About this role
The pay rate for this position is 31 $/hr
Canplas is a North American business unit located in Barrie, Ontario. Our team develops and produces solutions that meet our clients’ most demanding expectations. We are passionate about creating sustainable, innovative solutions for the markets we serve. We provide people around the world with innovative solutions, leading our industry in a way that anticipates the rapidly evolving needs of our customers.
Position Summary
The Quality Data Specialist plays a key role in managing, analyzing, and optimizing quality data systems to ensure accurate reporting and informed decision-making. This position oversees database design, maintenance, and integration, while maintaining product data and quality documentation in compliance with ISO standards. The role provides technical support for systems such as HYDRA, MES, and the integrated Statistical Process Control (SPC) module, conducts statistical analysis, drives continuous improvement initiatives, and promotes a strong culture of quality—delivering right-first-time products for our customers.
Location: 31 Patterson Road, Barrie, ON L4N 3V9, Canada
Shift: Monday to Friday, from 7 am to 3:15 pm
Major responsibilities
Database Management: Maintain and optimize local database systems, including data updates, new functionality implementation, and performance improvements.
Product Data Maintenance: Update and manage product data (BOMs, routings, work centers) to support production and quality processes.
Data Analysis & Reporting: Extract, analyze, and interpret data for reporting and decision-making; prepare clear, actionable presentations for stakeholders.
Data Integration: Consolidate data from multiple sources into local databases to ensure consistency and accuracy.
Quality Documentation: Develop, revise, and maintain quality documents such as packaging instructions, inspection reports, and test methods; ensure ISO and QA document control compliance.
Statistical Analysis: Apply statistical methods to analyze data, conduct capability studies, and create control charts to monitor and improve process performance.
Continuous Improvement: Lead and participate in process optimization projects and production trials, providing data-driven insights to validate changes.
Audit & Compliance: Support internal audits, assist in developing audit plans, and ensure adherence to ISO standards.
Non-Conformance Management: Track and trend NCs, monitor status, and manage Corrective and Preventive Action Plans (CAPA).
Calibration & QA Lab Management: Assist with gauge calibration scheduling and maintain a clean, organized QA lab in line with 5S principles.
Additional Duties: Perform other tasks as assigned to support quality and operational excellence.
Qualifications .
College or University degree required; Bachelor’s in Engineering, Quality, or Computer Science preferred
Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
Certifications in Project Management, Lean Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt), or Quality Assurance are considered assets.
Strong understanding of database systems, network technology, and ISO standards.
Proficiency in statistical methods, SPC, and process capability analysis.
Advanced skills in MS Office (especially Excel), Power BI, and data analytics.
Proven experience in process improvement and problem-solving techniques.
Canplas is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for Canplas jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR.
Other facts
About Aliaxis
Honesty, fairness, integrity, the golden rule: a customer-first culture. Customers want it- even demand it. And it’s so easy to promise.
This is ‘distance race’ thinking, and building a business on it is harder than you might think. It requires you to sacrifice many short-term opportunities for gain. It means spending whatever time it takes to help a client solve a problem on deadline. It means resisting the urge to cut corners on materials that, once in place, no one will ever see.
It means innovation: going beyond what your customers want or expect, and working restlessly to create new products and ideas to fill unmet needs. It means keeping your word, even when it’s inconvenient, and honouring relationships over transactions, even when it costs. And it means building a team with people who believe it, live it, and stand by it.
At IPEX we’ve long-since made a decision to embrace this long-term thinking, not just when it’s easy, but every day, in everything we do, for every customer and every employee. We don’t do it because we’re nice people, though we like to think we are. We do it because it’s good business, and that the reputation we’ve built over time, job by job, one customer at a time, pays the best dividends.
Alex Mestres
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
What you'll do
- The Quality Data Specialist manages, analyzes, and optimizes quality data systems for accurate reporting and decision-making. This includes overseeing database design, maintaining product data, and ensuring compliance with ISO standards.
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