Supplier Quality Engineer

Why join our team?

Think you have what it takes to work in an organization where creativity, drive and ambition are valued while integrity motivates everything we do?

Medicomhas been in business for over 35 years, and it has kept its entrepreneurial mindset. Working with us, you will have the opportunity to get involved, have an impact, and contribute to the company’s continued growth. We live by our values every day, focussing on customer satisfaction while ensuring teamwork, accountability, and empathy in everything we do.

Our team loves challenges and a fast-paced environment. You will have the flexibility to manage work and a personal life, as well as your own personal well-being. We offer an attractive compensation package with benefits.

The Opportunity

As a Supplier Quality Engineer, you will deliver Supplier Quality Engineering expertise and leadership for products sourced and manufactured by Medicom. You will develop, execute, and monitor Supplier Quality, supplier corrective action, inspection, and testing plans. You will collaborate directly with suppliers and regional Medicom teams to ensure preparedness of key suppliers for audits and compliance evaluations. You will collaborate with stakeholders to provide support for released products, evaluate product field performance and reliability, implement corrective actions, and plans for continuous process improvement.

What you will do

• Build and grow global Supplier Quality management program;
• Lead supplier evaluation, qualification, and approval activities, including coordination and preparation for supplier audits;
• Own and drive supplier corrective action process, including development of SCAR plans and verification of effectiveness;
• Evaluate and communicate quality issues to suppliers;
• Apply sound, systematic problem-solving methodologies in identifying, prioritizing, and resolving Supplier Quality issues;
• Act as owner and continuous improvement driver of first article, receiving, in-process and final inspection and testing outcomes for sourced products;
• Collaborate closely with Sourcing, Operations and Supply Chain functional teams to deliver Supplier Quality Engineering and management results that ensure sourced products conform to both quality/regulatory compliance and business requirements;
• Create incoming inspection and quality plans, sampling methods and test methods to ensure component and product conformance to requirements;
• Establish robust measures for Supplier Quality performance, monitor results regularly and initiate appropriate actions to continually improve Supplier Quality performance;
• Review and approve supplier manufacturing process validations and/or controls to ensure compliance with established specifications and compliance requirements;
• Resolve non-conformances related to sourced materials and finished products, participate in Material Review Board (MRB) to review, and disposition nonconformities and to drive supplier corrective actions;
• Review and approve controlled documentation change requests;
• Compile operational and Supplier Quality metrics for regular review to trend, recommend, and implement corrective actions and appropriate follow-up, when necessary;
• Lead and manage other and other Operational Quality continuous improvement projects as assigned.

What you will bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering;
• Member of the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec;
• Minimum of 5 years of related work experience in Supplier Quality Engineering, Quality Engineering, product lifecycle/sustainment engineering of medical devices or equivalent technical discipline;
• Experience in project management and coordination of multiple parallel tasks and projects;
• Knowledge of applicable regulations in the areas of FDA medical device QSR, Canada CMDR and ISO 13485;
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required by business objectives, anticipated to be less than 20% of-time
• Master’s degree and/or professional certification in scientific, engineering related technical discipline is a plus.

What we offer

• Competitive salary.
• Comprehensive insurance program including EAP and telemedicine for you and your family.
• Pension plan with company matching.
• Possibility of a hybrid work schedule, with home internet and office expense allowance.
• We value and encourage our people to focus on improving themselves, their knowledge, and their skills. As such we have an environment where we provide a lot of training, coaching and professional development opportunities.
• Fun work atmosphere, an active social committee that organizes fun activities such as sports, BBQs, family events and more!

Equal Opportunity Employer

Medicom is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants without regard to age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnic or national origin, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy and breastfeeding), disability or marital or family status. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and encourage Indigenous persons, persons of color, LGBTQ+ and gender-nonconforming persons, persons with disabilities, women, and members of any other marginalized group.

If you are energetic, committed to making a difference and love challenges, we would love to hear from you. Visit our website at https://medicom.com/en_ca/careers/ and apply today!