Location: Mississauga, ON (onsite)
Salary Range: $80,000 - $90,000 annually
Vacancy Type: Existing Position
Travel: USA, Mexico, and Asia as required
As our next Quality Engineering Specialist, you’ll be at the forefront of ensuring products meet customer expectations while supporting efficient manufacturing operations. Your expertise in quality engineering, problem-solving, customer quality management, supplier quality, and continuous improvement will be critical in improving product quality, reducing defects, and supporting new business growth.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Manage quality performance by ensuring customer-specific requirements are communicated and implemented throughout operations
- Lead structured problem-solving initiatives, root cause analyses, and corrective actions
- Contain, review, and disposition nonconforming materials in accordance with product specifications
- Maintain customer relationships through regular communication and quality performance reviews
- Manage customer portals, quality scorecards, and performance metrics
- Develop supplier relationships, monitor supplier performance, and drive quality improvements
- Lead internal and external corrective action processes
- Analyze statistical data and apply SPC methodologies to improve process capability and reduce nonconformances
- Monitor scrap levels and implement cost-reduction and quality improvement initiatives
- Train inspectors and production associates on gauge use, inspection standards, quality procedures, and corrective actions
- Create and maintain PPAP packages, Control Plans, FMEAs, APQP documentation, and related quality records
- Address daily production quality concerns and develop rework strategies and acceptance criteria
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives related to Quality, Productivity, Engineering, and IATF compliance
- Ensure compliance with IATF 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and all applicable Quality and EHS requirements
What We’re Looking For:
- Diploma or degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related technical field
- Minimum five years of experience in Quality Engineering or Quality Assurance within a manufacturing environment
- Strong hands-on experience with structured problem-solving and root cause analysis tools
- Solid understanding of SPC, quality assurance practices, error-proofing methods, and tool design
- Working knowledge of IATF 16949 and automotive quality systems
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, organizational, and leadership skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under tight deadlines in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required
Bonus Points If You Have:
- Powder Metallurgy Technologist Level 1 certification
- Experience supporting automotive manufacturing operations
- Experience leading APQP, PPAP, and new product launch activities
- Strong customer-facing and supplier development experience
- Experience implementing scrap-reduction and continuous improvement programs
How to Apply
Apply online at www.johnsonelectric.com. We can’t wait to meet you!
What We Offer
Johnson Electric offers talented people like you the opportunity to grow professionally and personally, surrounded by some of the most dedicated, innovative, and entrepreneurial colleagues you will find anywhere. Of course, we offer competitive pay and benefits, and far more than that, we offer you a culture driven by our values and designed to ensure that our most important asset, our people, can flourish.
