Quality Assurance Manager

Quality Assurance Manager - Custom Steel Fabricator

Northern Ontario - North Bay, ON
- **Company**_

Privately owned Canadian Company, incorporated in 1976 with an excellent reputation for quality workmanship, reliability, and commitment to customer’s requirements. The company specializes in fabricated platework and structural steel serving the mining, pulp & paper, chemical, general construction, infrastructure, and manufacturing sectors. Projects include the fabrication and erection of commercial and heavy industrial buildings, highway bridges, large custom machinery, and process equipment. Design is often undertaken for holding tanks and pressure vessels.

Material grades typically include carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum.

Certifications are held to CSA Standards as administered by the Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB).

An ISO9001:2015 Quality Management System is currently in place and recognition from the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) has been granted for meeting quality certification requirements for _Steel Structures_ and _Steel Bridges_.

The company is also certified by the Technical Standards & Safety Authority (TSSA) - Pressure Vessels Safety Branch of Ontario for the manufacture of boilers and pressure vessels to the code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and can also manufacture to American Petroleum Institute (API) standards.
- **Position**_

The position of the Quality Assurance Manager requires proven hands-on knowledge and skill in managing a QA department in Custom Steel Fabrication environment. A background/experience in welding/fabrication and the corresponding quality control measure is essential as well as the ability to direct/support QA staff in controlling and inspecting all stages of fabrication (layout from drawings, cutting, basic machining, fitting, welding, grinding, and testing).
- Key Responsibilities:_

1. Manage all day-to-day aspects of the QA process, establish quality objectives/deliverables, and be directly involved in bettering workmanship of all projects via quality control measures, teaching, etc.

2. Plan, organize, schedule, and maintain the activities of the quality department including all inspections of products to ensure supporting the needs of internal departments and customers. This requires the development of Inspection and Test Plans (ITP’s).

3. Prepare and supervise the project quality documentation package; verify that all QC forms and quality records are completed and acceptable for Code and customer requirements. Submit all QA/QC related submissions to the Owner/GC as required by project specifications.

4. Liaise with all third-party inspectors and internal staff.

5. Define, setup and/or maintain overall quality system with standards for usage, storage, inspection, testing, and calibration of all instruments and gauges and monitoring of process variances to ensure they are prioritized, reported, and adequately resolved.

6. Upkeep certifications with the CWB, ISO, TSSA, and other bodies.

7. Be involved in the early stages of project planning in regard to construction methods (i.e. welding processes, weld procedures & joint geometry, etc.). This would be done in consultation with internal resources.

8. Perform “spot” welding inspection, dimensional checking (especially HOLD point items), and painting inspection (blast profiles, DFT readings, etc.) as needed to meet job specifications and internal QA/QC plans.

10. Responsible for the preparation, approval, revision, distribution, and implementation of the companies various Quality Control Manuals including:

- ISO9001:2015
- ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Sec VIII Div 1, B31.1 and B31.3, the National Board Inspection Code and CSA B51
- CISC quality certification for _Steel Bridges_ & _Steel Structures_

and ensuring the on-floor inspectors and employees are complying with the applicable program in all relevant areas [i.e. preparing and adhering to Inspection Reporting, Non-Conformance Reporting (NCR’s), etc.].

11. The incumbent would be responsible for preparing and developing welding procedures with the welding engineer, maintaining Procedure Qualification Records (PQR’s), and Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS’s) and ensuring welders are working within the essential parameters of the appropriate WPS. Will also be involved in the preparation of Repair Procedures that meet code requirements, and the eventual execution of the methods with production.

12. Develop and supervise the program for controlling the use of weld procedures and qualified welders on projects, including the training and restriction of welders in accordance with their qualifications and customer requirements.

13. Be proactive in fabrication and welding activity on the floor (during construction) via _In-Process Inspection_ to best prevent mistakes from happening, and to perform _Final Inspection_ as required, all as necessary with the objective of preventin