Quality Engineer

VIA Rail Canada, Inc.

$86K — $106K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Secondary 5 or baccalaureate in quality, mechanics, industry or similar discipline
  • 5-10 years experience in a similar role
  • Knowledge of railroad and/or VIA Rail equipment
  • Experience with Kaizen quality tools
  • Experience with dimensional measurement processes and tools
  • Strong skills in reading technical drawings and GD&T ASME 14.5
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Bilingual (oral and written) with strong technical writing skills

Responsibilities

  • Manage and perform inspections on rail equipment
  • Follow up on non-conformities until resolved
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives for maintenance efficiency
  • Ensure non-conformances are addressed with corrective actions
  • Produce and update audit and qualification reports with KPIs
  • Support QC inspectors and QA programs

Benefits

  • Permanent, full-time position
  • Work in a dynamic team of 3,000 employees
  • Opportunity to contribute to a sustainable transportation network
  • Occasional travel opportunities
  • Available to work various shifts when necessary
Full Job Description
Reference Number : 1241

Status : Permanent - Full-time

Annual Salary / Hourly Rate : 86 366 - 106 687

Number of positions to be filled : 1

Application Deadline : 06/20/2026

POSITION

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Quality the incumbent performs quality inspection and audit of rail equipment (cars). He will contribute to various continuous improvement initiative and implementation of quality department procedures.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Manage and Perform inspection on rail equipment;
  • Manage and follow up non-conformance until resolution;
  • Manage and contribute to various continuous improvement initiatives to increase equipment maintenance operational efficiency in maintenance facilities;
  • Ensure non-conformances identified are rectified with the implementation of corrective actions following NCR process;
  • Produce and update various audit and qualification reports with KPIs for general report;
  • Support QC inspectors and QA programs.


WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
  • Secondary 5 or baccalaureate in quality, mechanics, industry or similar discipline;
  • 5-10 years experience in a similar role (railroad and/or VIA Rail equipment knowledge is an asset);
  • Experience on implementation of Kaizen quality tools;
  • Experience on dimensional measurement process, classical tools and CMM;
  • Good knowledge on reading drawings, geometrical dimension and tolerancing (GD&T) ASME 14.5;
  • Strong computer knowledge, in particular Microsoft Word, Power Point, Microsoft Excel;
  • Bilingual (oral and written), with strong competencies for technical writing;
  • Available to travel on an occasional basis;
  • Mainly on day shift, but could work on evening and night shifts.


Join our 3,000 other employees in helping provide Canadians with a safe, accessible, environmentally sustainable way to travel!

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