Senior QA Lead - ISO9001 & Cross-Functional

Nautel; Nova Scotia; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nautel Limited is seeking a Quality Assurance Lead reporting to the Quality Manager. The role oversees day-to-day activities for our products and supports the Quality Management System in line with ISO9001 requirements.

The successful candidate will lead QA activities, develop QA deliverables, define supplier quality requirements, train staff, drive root-cause analyses, maintain records and report trends, and coordinate across functions to sustain ISO9001 compliance and production audits.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in hands-on Operations with quality focus.
• Ability to learn technical aspects of product to the component level.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; experience in writing analyses, audits and investigation reports.
• Prior experience with ISO9001 quality systems in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead project quality assurance activities and be the QA point of contact.
• Develop and implement QA deliverables (plans, presentations, reports, analyses).
• Define and implement contract-specific supplier quality requirements, supplier approval, milestones and monitoring.
• Train staff to contract quality requirements.
• Lead failure analysis and root cause investigations; develop corrective/preventative actions.
• Maintain records, analyze data and report trends.
• Coordinate across all functions at all levels.
• Maintain Nautel's ISO9001 QMS and audit policies, procedures and activities.
• Use internal tools for reporting, analysis and record-keeping.
• Document writing to support all activities.

Skills

Quality assurance

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Office

Project management

ISO9001 experience

Documentation writing

Education

Technical qualification

Job description

Nautel Limited is seeking a Quality Assurance Lead reporting to the Quality Manager. The role oversees day-to-day activities for our products and supports the Quality Management System in line with ISO9001 requirements.

The successful candidate will lead QA activities, develop QA deliverables, define supplier quality requirements, train staff, drive root-cause analyses, maintain records and report trends, and coordinate across functions to sustain ISO9001 compliance and production audits.