QC Manager

Quality Control (QC) Manager

Location: Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
Compensation: Up to $150,000 annually
Position Type: Full-Time

About the Role:
We have proudly partnered with an industry frontrunner specializing in bespoke construction and asset management solutions tailored for the energy sector. Our client is on the hunt for a highly skilled Quality Control Manager to spearhead their quality assurance initiatives. In this crucial leadership position, your extensive background as a welding inspector and your capacity to guide a team will be heavily utilized and highly respected.

You will step into a fast-paced, deeply synergistic work environment where you are fully empowered to elevate quality benchmarks and champion continuous process enhancements. This is far more than a standard process management role; it is an incredible opportunity to advance your career by collaborating directly with Estimators, Shop Managers, QC Inspectors, and high-profile clients, all while backed by an organization that views integrity and operational excellence as its foundational pillars.

Advantages
Exceptional Earning Potential: Secure a highly lucrative base salary of upwards of $150,000 per year that reflects your senior-level expertise and technical knowledge.

Collaborative & Caring Environment: Become part of a truly supportive workplace that genuinely values its employees and makes cross-departmental collaboration a breeze.

Industry-Shaping Impact: Take pride in delivering bespoke, high-quality fabrication solutions that directly drive success and innovation for major clients within the energy industry.

Continuous Career Advancement: Broaden your professional horizons by spearheading crucial process improvement strategies and managing a vast array of complex projects, spanning custom fabrication, structural steel, and pressure piping.

Unwavering Core Values: Align yourself with a prestigious company that refuses to cut corners, placing unparalleled emphasis on site safety, moral integrity, and top-tier craftsmanship.

Responsibilities
Daily Quality Oversight: Direct the day-to-day quality assurance programs across the fabrication floor, guaranteeing that every single deliverable perfectly aligns with stringent internal protocols, client specifications, and regulatory codes.

Comprehensive Inspections: Command all vital inspection and testing procedures, which includes managing Non-Destructive Examination (NDE), executing pressure tests, evaluating Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), and meticulously compiling final turnover documentation.

Client Relations & Alignment: Serve as the face of the quality department during critical client meetings, expertly managing relationships and ensuring that all fabrication outcomes precisely match the client's initial project expectations.

Process Optimization & Defect Mitigation: Take charge of Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and corrective strategies to aggressively minimize rework, boost first-pass yield rates, and safeguard the overarching project timelines.

Leadership & Mentorship: Act as the ultimate quality authority on the floor, offering guidance, training, and constructive coaching to a diverse crew of welders, fitters, shop supervisors, and subordinate QC Inspectors.

Qualifications
Professional Experience: You absolutely must possess extensive, hands-on experience working directly within a manufacturing or fabrication shop setting, coupled with a well-documented history as a welding inspector and team leader.

Mandatory Certifications: You hold a valid CWB Level 2 certification at an absolute minimum. (Candidates possessing a CWB Level 3 ticket or a direct background with CWB/ABSA structural fabrication will be heavily prioritized).

Technical Mastery: You boast an exhaustive knowledge of complex welding procedures, NDE, material traceability logistics, and pressure testing, paired with the analytical ability to decipher intricate engineering blueprints and technical specs.

Communication & Relationship Building: You are armed with elite verbal and written communication skills, allowing you to seamlessly navigate high-stakes client meetings, unite cross-functional project teams, and thrive in an accelerated work environment.

Regulatory Knowledge: You maintain a profound, practical understanding of modern quality management frameworks and crucial industry codes, including ASME, CSA, CWB, ABSA, and National Board standards.

Summary
We are actively searching for a natural-born leader who feels right at home heading up client discussions and assembling exhaustive turnover packages from scratch. If you are a certified CWB Level 2 welding inspector equipped with the mandatory fabrication shop background, we are incredibly eager to review your profile!

How to Submit Your Application:
- Via Email: Forward a copy of your most up-to-date resume directly to our recruiter at renee.paul@randstad.ca. (Crucial: To ensure your application isn't missed, please type "QC Manager" directly into the email's subject line).

- Via Direct Application: Simply bypass the email process and apply instantly by clicking the application link on this job advertisement!


Disclaimer: We are incredibly grateful to everyone who expresses interest in this opportunity. However, please understand that our recruitment staff will only be reaching out directly to individuals who meet or exceed the mandatory qualifications outlined above.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.