Job Description

BE GREAT TOGETHER WITH US.

Innovation, Efficiency and Ambition: this is what VAT has stood for over 50 years.

With this passion, VAT has grown to become the leading international developer, manufacturer and supplier of high-performance high-end vacuum valves and vacuum sealing technology, employing over 2000 people worldwide. The headquarters are located in Haag (Switzerland), the production centers in Switzerland, Malaysia, Romania and Taiwan.

As Quality Team Coordinator, you are responsible for overseeing the quality assurance activities within the machining process, ensuring compliance with internal standards, customer requirements, and certification bodies. This role leads and supervises a team of Quality Technicians, driving the achievement of quality objectives through effective implementation of improvement initiatives and robust monitoring of corrective actions.

The position supports both internal and external complaint management, ensures proper maintenance of quality documentation, and plays a key role in audit preparation and execution, including product, process, and certification audits. Additionally, the role contributes to process documentation management, employee training and qualification, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Key duties also include reviewing Initial Sample Inspection Reports (ISIR), leading Layered Process Audits (LPA), and supporting various quality-related matters across the organization.

Principle Duties & Responsibilities

• Pursuit of quality goals and implementation and monitoring of improvement measures
• Handling of complaints (internal and external) an inplement corrective actions
• Preparation for quality - documents an their maintenance
• Support of certification and customer audits
• Conduction of product and process audits (internally)
• Ensure Process Adhearance in individual production areas
• Management of co-worker / sub-ordinates, training and qualification
• Support various quality-related issues
• Detection of quality and process improvements as well as their implementation
• Define quality goals for production area in consultation with the quality manager
• Handling of First Article Inspection / First Lot Approval / Initial Sample Inspection Report
• Perform and lead the Layered Process Audit (LPA)
• Main responsibility for quality assurance in production

Key skills:

• Minimum 3-4 years of experience as a Quality Engineer or in a similar role focused on quality.
• Work experience in quality assurance
• Bachelor’s degree in Quality Engineering or similar
• Computer knowledge (MS Office user)
• Organized, self-dependent and customer-oriented work
• Good communication and teamwork skills
• Confidence and strong personality
• Capability to drive processes / improvements / actions
• Knoledge of FMEA / 8D / SPC

Special skills (such as special certifications)

• Internal Auditor for ISO 9001

VAT is an equal opportunity employer. We see ourselves as a responsible and far-sighted employer that offers not only jobs, but also career and personal development opportunities through various training programs. We recognize the value of employee diversity and provide equal employment opportunity for all qualified application that contributes to innovation, improves customer orientation and employee satisfaction. One-step in this direction is to ensure that people are recognized and fairly compensated for their contributions to the company. In 2021, VAT received the Fair-ON-Pay+ certificate as an acknowledgement for our commitment in ensuring equal pay for equal work between men and women.