Project Quality Engineer

QUALITY BY DESIGN. EXCELLENCE BY HABIT

As a Project Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful quality execution of customer projects across Europe, with a strong focus on prefabrication services and large-scale construction projects. Acting as the key link between customers, suppliers, project teams, and internal stakeholders, you will drive end-to-end project quality management—from defining requirements and overseeing supplier quality performance to resolving customer quality concerns and leading continuous improvement initiatives. This is a highly visible role that combines hands-on manufacturing expertise, stakeholder management, and international collaboration, with up to 50% travel across Europe.

What You'll do

• Drive end-to-end quality management for large customer projects, including prefabrication and modular construction solutions.
• Act as the primary quality liaison between customers, suppliers, engineering teams, logistics, and project stakeholders.
• Monitor quality performance, manage customer complaints, and coordinate effective resolution of non-conformities.
• Lead quality-related activities across design, engineering, manufacturing, and value-added services.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, audits, risk assessments, and quality enhancement programs throughout the supply chain.
• Travel regularly to supplier and project locations across Europe to validate processes, support ramp-ups, and ensure quality standards are met.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Manufacturing, or a related field.
• Several years of experience (3-5+ years) in manufacturing and/or quality management within an industrial environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, supplier quality, and project quality management.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across functions, cultures, and organizational levels.
• Strong analytical mindset and the ability to assess risks, solve complex quality challenges, and drive improvements.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 50% and work closely with customers, suppliers, and project teams across Europe.

What’s In It for You

We really value our people, and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this, creating your future to be just how you would want it. Some of our benefits include:

• Good salary and bonus scheme
• Mobility allowance plus ability to claim your kilometers.
• 25 holidays + 3 additional days and 2 additional days if you are not sick during the year.
• A fully paid contribution free pension scheme.
• Free use of our shuttle bus from the metro station to the office.
• Hybrid working environment with options of working 2 days remotely.
• For expats the ability to work from your home country for 3 weeks/ year to be close to family.
• Bike and gym services.

We have a very thorough people review process; unlike any we know of in any other business. We can pair talent with opportunities - developing our people in their current roles or challenging them to work in new ways or in new places. It’s how we find the right fit, further our teams personally and professionally, get the best value for each employee, and increase the job satisfaction.

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 purp