Supplier Quality Specialist

Date Posted : 2025-09-23

Country : Canada

Location : Midland, Ontario, Canada, 450 Leitz Road, Midland, ON, L4R 5B8

Position Role Type : Unspecified

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Who we are and what we do

At Raytheon ELCAN, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and our higher purpose. Our products help the Canadian Armed Forces, and our allies, protect those who are not strong enough to protect themselves. We combine more than 70 years of experience with an outstanding culture to meet the needs of today’s mission and exceed our customer’s expectations. Culture is what connects us to each other, making Raytheon ELCAN a great place to work, grow, and belong.

What you will do

Raytheon ELCAN is looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Supplier Quality Specialist to help ensure our suppliers meet the highest standards in performance, compliance, and delivery. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Quality & Mission Assurance, this individual will ensure that external vendors providing components or assemblies to Raytheon ELCAN meet the high standards and specifications of our products. Working closely with Supply Chain, the Supplier Quality Specialist will be the interface between our supply base and internal stakeholders for critical and technically advanced programs. Responsibilities will include maintaining supplier relationships, monitoring performance, and driving continuous improvements in the supply chain. You will play a key role in ensuring ELCAN products meet the highest quality standards and comply with industry requirements.

Responsibilities

• Participate in supplier evaluation and selection by conducting assessments and audits of potential suppliers.
• Perform detailed assessments, audits and qualification processes for new and existing suppliers. Ensure suppliers meet quality, regulatory and performance standards, including compliance with AS9100, NADCAP, and other aerospace certifications as required.
• Build and maintain supplier relationships along with Supply Chain.
• Collaborate with suppliers to ensure flow down of product requirements both internally and to sub-tier suppliers through requirements, quality notes and statements of work.
• Interpret these requirements to ensure the supply base both understands and complies with these quality requirements.
• Establish and implement supplier performance metrics including inspection plans, testing and validation of components.
• Monitor trends in supplier performance and initiate projects to improve quality, cost and delivery.
• Drive supplier continuous improvement initiatives utilizing lean tools such as RTX Core.
• Work closely with internal teams such as Engineering, Operations, Mission Assurance and Supply Chain to meet or exceed product quality through the entire supply chain.
• Identify and lead root cause corrective action (RCCA) and failure reporting, analysis and corrective action system (FRACAS) activities related to supplier quality issues to prevent recurrence of defects and quality issues.
• Maintain accurate records of supplier performance, audits and compliance documentation.
• Conduct regular supplier audits to ensure compliance with quality management systems (QMS). Track and report on audit findings and work with suppliers to close gaps.

Qualifications we are looking for

Additional Benefits and Compensation

Raytheon ELCAN offers a competitive compensation package that includes an incentive program, benefits, and pension plan. The salary range for this role is 78,000 CAD – 122,850 CAD. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to role, function, and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education / training and key skills. RTX offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical and dental coverage, disability benefits, a retirement savings program, and tuition assistance through RTX’s Employee Scholar Program. Eligibility for specific benefits is based on factors such as position level, employment type (e.g., temporary or permanent), and business unit, and will be discussed during the hiring process.

Security Clearance

This position involves technologies regulated by the Canadian government’s Controlled Goods Program and the Contract Security Program. In order to obtain the required security clearance, candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, have resided in Canada for a minimum of five consecutive years, and meet all other program requirements. Job offers will be conditional upon candidates undergoing a successful security screening per the Controlled Goods Regulations and the Contract Security Program.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Raytheon ELCAN adheres to the principles of equal employment and welcomes applications from all qualified persons. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, Raytheon ELCAN will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection, and / or assessment process to any applicants with disabilities. If you require disability‑related accommodations, please contact Human Resources. All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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