Quality Assurance Lead, Nuclear

Job Title: Quality Assurance Lead, Nuclear

Location: Cambridge, ON | On-site

Job Type: Full-time

Compensation: $110,000-$120,000.00/year

Benefits: RRSP, health/dental/vision package, reimbursement for tuition and professional dues, paid vacation, personal days, and sick days.

Get to Know Us:

Eclipse Automation delivers cutting-edge custom automated manufacturing solutions across multiple industries. We combine advanced automation expertise with digital innovation to create smart, efficient, and sustainable manufacturing systems. Our global network includes facilities in Canada, the United States and Hungary ensuring regional expertise and global strength.

The Position:

Reporting to the Quality Manager, the Quality Assurance Lead, Nuclear coordinates and leads the daily operational activities of the Nuclear Quality team to ensure project quality requirements, customer commitments, schedules, documentation, inspections and shipment milestones are achieved. The role provides technical guidance to Quality personnel and supports the Quality Manager in maintaining the Quality Management System, establishing quality objectives and driving continuous improvement while supporting the Eclipse Vision and Entrepreneurial Culture.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Project Planning & Quality Preparation

• Assess project requirements, workloads and schedules, allocate Quality resources and time according to priorities, inspection needs and project milestones.
• Assist with upfront reviews of project quality requirements and support the determination of project quality levels.
• Perform development and quality review of Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) and applicable project quality documents for completeness, accuracy, traceability and compliance with project, customer and Quality Management System requirements.
• Lead Procurement in establishing vendor quality requirements, evaluating supplier qualifications, and defining quality oversight requirements in accordance with project, customer, and Quality Management System requirements.

Project Execution

• Coordinate, track, follow up, report, schedule and execute daily Nuclear Quality operational activities across assigned projects.
• Align Nuclear Quality priorities with Project Managers and project teams; ensure scheduled Quality milestones and commitments are met.
• Organize Quality support for manufacturing, inspection, testing, supplier activities and customer hold/witness points.
• Coordinate source surveillance activities at supplier facilities to support project and quality requirements.
• Track project Quality deliverables against schedules, follow up on overdue actions and escalate quality-related schedule concerns, customer concerns, resource constraints, documentation delays, inspection delays and shipment risks.
• Lead Quality meetings as required and communicate priorities, actions, responsibilities and due dates.
• Balance competing priorities and reallocate resources as project conditions change; communicate resource conflicts and support needs to the Quality Manager.
• Ensure Quality activities are performed in accordance with applicable CSA N299 requirements, ISO 9001, customer specifications, approved procedures and Eclipse policies.

Non-Conformance & Corrective Action Management

• Lead the management, review, disposition, tracking and closure of Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), coordinating with Engineering, Manufacturing, Project Management, Supply Chain and customers as required.
• Oversee SCAR and NCR status, follow-up and closure for all assigned projects; identify overdue actions and escalate risks affecting quality, schedule, shipment or customer commitments.
• Direct root-cause investigations, corrective actions, preventive actions and continuous improvement related to internal, supplier, project and customer quality issues.
• Support resolution of customer Quality concerns and ensure actions are tracked through completion.
• Assist in performing FAT readiness reviews to verify NCRs, SCARs, required inspections, documentation, and quality records are complete prior to testing activities.

Shipment Readiness, FAT/SAT & Project Turnover

• Lead and maintain visibility of equipment shipment status from a Quality perspective, ensuring required inspections, NCR dispositions, documentation, ITP activities and quality records are complete prior to release.
• Assist in coordinating Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) activities with internal stakeholders, suppliers and customers.
• Lead the tracking and completion of project history files and turnover packages; follow up with project teams regarding outstanding inspection records, certificates, material documentation, test records, NCR records and other required project documentation such as the acceptance of DDRs.

Leadership, Performance & Development

• Provide technical guidance, work coordination and project-related direction to Quality Engineers, Quality Weld Inspectors, Quality Technicians and other assigned resources while personnel supervision, performance management and formal reporting relationships remain with the Quality Manager.
• Foster teamwork, accountability, standardized work and continuous improvement within the Nuclear Quality team.
• Assist the Quality Manager in establishing quality objectives, KPIs, dashboards, departmental metrics and continuous improvement initiatives; monitor performance and communicate status, trends and risks.
• Assist in reviewing quality procedures and supporting improvements to the Quality Management System.
• Maintain training records, qualification folders and training matrices for assigned Nuclear Quality personnel; coordinate onboarding, refresher training, qualification activities and other training initiatives.

What We’re Looking For:

• Education:

  • Post-secondary diploma or degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality or a related technical discipline.
  • ASQ designation such as CQE or CQT is an asset.
  • 3-5 years’ work experience in QA/QC leadership role in the nuclear industry

  Experience:

  • Comprehensive knowledge of ISO 9001:2015, CSA N299 series standards, and their implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement within nuclear quality programs.
  • Strong analytical and problem -solving skills
  • Sound understanding of quality related tools/concepts (ITP, History Files, FAT,DDR, NCRs, SCARs etc.)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  Travel

  • Travel to Eclipse locations is expected to be less than 30% of the time; this may be exceeded in exceptional circumstances to meet organizational needs.

What We Offer:

• Reimbursement for tuition and professional dues
• 3 weeks of vacation and 3 paid personal days (to start)
• RRSP matching program
• Free snack program

Why Join Us:

Here at Eclipse Automation, creation and innovation are at our core, and our culture reflects that. Fast-paced and continuously fostering growth, we encourage the entrepreneurial spirit that our teams embody, and leverage each of their strengths to do better for our people, our clients, and our communities.

Our teams are made up of innovators, thinkers, and doers, with the know-how and expertise to exceed expectations, and the relentless spirit to create and reinvent. Our people are what enable us to live up to our name - to eclipse all others, inspiring and creating outcomes that change the world.

Eclipse Automation is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive work environment. It is our policy to recruit and select applicants solely on the basis of their qualifications. We are an equal opportunity employer that hires talent regardless of age, race, creed, colour, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or any other status or condition protected by applicable law.

At Eclipse Automation, we believe in the power of human connection. We do not use AI in our hiring process; every application is personally reviewed by a member of our team to ensure each candidate receives careful consideration.

This publicly advertised job posting is for an existing vacancy. We are seeking a qualified candidate to join our team and assume the responsibilities of this role.

Eclipse Automation encourages applications from all qualified candidates. Those in need of accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process should notify eca_hresources@eclipseautomation.com. Any information received that relates to accommodation needs of a candidate will be addressed in a confidential manner.