Senior Quality Control Engineer

About the role

Hitachi Rail is looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Senior Quality Control Engineer for its Abu Dhabi office. The role is full-time and onsite, in a fast-paced environment where the successful candidate performs a wide range of engineering tasks from administrative to strategic. Hitachi Rail designs, manufactures and implements signalling systems for mainline railways, metros and mass transit.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct site reviews and routine testing of track installations, subgrades and rail systems to ensure compliance with project specifications and industry standards.
• Review and update inspection test plans (ITPs), maintain Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and ensure full traceability of quality records and material compliance certificates.
• Schedule Hold and Witness points with customer representatives and civil, structural, track and signalling teams to verify construction phases before work proceeds.
• Identify defects or deviations from the technical design and monitor the implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Prepare detailed quality reports summarising inspection data, test results and compliance metrics for management and client review.
• Coordinate with the QA/QC manager to ensure an effective interface with the customer.
• Manage a team of QC engineers.
• Support the project team in formalising records, preparing test reports, ensuring testing and inspection processes run effectively, defining corrections for product non-conformities (including recording them in the Inspection Management tool), and supporting the handover file structure agreed with the client.

Required profile

• University degree in Engineering or equivalent technical background.
• 5 to 10 years of business experience.
• Familiarity with railway industry standards, safety management systems and reading complex technical blueprints.
• Strong analytical problem-solving ability, high attention to detail and excellent communication skills to coordinate with field crews and stakeholders.