Quality Control Coordinator / QC Lead
Location: Sable Metal Fabrication — Office / Shop Support
Job Type: Full-time
Sable Metal Fabrication is looking for a main Quality Control person to support our office, shop, and customers. This role is responsible for maintaining and enforcing QC practices, helping prevent repeat quality issues, supporting customer communication, and helping move Sable toward a more formal ISO-aligned Quality Management System.
Responsibilities
- Review drawings, revisions, material requirements, part numbers, DXFs, routing, job notes, and customer requirements before production.
- Perform and support in-process and final inspections using appropriate measuring tools such as calipers, pin gauges, height gauges, and inspection checklists.
- Maintain QC records including inspection reports, NCRs, corrective actions, customer returns, internal returns, PPAP / FAIR / DIR documentation, and related evidence.
- Communicate directly with customers on quality concerns, rejected parts, corrective actions, and follow-up requirements.
- Quarantine, label, and control nonconforming parts to prevent accidental use or shipment.
- Create and manage NCR documentation, including root cause, immediate corrective action, preventive action, and closure verification.
- Work with production, programming, purchasing, shipping, and management to make sure quality requirements are understood and followed.
- Enforce QC procedures, stop work when requirements are unclear, and escalate drawing, material, revision, or process conflicts.
- Help maintain controlled documents, SOPs, training records, inspection checklists, and quality system records.
- Support management review, internal audits, KPI tracking, customer audits, supplier/customer qualification requests, and Sable’s movement toward ISO 9001 readiness.
Ideal Candidate
- Experience in quality control, inspection, manufacturing, sheet metal, fabrication, machining, or a related environment.
- Able to read drawings, revisions, tolerances, material callouts, and customer notes.
- Comfortable speaking with customers professionally and clearly.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and willing to enforce process even when production is busy.
- Familiar with NCRs, root cause analysis, corrective action, first-off inspection, PPAP/FAIR/DIR, or ISO 9001 concepts.
- Able to work with office systems, folders, emails, job records, and production documentation.
- Strong communication skills and the confidence to stop, question, or escalate work when quality cannot be verified.
Preferred
- ISO 9001 experience or interest in helping build an ISO-ready quality system.
- Experience with Microsoft products such as Excel, Teams, SharePoint, or similar manufacturing systems.
- Background in customer returns, supplier quality, inspection reporting, or manufacturing documentation.
Why Join Sable
This is a key role for someone who wants ownership of quality, customer trust, and process improvement. The right person will help strengthen daily QC discipline, reduce repeat issues, and support Sable’s growth toward a more formal quality system.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $30.00-$40.00 per hour
Expected hours: 42.5 per week
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Work Location: In person
