Join Our Team: Quality Inspector!

About Us
JFE Shoji Power Canada (JSC) is an electrical steel products manufacturer located in Burlington, Ontario. As the largest producer of transformer cores in North America, JSC specializes in wound, amorphous, and step-lap cores for power generation and distribution equipment. Its electrical steel products and magnetic materials are also used in electric vehicle motors and charging station infrastructure, data centres, audio equipment, and other industrial applications.

Since 1972, JSC (formerly Cogent) has grown from a small niche manufacturer to an integral part of the North American electrical steel supply chain with multiple facilities and over 500 employees. JSC is dedicated to meeting the growing demand for electrical energy by providing strategic, innovative, and sustainable solutions to its clients.

What Sets Us Apart?
At JFE Shoji Power Canada, we are more than just a company—we are a community that embraces safety. We have a proactive safety attitude where every team member is empowered to care for each other and take responsibility for keeping everyone safe. By embodying the ICare principles, we ensure that safety is not just a priority but a core value of our culture. Each employee plays an essential role in shaping a workplace where safety is embedded in every action we take, and where incidents are prevented before they happen.

How you’ll make an impact
The Quality Inspector is responsible for inspecting incoming materials, in-process production, and finished goods to ensure compliance with customer specifications and internal standards. This role plays a critical part in maintaining product quality, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, and ensuring customer satisfaction.

Hourly Rate: $25.59

Please note this role is a continental rotating shift (12 hour shifts rotating between days and nights).

Position Overview
The Quality Inspector is responsible for inspecting incoming materials, in-process production, and finished goods to ensure compliance with customer specifications and internal standards. This role plays a critical part in maintaining product quality, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, and ensuring customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

• Inspect incoming materials to verify conformance to specifications using visual and measurement tests; reject and document non-conforming materials
• Conduct in-process inspections to ensure compliance with work orders, blueprints, and Company standards; communicate necessary adjustments to the Team Lead and/or Shift Manager
• Perform final inspections of finished products, including approval of rework when required
• Identify and document steel defects or other quality issues
• Generate and issue Quality Alerts for both internal and client-driven concerns; ensure communication and acknowledgment from production team members
• Monitor shop floor activities to verify compliance with quality procedures, standards, and customer requirements
• Ensure proper handling and segregation of non-conforming products by all production and maintenance team members
• Complete inspection reports, logs, and documentation, summarize re-work and waste; input data into the quality database accurately and on time
• Support root cause investigations for client complaints and assist in implementing corrective and preventive actions
• Assist with the rollout of new quality documents and ensure production team members are trained and signed off
• Maintain and calibrate measuring and testing equipment as required; report issues and request repairs
• Promote and support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality systems and processes
• Maintain a clean, safe, and compliant working environment by following all health, safety, and environmental regulations
• Collaborate with Quality and Production teams to ensure high standards are upheld throughout the manufacturing process
• Perform other duties as assigned to support quality and organizational goals

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED/CAEC) required
• Technical or vocational training preferred
• 1-2 years experience as a Quality Inspector, preferably in a manufacturing or steel environment
• Prior experience operating machinery or equipment preferred

As a fulltime permanent employee, you would receive:

• Competitive health and dental benefits
• Production Bonus plan
• Retirement savings program with company matched pension plan

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Please note: JFE Shoji Power does not accept agency resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. JFE Shoji Power does not accept agency resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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