Quality Specialist

**About Powersmiths/Socomec**:
Powersmiths is a member of the Socomec SAS corporate family of companies, a global organization with nearly a century of success in providing innovative solutions within the energy industry.

As an independent manufacturer, with 12 international manufacturing sites, Socomec is known for its innovative, high-quality products. We have grown to a global team of over 4,500 employees. Socomec is comprised of 30 subsidiary companies worldwide, with a strong and growing presence in North America.

**Main Functions**:
This is a key role within the Quality Team that will serve as a Quality Specialist, responsible for ensuring that all products delivered to customers are in compliance with manufacturing specifications and company standards. This is a wide-ranging role to achieve and maintain high levels of quality.

**Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities**:

- Driving root cause analysis process, including problem-solving activities, reviewing documents, drawings, and instructions to ensure conformance to requirements, and participating in cross-functional team meetings.
- Ensuring all non-conformances are identified and controlled. Driving the process of investigation to ensure timely closure/effectiveness.
- Performing quality system audits.
- Promoting initiatives to improve quality.
- Provide support to Supply Chain team, which can include highlighting issues related to suppliers quality and bring it to the Supply Chain teams attention.
- Reviewing customers, suppliers documentation, such as, certifications, quality requirements, etc. to ensure compliance with Powersmiths requirements.
- Working with design engineers to capture the product requirements and ensuring appropriate preventive and corrective measures are put into place.
- Assist in reducing the occurrence of manufacturing errors.
- Participating in continuous improvement activities.
- Promote and enhance a safety-first culture.
- This position requires a hands-on approach combined with a strategic mindset.
- Adherence to all company policies, including health and safety protocols.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Essential Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of related experience, ideally in a manufacturing environment with integrated power and power conversion products in various stages of prototyping, commercialization and production.
- Experience working in engineer-to-order, configure-to-order, or custom product manufacturing.
- Experience in quality core tools usage (FMEA, CPlan, PPAP).
- Certification in Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, and/or other problem solving techniques.
- Experience with ISO14001/ISO9001 Environmental and Quality Management Systems.
- An appreciation and passion for mitigating the environmental impacts of manufacturing (products, processes, packaging, recycling, energy conservation, etc.).
- Demonstrated proficiency with quality inspection activities, and the use of appropriate root cause analysis tools (NC, CAR, 8D, problem solving).
- Experience in creating and updating documentations (Procedures, Work Instructions).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; able to present ideas clearly to all levels of management.
- Resourceful, innovative and energetic.
- Fluent in English, both verbal and written.

**Working Conditions**:
Environment:

- This role is located in an office environment, with frequent visits to manufacturing floors.
- Ability to travel to international destinations; must possess and maintain a valid passport for international travel.
- Must be available for business travel to international locations.

**Employment Requirements**:

- Commitment to Health and Safety best practices and regulations.
- Adherence to company policies.

**Compensation**:

- Position is salaried.
- Powersmiths offers an interesting, innovative work environment, competitive salaries and a competitive benefits package.

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you have a Bachelor's Degree in related field?
- How many years of experience do you have ideally in a manufacturing environment with integrated power and power conversion products in various stages of prototyping, commercialization and production?
- Do you have experience working in engineer-to-order, configure-to-order, or custom product manufacturing?
- Do you have experience in quality core tools usage (FMEA, CPlan, PPAP)?
- Do you have any additional certifications (Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing)?
- Are you comfortable commuting to our Brampton office and internationally for business travel?

Work Location: In person