Quality Engineering Specialist

Job summary

The Quality Engineering Specialist will establish, monitor, and enhance manufacturing process quality in accordance with customer requirements. This role involves leading Material Review Board activities, conducting audits, and driving continuous improvement initiatives across production programs.

Job details

At STELIA North America, we are offering the opportunity for a career that is out of this world! We are seeking a dynamic individual to join our Quality Engineering Team in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. An affiliate of the Airbus Group of Companies, STELIA is an aerospace and defence company specializing in the design, development, and manufacturing of composite components and assemblies. Headquartered in Lunenburg, NS, and with a site in Mirabel, QC, we operate more than 150,000 sq feet of facilities dedicated to operations, manufacturing and administration. The Quality Engineering Specialist will establish, support and monitor the quality requirements within the manufacturing process in accordance with the customer requirements In this role, you will: * Coordinate and manage activities to establish, assess, and enhance manufacturing process quality. * Contribute to configuration management of the program quality plan, including internal and external document reviews, customer requirements, and the development and maintenance of production inspection processes. * Support and lead process, system, and quality management system audits. * Facilitate and lead Material Review Board activities for applicable programs, including evaluating and resolving non-conformances, supporting rework/repair assessments, and implementing root cause analysis and corrective actions. * Drive and participate in continuous improvement initiatives. * Oversee and support external qualification activities. * Develop and implement training plans to enhance quality standards and processes. * Manage quality-related communications with customers, including identifying and resolving quality issues, handling Notices of Escape, and participating in customer audits. * Analyze and refine production processes, engineering specifications, and related data to enhance manufacturing methods, procedures, and activities for assigned processes/programs. * Develop and implement inspection test plans. * Conduct in-process and final inspections. * Perform tooling and equipment calibrations. You have: * Degree in industrial/mechanical/aerospace engineering or equivalent from a recognized post-secondary institution. * 5-7 years’ engineering experience (experience in manufacturing environment preferred). * Professional engineering designation or ability to register to attain one. * ASQ Quality Engineering Certification (or equivalent) and/or process and business system audit training/certification an asset. * Knowledge and experience with industry quality management systems, such as: AS9100, ISO 9001, Transport Canada, NADCAP as well as experience using CAD/CAM software. * Aerostructures and composite manufacturing processes experience an asset. * Excellent communication (written and oral) and teamwork skills. * Project management and/or root cause and corrective action skills an asset. * Knowledge/training with various manufacturing and quality philosophies (LEAN, 6-sigma, JIT, 5S, etc.) an asset. * Experience using MS suite of products. At STELIA North America, we know our people are our greatest asset. We welcome anyone who is passionate, positive, team oriented, improvement focused, and willing to grow and develop their career. If you join us, you will find an environment that is challenging and rewarding, and a culture that is flexible, inclusive, and welcoming. We offer competitive total rewards package including: • Comprehensive Flexible Benefits including Health and Dental, Health Care Spending Account • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability • Life Insurance • Dependent Life Insurance • Company Matched Pension Plan • Group RRSP • Group TFSA • Paid Personal Days • 12 Company Holidays • Employee Family Assistance Program • Out of Country Travel Insurance • Shares Purchase Plan • Free on-site parking • Employee Social Events • Learning & Development Programs

What you’ll do

The Quality Engineering Specialist will establish, monitor, and enhance manufacturing process quality in accordance with customer requirements. This role involves leading Material Review Board activities, conducting audits, and driving continuous improvement initiatives across production programs.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a degree in industrial, mechanical, or aerospace engineering and possess 5-7 years of relevant engineering experience. Proficiency in quality management systems like AS9100 or ISO 9001 and experience with CAD/CAM software are required.

Benefits

• Health and Dental Insurance • Health Care Spending Account • Short-Term Disability • Long-Term Disability • Life Insurance • Dependent Life Insurance • Company Matched Pension Plan • Group RRSP • Group TFSA • Paid Personal Days • 12 Company Holidays • Employee Family Assistance Program • Out of Country Travel Insurance • Shares Purchase Plan • Free on-site parking • Employee Social Events • Learning & Development Programs

Listed skills

• Continuous Improvement · Preferred
• Root Cause Analysis · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• Lean · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Quality Engineering
• Manufacturing Process Quality
• Configuration Management
• Auditing
• Material Review Board
• Root Cause Analysis
• Corrective Actions
• Continuous Improvement
• Inspection Test Plans
• CAD/CAM Software
• AS9100
• ISO 9001
• Aerostructures
• Composite Manufacturing
• Project Management
• Lean
• Engineering Plans And Specifications
• Equipment Calibration
• Root Cause Corrective Action
• Computer-Aided Design
• Six Sigma Methodology
• Quality Management Systems
• Aerospace Engineering
• Aerostructure
• Aerospace Basic Quality System Standards
• American Society For Quality (ASQ) Certified
• ISO 9000 Series
• Business Systems
• Computer-Aided Manufacturing
• Communication
• Composite Materials
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Dental Health
• Process Engineering
• Just In Time Methodology
• Lean Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Processes
• Nadcap
• Operations
• Production Process
• Quality Management
• Refining
• Test Planning
• Tooling
• Team Oriented
• Teamwork

Job areas

• Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Management & Leadership
• Quality Engineering Specialist
• Product Quality Engineer
• Industrial and Production Engineers
• Validation Engineers
• Industrial Engineers