Stella-Jones is a leading manufacturer of essential infrastructure products focused on serving utilities and railroads, as well as supplying big box home improvement stores across North America. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada and publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Stella-Jones operates a vast network of facilities that employs more than 3,000 employees across the United States and Canada. Built on strong foundations with a coast-to-coast reach, we offer real opportunities for career success and community impact.
QC Technician 2 ensures conformance to industry, company, and customer-specific specifications for untreated and treated material, preservatives, and treating work solutions.
The Quality Control Technician plays a critical role in ensuring the integrity, safety, and compliance of preserved wood products. This position is responsible for conducting inspections, identifying nonconformances, and supporting corrective actions throughout the production process, from raw material intake to post-treatment evaluation.
Principal Responsibilities:
- Post-Treatment Inspection: Evaluate treated materials for compliance with AWPA, ANSI O5.1, CSA O15, CSA O80, or ASTM D25 and customer-specific requirements. Segregate and mark nonconforming materials for rework or retreatment as needed
- Nonconformance Management: Identify incidents of nonconformance and communicate to stakeholders. Collaborate with production supervisors to determine disposition-rework, scrap, or escalation. At ISO certified facilities initiate and document nonconformance incidents per the QS-017 Control of Nonconformance protocol.
- Process Monitoring: Ensure critical treatment steps are being performed including moisture content verification, and sterilization. Ensure adherence to documented procedures in the QC Manual and ISO procedures as applicable.
- Documentation and Reporting: Maintain accurate inspection logs, assay forms, and reject material records. Ensure traceability of reworked materials.
- Compliance and Standards: Apply industry standards such as AWPA, ANSI O5.1, CSA O15, CSA O80, and ASTM D25. Follow internal policies and customer specifications as outlined in the QC Manual or ISO procedures as applicable.
- Testing & Evaluation: Administer field and lab tests, evaluate results, and recommend treatment adjustments.
- Quality Assurance: Maintain and enforce the Corporate Quality Policies and Procedures; oversee quality reports and databases.
- Process Oversight: QC preservative concentrations, incising, shaving, framing, and other manufacturing processes to ensure compliance with standards.
- Inspection & Certification: Conduct boring, inspection, and chemical analysis of treated charges; issue treating certificates and reports.
- Calibration: Ensure lab and inspection equipment is appropriately calibrated at recommended compliance intervals.
- Documentation: Maintain accurate records of inspections, analyses, specifications, and correspondence.
- Collaboration: Work closely with treating supervisors to optimize cycles and solution strengths.
- Corrective Actions: Initiates corrective actions as necessary, supports root cause analysis, implements actions, and completes effectiveness checks as assigned.
- Reporting: Complete daily, weekly, and monthly compliance reports for plant leadership.
- Third-Party Coordination: Manage external quality control inspections.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED required;
- Experience in quality control, quality assurance, manufacturing, wood treating, laboratory testing, or industrial inspection experience.
- Working knowledge of quality control principles, inspection techniques, sampling methods, and corrective action processes.
- Ability to interpret and apply industry standards, specifications, procedures, and customer requirements.
- Experience maintaining detailed records, inspection reports, and compliance documentation.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Strong mathematical and analytical skills with the ability to evaluate test results and identify process deviations.
- Ability to communicate effectively with production teams, supervisors, customers, and third-party inspectors.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Must be able to work safely in an industrial manufacturing environment and outside in the elements
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate degree in Quality Assurance, Wood Science, Forestry, Manufacturing Technology, Chemistry, or a related technical field preferred.
- Experience in wood preservation, lumber manufacturing, utility pole production, or related forest products industries.
- Knowledge of AWPA, ANSI O5.1, ASTM, CSA O15, CSA O80, ISO 9001, or similar quality standards.
- Experience performing laboratory testing, chemical analysis, product inspections, and equipment calibration.
- Familiarity with nonconformance reporting, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Prior experience issuing quality certifications, compliance reports, and treatment documentation.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to product quality.
- Ability to identify nonconforming materials and make sound disposition recommendations.
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes, process controls, and quality systems.
- Effective problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to read and interpret technical specifications, procedures, and inspection criteria.
- Strong organizational and documentation skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across operations, maintenance, production, and quality teams.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to work indoors and outdoors in varying weather conditions.
- Ability to walk production yards and manufacturing facilities for extended periods.
- Ability to climb ladders, platforms, and stairs when required.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally.
- Ability to perform inspections that may require bending, kneeling, reaching, and standing for extended periods.
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE), including safety glasses, hard hat, hearing protection, steel-toed boots, and gloves.
This position may also be designated as the EHS contact for a facility and may be assigned additional related duties.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
Employee Benefits:
As a Stella-Jones employee, you will have access to excellent benefits and incentives including:
- The security of working for a company designated as an essential workplace
- Comprehensive total benefits package with 3 medical plans to choose from
- Several company-paid benefits including:
- Dental and Vision coverage
- Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) policies
- Long-Term Disability Coverage
- Access to a robust employee assistance program
- Competitive compensation
- Annual bonus program opportunity
- 401(k) savings plan with generous Company match (150% on the first 4% deferred)
- 2 weeks paid vacation and 9 holidays
- Career advancement opportunities
- Ability to purchase Company stock
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled