Quality Assurance Technician - Custom Castings

Custom Castings is a member of the Nordstern Group of Companies, which also includes Protek Surface Technologies, Forte Tooling Technologies, and Sure Cast Aluminum Foundry. We are an integrated, single-source solutions provider delivering consistent, high-quality aluminum permanent mold castings to our customers.

We are currently seeking a reliable and hardworking Quality Assurance Technician to join our team in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Why Join Custom Castings?
What makes us a Great Place to Work? Our people and our culture matter! We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where values are recognized. We also offer a strong total rewards package, including:

• • $2000 hiring bonus
  • Competitive Salary
  • 4 days/week, 10 hours/day 
  • Off-shift premiums
  • Paid lunch and coffee breaks
  • Absent Time Paid hours
  • Full benefits package including RRSP matching
  • Comprehensive training program
  • Opportunities for career advancement
  • Work boots and Safety Glasses reimbursement
  • Continuous Improvement culture with employee rewards
  • Active Social Committee

The successful candidate will work with personnel to maintain an acceptable level of quality of product shipped to Custom Castings’ customers and received from suppliers. This is accomplished by maintaining a structured yet flexible quality system as a tool used to meet or exceed customer requirements on a consistent basis.

• • Support internal and external quality concerns through investigation support, documentation, and follow-up communication with customers, suppliers, and internal teams. 
  • Provide Quality Assurance and Quality Control support to operations personnel as required.
  • Perform required FAI/PPAP inspection activities and prepare required documentation. 
  • Perform laboratory testing (density index, tensile test, hardness test, spectrometry) and prepare required certification of results. 
  • Develop, implement, and maintain all gauging, testing, and inspection procedures and equipment. 
  • Conduct and report on internal and external quality management system audits. 
  • Maintain control of all QMS required documentation.
  • As necessary, address quality of supplier products or services. 

What You Bring:

• • Post-secondary education or relevant experience in quality, manufacturing, mechanical technology, or a related technical discipline. 
  • Hands-on / team-based problem-solving skills.
  • Proven ability to interpret drawings and perform manual inspection using common measuring tools. 
  • Comfortable using basic PC applications, including Microsoft Excel and Word, for data entry, documentation, and reporting.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with customers, suppliers, and internal teams.
  • Experience with CMM based inspection methods, PPAP, ISO 9001, and statistical methods would be considered an asset.
• • Ability to occasionally lift up to 40 lbs and work in a manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to stand, walk, bend, and move around the production floor as required.