Supplier Quality Specialist

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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 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:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or related technical discipline preferred.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in quality management, quality assurance, or related fields, with a proven track record of leading quality initiatives in a manufacturing or operational environment.

• Experience with Quality systems such as ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO13485, or equivalent.  

• Strong statistical and analytical skills and a data-driven mindset, capable of interpreting complex data sets and making informed decisions.

• Experience with supplier audits and compliance is an asset.

• Experience with hardware inspection and Ability to work with technical engineering specifications and drawings.

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.

Raytheon ELCAN adheres to the principles of equal employment and welcome 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.