Greater Sudbury (New Sudbury), Canada | Posted on 09/23/2026
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Role Overview
Our client is seeking a QA/QC Regulatory Officer to establish and maintain strong quality-management and regulatory-compliance systems across its North American manufacturing operations.
The role has an important cross-border component, ensuring products manufactured in Canada meet applicable technical, safety, traceability and certification requirements for both the Canadian and United States markets.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain QA/QC systems for manufactured explosive products and detonators.
- Ensure products are appropriately tested, certified and traceable.
- Develop sampling procedures and quality-control documentation.
- Monitor testing and inspection of raw materials and finished products.
- Conduct and document internal quality audits.
- Manage regulatory alignment between Canadian and U.S.
requirements.
- Support approvals and certification of recent products.
- Maintain regulatory documentation required for cross-border market access.
- Support compliance relating to NRCan/ERD, ATF, DOT and MSHA requirements.
- Conduct root-cause analysis and continuous-improvement initiatives.
- Support supplier quality management.
- Develop QA procedures and control sheets.
- Analyse quality statistics and identify improvement opportunities.
- Reduce rework, scrap and production downtime through stronger quality controls.
- Prepare technical and management reports.
- Support product equivalency and U.S. market-entry approvals.
- Assist in transferring technical and quality expertise into North American operations.
- Degree or BTech in one of the following or a related discipline:
- Industrial Engineering
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Minimum 3 years' QA/QC or relevant quality experience.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to interpret and implement quality procedures.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to operate independently.
- Strong analytical capability and computer literacy.
Advantageous
- Six Sigma certification or practical Six Sigma exposure.
- Experience within explosives, chemicals, mining or regulated manufacturing.
- Previous exposure to Canadian or U.S. product certification/regulatory processes.
Ideal Candidate
This position would suit a quality professional who is comfortable operating between manufacturing quality, regulatory compliance and technical product certification, rather than someone whose experience is limited to routine inspection.