Take charge of a team of quality managers and ensure our BU Installations unit delivers reliable, high-standard solutions. Your leadership will drive compliance, continuous improvement, and customer satisfaction.
In this role, you will lead a team of quality managers, ensuring that the quality of our products, services, and documentation within the BU Installations unit meets customer expectations as well as all relevant internal and external standards. You’ll play a key part in maintaining compliance, driving continuous improvement, and supporting the successful delivery of reliable, high-quality solutions to our customers.
What You'll do
You will play a vital role in supporting new product development by ensuring product quality maturity at every project milestone and delivering the highest standards to market. You’ll lead the coordination of internal quality issue resolution and manage customer complaints with a proactive, solution-oriented approach. Your expertise will also contribute to supplier quality operations, including onboarding, audits, and recertifications. In this role, you’ll take ownership of quality risk management during product qualifications and changes, while implementing early warning systems to prevent issues before they arise. Working cross-functionally with design, engineering, and manufacturing teams, you’ll ensure seamless integration of quality standards throughout the organization. You’ll also drive continuous improvement initiatives through data-driven analysis and audits, and champion a culture of knowledge sharing by capturing and communicating key lessons learned from projects.
At Hilti, we're committed to helping you reach your full potential. Together, we'll explore your unique strengths and identify opportunities for growth, empowering you to achieve your goals and excel in your role - and beyond.
What You’ll Bring
- Master’s degree in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering or a related technical field
- At least 5 years of international experience in Quality Management
- Extensive experience in SQM and operational quality, with strong production know-how in stamping, forming, and coating
- Solid knowledge of quality management tools, methodologies, and relevant standards
- Proven leadership experience (+ 3-4 years) incl. Talent development
- Fluent in English (minimum B2 level); German Skills are a plus
What’s In It for You
Demonstrate your potential and we'll provide you with a world of opportunities to explore different roles, work in diverse locations, and take on new challenges across our global business.
We value our employees and offer a comprehensive range of benefits to support their well-being and success. Our benefits include:
- Accident insurance to protect you both on and off the job.
- Additional paid days off incl. Good Friday, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and 3-4 bridge days p.a.
- Employer-financed pension plan (available after 2 years with the company)
- Exclusive employee discounts
- Flexible working times incl. the option to work from home, and short Fridays
- Fun and Engaging Team Events: Build strong relationships with your colleagues and have fun
- IT Equipment: For both office and home office, ensuring that you have the tools you need to succeed.
- Personalized Growth Plan based on your individual strengths
- Social Initiatives: 2 paid days off work to participate in social or environmental initiatives with your team
Why Hilti
Hilti is a global leader in construction innovation, with more than 34,000 team members across 120 countries. Guided by our purpose, Making Construction Better, we’re driven to keep learning, growing, and finding new ways to make a lasting impact. Here, you’ll be empowered to use your strengths, work with a global and inclusive team, and take on meaningful challenges. At Hilti, you’ll have the chance to make your ideas, achievements, and growth real through purpose, passion, and teamwork.
Commitment to Inclusion
At Hilti, inclusion is a key focus in how we work, lead, and grow together. We are committed to embracing diversity of thought and creating an environment that is inclusive of everyone, everywhere. We continuously strive to ensure every voice is valued and every team member feels empowered to contribute. By building on this foundation, we strengthen our teams, our innovation, and our impact, making construction better together.
This job falls under the collective agreement for metal trade employees in employment group IV. The agreement specifies that the minimum gross monthly salary for a full-time position (38.5 hours/week) is € 3.341,50. We value our employees and offer a highly competitive salary package that exceeds the collective agreement salary. You can expect a minimum annual gross salary of € 80.000 (All-In; including 13th, 14th, bonus payments) as a starting point, with room for negotiation based on your individual qualifications and position-relevant professional experience.
Contact: Hilti Austria Industrie GmbH | Stefanie Meidl | Human Resources
