Control engineer Jobs in Toronto, ON

Kinectrics is a wholly owned subsidiary of BWX Technologies focused on providing life cycle management services in the energy and utility sector. We develop innovative solutions for the global electricity and medical industries, helping empower a sustainable future. Trusted by clients worldwide, our employees provide expertise in engineering, testing, and inspection across a wide range of services. With offices worldwide and independent laboratories and testing facilities, we collaborate closely with clients to ensure utility assets perform safely, reliably, and efficiently throughout their entire life cycle.

Kinectrics takes pride in being consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in the energy and utility industry, where purpose and people mean as much as innovation and growth. That’s why we choose only the best and brightest to join us. To keep pace with the expanding energy and utility sector, Kinectrics has grown from a company of 300 to over 1,000 in only the last few years - and we aren’t looking to slow down. Join our diverse, supportive workplace for a rewarding career in the electricity industry.

Visit our website to learn more: www.kinectrics.com

The Opportunity

Position: Quality Control Specialist

Employment Type: Permanent

Employment Level: Entry

Location: 800 Kipling Avenue, Toronto, ON

Department: Nuclear Equipment Solutions

Reports to: Service Line Director, Manufacturing and Logistics

Hours per week: 40

Starting Salary: $85,038.15. Exact compensation may vary depending on the individual experience and qualifications of each candidate. Applicants with greater or less than the minimum qualifications for this posted opportunity may be considered for alternate opportunities.

What We Offer

At Kinectrics, employees are recognized for their knowledge, experience, and contributions while working in a highly technical and challenging environment. Kinectrics puts you in the driver’s seat of your own career, setting you up alongside industry experts who will help you develop the skills essential to your professional growth in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and rewarding work culture.

• Purpose: The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction in work that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.
• Growth: To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.
• Innovation: Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.
• Diversity: The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.
• Total Compensation: Your talent deserves to be recognized. Kinectrics offers a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America. Salary is just one component of the total rewards you will receive when working for Kinectrics. Other elements may also include pay for performance programs (merit pay and discretionary annual performance bonuses), comprehensive health benefits and wellness programs, membership discounts, employee referral bonus, eligibility for our pension plan, career development programs, and professional development/educational reimbursements.

Accountabilities: How You Will Make an Impact

• Ensure products, materials, processes, and services meet established quality standards and specifications.
• Verify compliance with company procedures, customer requirements, industry codes, and regulatory standards.
• Perform inspections, audits, and testing activities on incoming materials, in-process work, and final products.
• Review test results, calibration records, and inspection reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Identify defects, non-conformances, or deviations from specifications.
• Maintain accurate quality records, reports, and traceability documentation.
• Prepare non-conformance reports (NCRs), corrective action requests, and inspection summaries.
• Ensure documentation is complete, organized, and audit-ready.
• Investigate quality issues and participate in root cause analysis activities.
• Recommend and monitor corrective and preventive actions.
• Work with operations, engineering, suppliers, and project teams to resolve quality concerns.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality performance and operational efficiency.
• Analyze quality trends, metrics, and inspection data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Support development and revision of procedures, work instructions, and quality standards.
• Evaluate supplier quality performance and support supplier audits or assessments.
• Verify supplier documentation, certifications, and material compliance.
• Coordinate resolution of supplier-related quality issues.

Ensure compliance with nuclear QA standards including CSA N286, N299.1, ISO 9001, ASME NQA-1 and 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, as applicable.

What You Need to Succeed

• Completion of High School plus additional specialized courses related to quality
• 5 years of experience in quality or equivalent advanced education
• Demonstrated knowledge of quality control principles, inspection techniques, and quality management systems.
• Experience interpreting technical drawings, specifications, codes, and standards.
• Proven ability to perform inspections, testing, and verification activities accurately and consistently.
• Experience using inspection and measurement equipment and maintaining calibration records.
• Ability to identify non-conformances and recommend corrective actions.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities with attention to detail.
• Experience conducting root cause analysis and supporting corrective/preventive action processes is an asset
• Ability to analyze quality data and identify trends or improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare accurate reports, inspection records, and quality documentation.
• Strong organizational skills with high attention to accuracy and traceability requirements.
• Experience maintaining audit-ready documentation.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with operations, engineering, suppliers, and project teams.
• Ability to clearly communicate quality concerns and recommendations.
• High level of integrity, accountability, and professionalism.

Kinectrics welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete the security clearance process. The security clearance process is conducted in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and may take up to 12 months to complete.

Kinectrics Inc is strongly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and welcomes applications from all individuals. To learn more about our commitments please visit our diversity, equity and inclusion and indigenous relations pages.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a voluntary diversity survey. The collection of self-identification data is driven by our commitment to DE&I and ensures Kinectrics' continuous review and improvement of its programs. The information that you provide is strictly confidential and your responses will only be used for statistical purposes. Your responses do not affect your candidacy in any way.

Kinectrics welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.