Quality Assurance Manager

Since 1998, AVL has been a trusted partner in the industrial sector, delivering complete solutions for power generation, energy storage, and complex fabrications. We offer fully integrated services, spanning design, engineering, integration, and assembly, to meet the evolving demands of both renewable and non-renewable energy markets. Building on this foundation, our strategic partnership with Toromont enables us to be the first in the market to deliver a true full turnkey data center solution.

This offering includes comprehensive engineering, generator supply, custom packaging solutions, chillers, and on-site commissioning-all under one roof. By leveraging Toromont’s strengths alongside our own, we streamline project execution and deliver greater value to our customers through a seamless, end-to-end approach that ensures performance, reliability, and efficiency.

The Quality Manager's primary function is to plan, organize, direct, control, and evaluate the activities of the Quality Department. Develop, implement, and monitor quality policies and work instructions to ensure products meet or exceed customer quality requirements, reflect the Company’s Quality Standards, and meet ISO requirements. Ensure ISO certification is maintained, lead ISO recertification efforts and improvements in manufacturing quality, and directly supervise quality team members.

• Ensure incoming, in-process, and final inspection activities are effectively carried out to ensure all products are manufactured in compliance with customer requirements, product and drawing specifications, and in accordance with standard industrial guidelines.
• Plans, leads and implements activities concerned with development, application, and maintenance of quality standards for processes, materials, and products.
• Develops and initiates standards (procedures) and methods for inspection, testing, and preservation of products.
• Devises sampling procedures, designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality data.
• Hands-on with measurement methods/tools, quality techniques, product sign-offs, understanding of material test certifications, material traceability, metallurgy, ASME and AWS/CWB welding processes, material testing - non-destructive testing.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant (nonconforming) material and devises methods to assess cost and responsibility.
• Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.
• Ensure all quality requirements and documentation are complete for manufactured products, including record keeping.
• Implement and maintain discrepant material process including corrective action system for follow up and root cause analysis.
• Assure supplier measurements are implemented for key suppliers and feedback of quality performance and improvements.
• Work with Purchasing group to assess and develop suppliers as required.
• Ensure quality requirements are reviewed for all new orders and that manufacturing inspection & test plans (ITP’s) are developed for each new contract.
• Active participation in company quality activities and initiatives including tracking of quality objectives (metrics) and key performance indicators.

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in an ISO manufacturing environment.
• Preferably within the Oil & Gas, Power Generation or Mining sectors.
• Diploma in mechanical/industrial technology.
• Should be familiar with ASTM, ASME, ANSI, CSA and API Standards and specifications.
• Good mechanical aptitude, proficient in reading blueprints, knowledge of weld procedures.

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