Materials & Qualification Specialist in Quinte West

At Nexans, our global vision is to electrify the future. In the Strategy, Innovation & Digital team, we drive this ambition forward by shaping the company’s long-term vision, accelerating innovation across products and services, and leveraging digital transformation to create smarter, more sustainable energy solutions.

Nexans recognizes the differences that make each employee valuable and unique. Diversity is key to performance and to our global ambition to lead the world in the energy transition towards a sustainable planet. This we know from experience. All differences are appreciated and respected at Nexans. As a result, you will be an active part of a multinational organisation where we cultivate the culture of sharing your unique point of view.

As a Materials & Qualification Specialist, you will report directly to the Engineering and Technical Director in our Engineering team.

Getting to Know the Position

One of the strategic orientations that Nexans pursues consists in capturing growth and differentiating its offer by escalating the value chain from the production of cables towards the provision of innovative cable systems and services and solutions to better address the current and future needs of our partners and customers.

The position will be the voice of the technical team for all aspects of Grid & Connect North America global supply chain for raw materials, semi-finished goods and finished goods. They will act as the interface between North America commercial & supply chain teams, global supply chain, technical & production teams, and North America Central Engineering. The positions will also support the qualification process for CSA/UL approvals at global sites.

How You Make an Impact

• Support global Nexans manufacturing sites through CSA/UL project scoping and execution based on NAM leadership team guidance on growth opportunities.
• Maintain certification project schedules, ensuring completion on-time.
• Review existing CSA/UL certifications (internal and external to NAM) to determine if they are acceptable for cables that NAM team intends to quote.
• Work with purchasing and operations teams to identify, investigate, trial and approve new raw material suppliers for cost savings, CSA/UL qualifications and risk mitigation purposes.
• Promote standardization of raw materials between NAM sites where possible.
• Conduct initial inspections and ongoing audits of RM suppliers as required.
• Provide technical oversight of Inter-co supply chain implementation, along with regular check-ins once production has commenced.
• Support global Nexans manufacturing sites in specifying locally-sourced equipment where required to produce NAM cable constructions.
• Participate in NAM ISO 9001 / ISO 14001 certification and audits.
• Monitor testing of globally-sourced RM & FG within site of manufacture or at a NAM testing location to ensure compliance with internal & customer specifications and applicable standards.
• Provide technical advice and information as required by commercial & marketing teams related to CSA/UL portfolio of products.
• Serve as backup for product design engineers at NAM sites if required.

Expected Results

• Manage or supervise UL / CSA qualification projects for manufacturing sites within NAM and globally, product lines and raw materials.
• Manage or supervise the technical aspects of new raw material sourcing, vendor evaluation etc.
• Maintain NAM raw material specifications.
• Remain up-to-date on developments in cable raw material supply chain, and identify & suggest opportunities for Nexans to leverage new or modified materials or processes to improve competitiveness.
• Acts as internal point of contact for topics related to cable certifications, material qualifications.
• Participate in customer specification reviews, comparing custom specifications with existing CSA/UL certifications, plant capabilities, previous customer specifications etc.
• Support marketing / innovation initiatives as required from a technical perspective.

What You Bring to the Role

• A minimum of 5 years of cable design, manufacturing or cable applications engineering experience.
• Excellent knowledge of CSA & UL power cables and their respective standards.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication ability with customers, contractors and management.
• University or College degree in engineering or engineering technology.
• Must be willing and able to travel globally on a regular basis.

Requests for accommodation due to a disability can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Among our employees we share the same values - we are pioneers of the energy transition, dedicated to deliver to the highest standards of performance united to achieve our ambitious goal. At the individual level our growth culture is built on trust and collaboration.