Quality Specialist Jobs

Status: Regular Full Time

Working Conditions: Hybrid Working Environment

Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Science discipline

Location: Pickering & Darlington, ON

Number of Position(s):9

Shifts(s): Days

Travel: Yes- 50%

Deadline to Apply: July 19, 2023

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Whether you work in the skilled trades or are a business professional, a career at OPG is an opportunity to electrify your life on -- and off -- the job.

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Job Overview

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Quality Specialist.

Reporting to the Senior Manager Supply Chain Quality Services, the role of the Quality Specialist includes performing and documenting Supplier quality audits, assessments, oversights, resolve and prevent quality problems related to the procurement of products and services, developing, maintaining, and trending Supplier quality performance. This role you will be responsible for acting as the person of contact with clients in support of daily, weekly, and monthly meetings as the supply chain representative.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in an environment where you will contribute to OPG’s public outreach, engagement and education efforts as part of the company’s commitment to growing its social license.

Key Accountabilities

The Quality Specialist will carry out the following duties in order to plan, coordinate and perform quality assignments:

• Preparing various Supplier performance reports and key performance indicators (KPIs) and Supplier health index metrics. This includes delivering presentations to OPG and Suppliers executives.
• Performing and documenting Supplier quality audits, assessments and oversight
• Acting independently with limited supervision during Supplier audits, source inspections, oversights, assessments.
• Developing and maintaining Supplier performance quality information systems, including development of key metrics for Supplier performance monitoring/trend reporting, health indexes, and risk assessment tools.
• Travel frequently, up to 50% of working time, to supplier's and supplier's sub-supplier locations in Canada, United States, and outside North America, as part of their regular job function (i.e. audits, assessments, oversights, surveillance inspections, supplier development, corrective action follow-up, training, and workshops).
• Make decisions on the Supplier’s quality program effectiveness and status on ASL.
• When Supplier non-conformances are detected, initiate and follow up to completion corrective action to correct the problem and prevent recurrence.
• Collecting and analyzing Supplier’s quality performance data to determine trends, recommend corrective and preventative actions, and initiate required actions in a timely manner to drive improvement.
• Developing and implementing mitigation and escalation plans for poor performing Suppliers, including performance reviews with top problematic Suppliers.

EDUCATION

• Certification as lead auditor or in a special process like NDE, Welding, Heat Treatment, etc. would be considered as an asset.
• 4-yearUuniversity Degree in Engineering or Science discipline.

Qualifications

We are seeking a results-orientated Quality Specialist with the following:

• Familiarity with the practices, routines and standards followed within the commercial and industrial field;
• Experience in the commercial aspects of contracts, contract law and business administration;
• Have demonstrated effective interpersonal, planning and organizational skills.
• Minimum of 6 years of related experience in a quality assurance, oversight/surveillance and auditing environment;
• Understanding of the design, fabrication, assembly, testing and installation practices in order to assess capabilities of manufacturer's facilities;
• Organizations;
• Experience in the testing and inspection of various materials, engineered components and services, to understand the various problems and remedial procedures required, and to assist in the preparation of inspection procedures;
• Demonstrated experience in the procedures and practices and to become generally knowledgeable of the interrelationships within the Division, other requisitioning departments throughout the Corporation as well as external
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a flexible hybrid office environment.
• Strong oral and written English-language communication and listening skills to effectively communicate with internal and external contacts;
• Knowledge of inspection to specification, production planning and scheduling, QA, designing, and dealing with people on controversial matters;
• Valid G Drivers License in good standing

The successful candidate will exhibit uncompromising integrity and commitment to upholding corporate values, and the OPG Code of Business Conduct.

What Makes a Career at OPG Different?

As Ontario’s largest clean energy generator, we’re building, expanding, and innovating the equipment and technology that keeps Ontario powered with clean, reliable energy.

At OPG, our values are our strengths. They are fundamental truths about our organization that don’t change:

Safety – it’s our business

Integrity – always lead with integrity

Excellence – never satisfied with good enough

Inclusion – working together for powerful outcomes

Innovation - creativity accelerates possibility

Here's why OPG might just be the ideal workplace for you:

• Electricity is vital to the province and OPG’s clean electricity is helping decarbonize other sectors.
• Long-term career growth and development opportunities
• Exceptional range of opportunities province-wide

Our Promise To You

• Partner with Indigenous communities and support local businesses.
• Opportunities to stretch and develop.
• We care about the safety and the well-being of our employees. It is our utmost priority.
• Offer different ways for you to give back to communities where we operate.
• A supportive work environment where you can be your best every day.
• We support employment equity, diversity and inclusion.

Are you ready to start a career that has the power to electrify life on and off the job? Apply now.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please submit your application online at https://jobs.opg.com/ by 11:59 PM E.S.T., July 19, 2023. OPG thanks all those who apply; however, only candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.