrives in an environment where people feel genuinely supported and fairly rewarded. Our benefits are designed to create real value for every individual—fueling engagement, performance, and growth. By prioritizing well‑being, we build a workplace where personal and organizational success grow together.

The final offer will be based on candidate location, skills and qualifications, experience, and aligned with internal pay structures.

Our benefits offering for this rolegenerally includes:

• Bonus
• Profit‑sharing scheme
• Meal vouchers or access to a company restaurant
• Health insurance
• Employee benefits
• Well‑being platform
• CSE: family‑related benefits and an online platform offering discounts on selected purchases
• Parking
• Company partnerships: company daycare (subject to eligibility conditions)

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission‑critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.