Senior Quality Assurance Specialist

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

Are you interested in electronics? Do you have an eye for detail and a desire to get to the bottom of a problem? Do you like the idea of working across the organization? The role we are looking to fill reports to the Quality Manager, Nautel Limited, and is responsible for leading the day-to-day activities for our products and supporting the Quality Management System as per ISO9001 requirements.

The successful candidate can look forward to a variety of challenges including:

• Leading project quality assurance activities and be the QA point of contact;
• Developing and implementing quality assurance deliverables (plans, presentations, reports, analyses);
• Defining and implementing contract specific supplier quality requirements, supplier approval, development, milestones and monitoring;
• Training relevant staff to specific contract quality assurance requirements;
• Leading failure analysis and root cause investigation (internal and external), as well as developing and implementing corrective and preventative actions;
• Maintaining records, analysis of pertinent data and reporting on trends;
• Interaction and coordination at all levels, and across all functions;
• Maintenance of Nautel's ISO9001 Quality Management System by supporting day-to-day Production Operations and auditing of policies, procedures, methods and activities;
• Use of internal tools for reporting, analysis and record-keeping;
• Document writing supporting all of the above.

Qualifications

• Ideally, 3-5 Years + Experience in hands-on role in Operations, combined with Quality experience/focus, as well as an understanding of the ISO environment;
• Ability to learn technical aspects of our product, to the component level;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Experience in writing analysis, audit and investigation reports;
• Ability to work across all functions in a hands-on, as well as leading activities where necessary;
• Ability to work well within a team, as well as independently;
• Strong data driven problem solving and analytical skills;
• Prior experience with ISO9001 quality systems in a manufacturing environment.
• Prior experience of problem solving and root cause analysis methodologies, six sigma techniques, calibration, document control and configuration management would be an asset;
• Strong Microsoft Office skills;
• Project management and planning skills;
• A technical qualification, experience or interest would be an advantage in this role;
• Due to the nature of the role, successful applicants must be eligible to meet requirements for immediate clearance in Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and Canadian Industrial Security Clearance (Canadian Citizenship/PR). Background checks will be undertaken.

Additional Information

If this looks like a role where you can build your skills and contribute to the team and a successful organisation, we look forward to hearing from you!