Quality Control Manager

Job summary

Lead the quality control system and a team of 4–5, planning and overseeing inspections for pressure vessels, boilers, and piping assemblies to meet ASME and CSA nuclear standards. Manage welding and NDE qualifications, non-conformances, audits, inspector coordination, and final client documentation.

Job details

The Role As our Quality Control Manager, you will run our Quality Control System and lead a QC team of 4–5 in Oakville. You will make sure every boiler, pressure vessel, and piping assembly we build meets ASME Code and CSA nuclear standards — from the first ITP to the final documentation package — and you will be our quality voice with production, customers, and Authorized Inspectors. What You Will Do Lead and develop the QC team, and plan and track inspections across multiple active jobs. Prepare and revise ITPs, NDE matrices, weld and NDE maps, and PMI checklists. Perform and oversee dimensional, fit-up, visual, and weld inspections, and review NDE, hydrotest, and PWHT requirements. Qualify welding procedures (WPS/PQR) and welders (WPQ), and track weld repairs, welder performance, and consumables. Raise and close NCRs, run internal audits, and write SOPs and work instructions. Coordinate witness and hold points with customer inspectors and TSSA Authorized Inspectors. Compile and sign off final documentation packages for our clients. What You Bring A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, or equivalent. CWB Level 2 Welding Inspector certification. Senior-level quality experience in pressure vessel fabrication, nuclear and non-nuclear. Detailed knowledge of ASME Sections I, V, VIII, and IX, CSA N285.0 and N299, and NDE methods. Experience leading people and technical projects, and the confidence to hold the quality line under schedule pressure. Clear communication with production teams, customers, suppliers, and inspectors. Nice to Have Experience working with TSSA Authorized Inspectors and customer source inspectors. Experience writing SOPs and work instructions. Strong presentation and computer skills. Why Hooper A salary of $125,000–$145,000, plus health benefits, vacation, RRSP, bonus, and other compensation. A leadership role in a growing nuclear supplier, with real ownership of quality. A company with more than 70 years of history and a strong growth plan.

What you’ll do

Lead the quality control system and a team of 4–5, planning and overseeing inspections for pressure vessels, boilers, and piping assemblies to meet ASME and CSA nuclear standards. Manage welding and NDE qualifications, non-conformances, audits, inspector coordination, and final client documentation.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent, CWB Level 2 Welding Inspector certification, and senior-level quality experience in pressure vessel fabrication, including nuclear and non-nuclear work. Candidates need detailed knowledge of relevant ASME and CSA standards and NDE methods, along with leadership, project management, and communication skills.

Benefits

• Health Benefits
• Vacation
• RRSP
• Bonus
• Other Compensation

Listed skills

• Quality Control · Preferred
• Team Leadership · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Quality Control
• Team Leadership
• Inspection Planning
• Inspection and Test Plans
• Non-Destructive Examination
• Welding Inspection
• Dimensional Inspection
• Welding Procedure Qualification
• Welder Qualification
• Non-Conformance Management
• Internal Auditing
• ASME Code Compliance
• CSA Nuclear Standards
• Documentation Management
• Communication

Job areas

• Manufacturing
• Engineering
• Management & Leadership
• Energy