Quality Specialist

Status:  Contract (Up to 24 Months)

Education Level: 4-year university education in an appropriate engineering or science discipline

Base Location: Darlington, ON

Shift: Days

Travel: 50%

Deadline to Apply: July 1, 2026

Salary Range: $1,764.34 - $2,663.56 Per Week

Electrify your career and help build a brighter tomorrow.

Every generation has a challenge that defines them. At OPG, we are calling on all innovators, disruptors, thought leaders and change-makers. Join us as we work to electrify life in one generation and build a sustainable future powered by our electricity, our ideas, and our people. Join OPG and make history.

Whether you work in the skilled trades or are a business professional, a career at OPG is an opportunity to electrify your life on -- and off -- the job.

JOB OVERVIEW

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Quality Specialist.

Reporting to Senior Manager, Supply Chain Quality Services, this position is responsible to performing and documenting Supplier audits, assessments, oversights, and surveillance inspections, and providing technical guidance, assistance and support to procurement staff, engineering staff, consultants, and suppliers to identify, resolve and prevent quality problems related to the procurement of products and services.

Providing guidance relating to the Approved Suppliers List (ASL), particularly restrictions and code references, communicating changes to internal clients/stakeholders. Developing, maintaining, and trending Supplier quality performance. Initiating corrective action for supplier quality issues.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 

• Travel frequently (i.e., up to 50% of working time) to supplier's and supplier's sub-supplier locations in Canada, United States, and Outside North America, as part of their regular job function (i.e. audits, assessments, oversights, surveillance inspections, supplier development, corrective action follow-up, training, and workshops).
• Performing and documenting supplier assessments. Identification of issues, challenges, risks, and opportunities for performance improvements that may impact the success of a project.
• Performing and documenting procurement oversight activities to ensure compliance with applicable engineering, quality assurance, and regulatory requirements. Preparing and updating Procurement Oversight Plans in consultation with Project Managers. Reviewing Procurement/Material/Quality plans prepared by EPC Contractors and Suppliers.
• Developing and maintaining Supplier performance quality information systems, including development of key metrics for Supplier performance monitoring/trend reporting, health indexes, and risk assessment tools.
• Collecting and analyzing Supplier's quality performance data to determine trends, recommending corrective and preventative actions, and initiating required actions in a timely manner to drive improvement. This includes interfacing with Supplier's quality, technical, and management personnel to identify quality problems and collaboratively developing and implementing solutions and ensuring that effective corrective action is effectively implemented.
• Evaluating the business activities of the Business Unit against quality management criteria approved by the Senior Leadership, report findings, observations, and provide improvement recommendations. This includes performing departmental and divisional self-assessments.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Requires a 4-year university education in an appropriate engineering or science discipline.
• Requires a minimum of over 6 years and up to and including 8 years is considered necessary to gain this experience.
• Requires fundamental knowledge and working experience with Quality Management Systems and quality management principles to procedural governance pertaining to procurement of Services and Materials.
• Requires engineering knowledge to provide a complete technical service for the procurement of electrical, electronic, mechanical, civil or structural products including the application of complex technical specifications and manufacturing processes and developing new strategies and methods.
• Requires experience to be knowledgeable of Canadian and international quality assurance standards and requirements, and quality management practices and their application to the design, procurement, production, inspection and testing of mechanical, electrical, electronic and computer equipment.
• Requires experience in the support and optimization of manufacturing processes, surveillance inspections, quality system audits, assessments and oversight, investigating product and material failures and initiating corrective action to prevent reoccurrence.
• Requires good writing, speaking and listening skills to communicate effectively with internal and external contacts.

The successful candidate will exhibit uncompromising integrity and commitment to upholding corporate values, and the OPG Code of Business Conduct.

OPG is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment. If you require accommodation during the selection process, please contact View email address on jobs.opg.com

What makes a career at OPG different?

With operations across Ontario, OPG is one of the most diverse power producers in North America. As the largest generator in Ontario, we meet approximately 50% of the province’s electricity needs, largely from low-carbon sources like nuclear and hydro. 

As we work to achieve our vision of Electrifying life in one generation, OPG and our family of companies are also helping advance the development of new low-carbon technologies such as Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), refurbishment projects, and electrification initiatives to help power the growing demands of a growing economy. Join OPG and make history.

Please submit your application online at . OPG thanks all those who apply; however, only candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.

Please note: All job postings at OPG are to fill existing vacancies within our organization. 

OPG may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of the applicant screening process. However, applications will also be reviewed by a member of our Recruitment team to ensure a fair and thorough assessment.

The base salary range considers many factors including, but not limited to experience, education, and training, including any collective agreement requirements for union represented positions. It is not typical for the salary to be offered near the top of the range, and salary is dependent on numerous factors. For management roles, the base salary range does not represent the total compensation package. The total compensation package for regular full-time management roles includes pay-for-performance programs for annual and medium time periods. Maintaining a high-performance culture and excellence is a core expectation of every member of our leadership team and is rewarded through the established compensation framework.

OPG is committed to employment equity. As such, we encourage applicants from equity-seeking communities (Indigenous Peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and women). We strongly believe that alleviating the under-representation of equity-seeking individuals will create a stronger OPG team and allow us to better serve the needs of our diverse communities.

In order to fulfill the above-mentioned purpose, priority in hiring may be given to qualified persons who self-identify as a member of equity-seeking groups as identified in the application process. This initiative constitutes a special program under the Human Rights Code/Canadian Human Rights Act.