Construction & Commissioning Quality Engineer

Construction & Commissioning Quality Engineer Job Description

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 20,700 employees, sales of € 4,8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Hydro Inc. | North America Construction & Commissioning Quality |

Reports to:

Head of C&C Quality

Location:

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Work schedule will be 6 days/wk, 10 hrs/day (Monday – Saturday)

• Flexibility with work/life balance.
• Dress for Your Day dress code.
• Great compensation and benefits package within a global engineering and manufacturing organization.
• Climate-neutral footprint worldwide, with work tied directly to renewable hydroelectric infrastructure and sustainable energy.
• Leadership and professional development opportunities through site quality management, audits, root cause analysis, customer witness inspections, and cross‑functional project execution.
• Opportunity to directly influence customer acceptance, project turnover, quality performance, site lessons learned, and continuous improvement across construction and commissioning activities.

• Lead site quality management for hydroelectric construction, installation, testing, commissioning, customer acceptance, and project closeout activities.
• Ensure quality requirements are implemented and verified at site to support safe, compliant, and reliable project execution.
• Serve as the primary quality interface between Voith site teams, Project Quality, Project Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Quality, subcontractors, vendors, customer inspectors, and site stakeholders.
• Manage site quality documentation, customer submittals, NCRs, corrective actions, inspection readiness, customer witness inspections, quality records, turnover packages, and final acceptance support.
• Promote prevention-based quality by building quality requirements, inspection expectations, acceptance criteria, environmental compliance needs, and lessons learned into site execution processes.
• Support compliance with quality, environmental, health, safety, contractual, regulatory, statutory, and Voith Business Management System requirements.

• Lead and coordinate site quality activities during construction, installation, testing, commissioning, customer handover, project closure, and turnover.
• Develop, review, maintain, and execute site-specific Quality Plans, Construction & Commissioning Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), inspection checklists, quality schedules, and related documentation requirements.
• Ensure customer, contractual, regulatory, statutory, environmental, and Voith quality requirements are understood, deployed, monitored, and verified during site work.
• Coordinate with Project Quality Managers, site leadership, Field Service, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Quality, HSE, subcontractors, vendors, and customer representatives to align quality expectations.
• Support site kick‑off meetings, handover to site teams, handover to commissioning teams, project coordination meetings, site status reviews, customer audit/inspection meetings, and final handover meetings.

• Manage site quality documentation and ensure inspection records, test reports, field quality records, commissioning records, SAT records, PAC/FAC support records, and turnover deliverables are complete, accurate, traceable, and…