Supply Chain Security Advisor

Job Description

As the Advisor, Supply Chain Security, you will play a key role in developing, operating, and advancing Irving Shipbuilding’s Supply Chain Security capability in support of the River Class Destroyer Program. Reporting to the Manager, Compliance Integration and Implementation, you will provide security oversight and risk visibility across the supplier network through assurance activities, resilience assessments, security monitoring, reporting, dashboards, and corrective action tracking. Working collaboratively with Supply Chain and Industrial Compliance stakeholders, you will support supplier security posture improvement, coordinate security incident response activities, and deliver meaningful insights that strengthen security performance and supply chain resilience. This is an exciting opportunity for a security-minded professional looking to make a tangible impact on the protection and success of one of Canada’s most significant shipbuilding programs.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate ISI’s Supply Chain Security function, including work planning, supplier security posture visibility, and timely issue escalation.
• Manage and coordinate SRCL-related activity for applicable suppliers and subcontractors, including intake, tracking, status visibility, stakeholder coordination, and alignment with Industrial Compliance / CSO direction.
• Develop, maintain, and operate Continuous Monitoring Plans, dashboards, KPIs, risk indicators, and objective evidence processes for supply chain security.
• Provide security assurance input to supplier audits and assessments, including defining security evidence expectations, supporting audit planning where required, reviewing supplier responses, and tracking security-related corrective actions.
• Coordinate supplier security incident response activity from a supply chain security perspective, including intake, triage support, escalation, corrective action tracking, lessons learned, and coordination with the CSO, Cyber, Supply Chain, Legal, and Program stakeholders as required.
• Support implementation of major supply chain security initiatives, including SCCG rollout, IT Security Requirements implementation, supplier uplift activities, security monitoring improvements, and related program security initiatives.
• Chair or coordinate relevant supply chain security governance forums where delegated, including the Supply Chain Security PDT or Program Security PDT, with clear action management, decision escalation, and stakeholder alignment.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or a related field.
• 7-10 years’ experience in a similar role, preferably in defense, shipbuilding, manufacturing, or heavy industry.
• Knowledge of defense contracting, regulated supply chain environments, supplier security requirements, SRCLs, Contract Security Program, Controlled Goods Program, and supplier security compliance processes.
• Knowledge of continuous monitoring, evidence-based compliance, supply chain security assurance, supplier audits, and corrective action management.
• Develop supplier assurance criteria, security monitoring frameworks, dashboards, KPIs, risk indicators, and management reports for supplier security governance and posture visibility.
• Assess supplier security evidence, evaluate supplier compliance against contractual, program, and security requirements, identify gaps, and support corrective action definition and closure.
• Facilitate cross-functional governance and drive closure of supplier security actions, risks, decisions, and corrective actions through appropriate ownership and escalation channels.
  
  

Due to the nature of work Irving Shipbuilding does, all successful applicants must meet requirements for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP), Canadian Government Security clearance, and U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Please note this position requires a full-time, in-office presence.

About Us

Founded in 1882, J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) operates in Eastern Canada (New-Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador), as well as in USA. We are a team of 20,000 dedicated employees. At J.D. Irving, Limited, you are part of a dynamic team of professionals who lead with integrity and are passionate about delivering results. With a culture that nurtures talent and creates an inclusive workplace, you can grow your career across our various operating divisions.

We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates, and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary, or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Worried you do not meet all the requirements? Studies have shown that many applicants apply only to job opportunities when they feel they meet 100% of the criteria. We promote an inclusive environment where everyone is appreciated, recognized, and empowered to contribute fully. If you are interested in this position but are worried you did not meet all the requirements, we would encourage you to still apply.

Our recruitment advisors and hiring teams will utilize human screening combined with AI technology to help identify the skills and qualities that matter most to our business, while safeguarding your privacy and using AI responsibly.

We appreciate your interest in our company however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

About The Team

Irving Shipbuilding is proud to be Canada's National Shipbuilder. Our team is constructing more than 20 modern patrol ships and destroyers for the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast Guard as part of the largest defence procurement project in Canadian history.

By joining our team of more than 2,400 shipbuilders, you can enjoy a dynamic and exciting career with a company dedicated to your success, development, and safety.

At Irving Shipbuilding, we're making history - why not make it with us? Learn more about careers at Irving Shipbuilding: shipsforcanada.ca/opportunities.

We invite applications from all qualified candidates, including racially visible persons, women in underrepresented roles, persons with disabilities, Indigenous persons, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and encourage applicants to self-identify.