We're seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Quality Assurance Specialist to join our client's dynamic team in Cornwall, Ontario. You'll lead quality initiatives across production and engineering, ensuring compliance with ISO standards, driving continuous improvement, and mentoring junior QA staff.What We Offer:

• Location: Cornwall, Ontario
• Salary: Competitive Salary - up to $85,000 - based on experience
• Job Type/Shift: Monday to Friday – 8:00am – 4:30pm
• Benefits: Comprehensive Health and Dental benefits

What You'll Do:

• Collaborate with various departments to ensure quality targets are consistently achieved and coordinate visual verification of products to uphold standards.
• Identify, recommend, and implement updates to quality management systems, policies, procedures, and processes for ongoing improvement.
• Lead and actively participate in management reviews and meetings, ensuring effective follow-up actions for quality-related issues.
• Conduct thorough failure analyses and investigations, initiate corrective actions, and address non-conformances from customers, suppliers, and internal sources.
• Train and educate staff on the latest Quality Management Systems and procedures, including updates to drawings and operational processes.
• Steer new product development by driving project quality planning, facilitating design reviews, conducting configuration audits, and preparing first article reports.
• Establish clear verification standards, provide essential support and training to verification staff, and improve process efficiency through certification initiatives.
• Maintain, analyze, and update quality records, oversee equipment calibrations, and generate KPI reports to monitor effectiveness and uncover potential risks.
• Foster cross-departmental collaboration to meet quality objectives, coordinate visual product inspections, and proactively resolve issues with relevant managers.
• Utilize Continuous Improvement tools such as 5Why's, 8D Problem Solving, Advanced Quality Planning, and 5S to streamline processes and boost overall quality.

What We're Looking For:

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, preferably in electronics or manufacturing environments.
• Education in Technology or Engineering Degree and (Preferred) have a quality (CQE etc) or six sigma accreditations.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 standards, quality tools (e.g., FMEA, SPC, 8D), and audit processes.
• Proficiency with QA software and ERP systems; experience with MRP systems is an asset.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with a collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to negotiate.
• High level of integrity, attention to detail, and commitment to safety and compliance.
• Lifting required, Visual acuity and daily use of computers – MS Office Suite.
• Ability to pass a criminal background check.

Our team is eager to connect with candidates who meet the job requirements. If this sounds like a fit for you, we invite you to apply today!
Since 1951, Drake International has been a global leader in flexible and permanent staffing, connecting people with the right roles at any career stage, both in Canada and worldwide. As a leading recruitment and HR partner, we collaborate directly with employers to bring you the best opportunities at no cost, ensuring a human-centered approach that helps everything work seamlessly.
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