Senior Quality Assurance Quality Control Engineer

Our client is seeking a QA/QC Regulatory Officer to establish and maintain strong quality-management and regulatory-compliance systems across its North American manufacturing operations.

The role has an important cross-border component, ensuring products manufactured in Canada meet applicable technical, safety, traceability and certification requirements for both the Canadian and United States markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain QA/QC systems for manufactured explosive products and detonators.

• Ensure products are appropriately tested, certified and traceable.

• Develop sampling procedures and quality-control documentation.

• Monitor testing and inspection of raw materials and finished products.

• Conduct and document internal quality audits.

• Manage regulatory alignment between Canadian and U.S. requirements.

• Support approvals and certification of new products.

• Maintain regulatory documentation required for cross-border market access.

• Support compliance relating to NRCan/ERD, ATF, DOT and MSHA requirements.

• Conduct root-cause analysis and continuous-improvement initiatives.

• Support supplier quality management.

• Develop QA procedures and control sheets.

• Analyse quality statistics and identify improvement opportunities.

• Reduce rework, scrap and production downtime through stronger quality controls.

• Prepare technical and management reports.

• Support product equivalency and U.S. market-entry approvals.

• Assist in transferring technical and quality expertise into North American operations.

Minimum Requirements

• Degree or BTech in one of the following or a related discipline:

o Industrial Engineering

o Chemistry

o Mathematics

o Statistics

• Minimum 3 years' QA/QC or relevant quality experience.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Ability to interpret and implement quality procedures.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to operate independently.

• Strong analytical capability and computer literacy.

Advantageous

• Six Sigma certification or practical Six Sigma exposure.

• Project-management experience.

• Experience within explosives, chemicals, mining or regulated manufacturing.

• Previous exposure to Canadian or U.S. product certification/regulatory processes.

Ideal Candidate

This position would suit a quality professional who is comfortable operating between manufacturing quality, regulatory compliance and technical product certification, rather than someone whose experience is limited to routine inspection.