Materials Testing Lead Technician

At STELIA North America, we are offering the opportunity for a career that is out of this world!

We are looking for someone to join our Quality Assurance Team in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

An affiliate of the Airbus Group of Companies, STELIA is an aerospace and defence company specializing in the design, development, and manufacturing of composite components and assemblies.

Headquartered in Lunenburg, NS, and with a site in Mirabel, QC, we operate more than 150,000 sq feet of facilities dedicated to operations, manufacturing and administration.

The Materials Testing Lead Technician provides technical expertise and plays a major role in ensuring material testing is performed per customer specification and/or approved industry standards.

This role embraces a culture defined by safety, quality, teamwork, and accountability.

• Perform and lead laboratory testing tasks such as material testing for in-process, receiving, shelf-life extension, development, and qualifications.
• Review the testing schedules and provide feedback to managers and schedulers.
• Develop, review, and retain lab related documents, such as test plans, work instructions, procedures, etc.
• Review testing files and reports to ensure accuracy and conciseness and maintain records.
• Manufacture test coupons per customer specification, industry standards or instructions.
• Monitor performance of the lab, e.g., On-time Delivery, Safety, Quality, Efficiency
• Ensure all tools and equipment are properly maintained, calibrated and are in safe, usable condition, that limits downtime and extends productivity. Coordinate with Maintenance or Calibration team as required.
• Identify safety hazards associated with testing to be performed and apply appropriate safe measures to control and/or eliminate safety hazards.
• Perform quality checks and identify nonconforming conditions in material and conditions.
• Troubleshoot problems and participate in the review of non-conformances, test failures and root cause analysis.
• Maintain a clean and organized workspace (parts can be sensitive to foreign materials).