Cornerstone Building Brands is a premier exterior building solutions provider serving both the residential and commercial markets across North America. The building products we manufacture are the cornerstone of the communities where people live, work and play -from homes to hospitals, grade schools to grocery stores, manufacturing facilities to municipal buildings and beyond.

Through the core values and consistent behaviors and mindsets embraced by our employees, we have built a culture dedicated to understanding our customers' needs and what matters most to their success. We know that it's our people that make the difference and we are deeply committed to building a workplace and global community where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized, providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and team members.

Who We Are

One Company. Hundreds of Products. Endless Possibilities. Ply Gem is North America's leading manufacturer of exterior building materials, including windows, siding, stone, and 40 other categories. At Ply Gem, we provide the nation's residential builders, remodelers and architects with access to a comprehensive range of building products. From new construction to repair, remodel and replacement, our full line of building products provide quality and value for all types of projects.

Ply Gem Canada is a growing company in the building products industry backed by Cornerstone Building Brands, providing us with stability and strength in the North American market. Cornerstone Building Brands is the largest manufacturer of vinyl windows in North America with brands you’ve come to know and trust. We have endless building product options from standard to specialty to customized to whatever you’re looking for. But it’s our service capabilities that sets us apart.

At Ply Gem Canada, we strive to produce a continuous stream of market leading products and services. We are creative and seek to recognize, embrace and apply new ideas and commercialize them more quickly than our competitors. We relentlessly seek to raise the bar on our products and services. We establish a reputation for innovation, quality and service that differentiates us from our competitors and enables us to tailor products and services to be the market leader.

Our building solutions are the cornerstone of the communities we serve. We believe every building we create, and every part of that building, positively contributes to communities where people live, work and play.

Why Join Our Team

Our employees are empowered to make a meaningful impact on our success while pursuing a wide range of opportunities to meet your personal aspirations for development and advancement within a stable, growing Canadian industry leader.

What You Can Expect from our Company

• You will be Part of a Winning Team
• You Can Capitalize on Your Opportunities and Make an Impact
• You Will Be Well Rewarded for Your Contributions to our Success
• You’ll work for a growing company with an excellent reputation in our sector for providing great products and customer service
• Competitive and tangible rewards that provide fair compensation relative to expectations and effort including base earnings, benefits for you and your family, and contributions toward your retirement savings
• Resources and support to help you manage your personal wellness

What the Company Expects of our Team

• Bring yourself fully to work each day
• Playing your role on the team so together we Win as One
• Welcoming and Driving Change to support our continued evolution
• Help drive the success of our Canadian Business through living our universal core values
• Making an Impact to ensure our continued success

This position will be located at the Calgary, Alberta Manufacturing Plant and it is part of the Windows Group – Ply Gem. This position reports to the QA Manager Ply Gem.

Purpose/goals:

• The key purposes of a QA Supervisor include:
•  Quality Monitoring: Supervise and assess quality checks to ensure compliance with standards and procedures.
• Team Leadership: Co-ordinate and guide QA technicians, providing training, feedback, and performance evaluations.
•  Process Improvement: Identify inefficiencies in quality processes and suggest or implement improvements.
•  Compliance Assurance: Ensure products or services meet industry regulations, customer expectations, and company policies.
• Problem Resolution: Investigate quality issues, determine root causes, and work on corrective and preventive measures.
• Reporting and Documentation: Maintain detailed records of inspections, quality metrics, and improvement initiatives, providing reports to management.
• Collaboration: Work with other departments (e.g., production, Design, Engineering and Service) to align quality objectives with organizational goals.

Shift: Day Shift (8Am to 4.30PM), Flexible to work in Rotating shift, PM shift based on the operational requirement – on site               

• Foster a culture, including ways of working and behaviors, that is congruent with our mission, values, and success model.
• Identify and implement ways of working that make quality first a shared mindset and a way of life at CBB. Focus will be on the process, not the individual
• Ability to build strong business relationships and work collaboratively across multiple functions.
• Support the development of the Cornerstone Quality Management System and lead the execution at the factory.
• Develops and executes effective methods for inspection, testing, sampling, and training.
• Monitor the customer satisfaction and internal metrics, drive initiatives and projects to improve quality as a competitive advantage.
• Understand that speed matters and is prompt with action and information, willing to make decisions based on calculated risks, and moves issues to closure by driving teams forward.
• Understanding & executing SOP’s, FMEA’s, SPC , Control Plans , Process & Product Audits.
• To implement and maintain the quality management system

• To lead the continuous improvement process throughout the company
• To ensure that all quality related data is forward to executive management
• Guide and Lead groups in the problem-solving process
• Manage and monitor the incoming inspection process.
• Do external audits and work with suppliers to ensure they have a quality system in place.
• Meet and work with customers to ensure all issues are brought back to the production environment
• Lead and guide the quality department

To perform satisfactorily in this position, the employee must have Diploma or Bachelor of Engineering and should have at least 3 to 6 years of experience in Manufacturing and Quality. The requirements listed below are representative of knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made for employees with certain disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Skills:

• English Language ability to read and comprehend documents including but not limited to policy manuals, safety rules/programs, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and simple correspondence, in addition, the ability to communicate information effectively one-on-one and in small group situations and settings is required

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to perform general mathematic calculations including but not limited to addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, percentages, and division
• Some positions may require advance mathematics
• Displays a strong ability to use data to rationally analyze and solve issues. Ability to present information to leaders, intercept and analyze data for decision making

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to perform work instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form a must. In addition, the ability to solve problems, which involve multiple variables in a standard situation, is required

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Must have a high degree of concentration
• Ability to work effectively to meet deadlines
• Ability to work with a diversified work force
• Ability to read different measuring devices (i.e. tape measure, protractor, micrometer)
• Physical Demands:
• While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear
• The employee is frequently required to walk
• The employee is frequently required to stand; sit; bend; stoop; use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; lift; climb and/or balance essential tasks
• Specific vision abilities include close-up and distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception

Work Environment:

• The employee may be required to enter areas that are near moving mechanical parts, with occasional exposure to hazardous chemicals, and extreme cold or heat
• The noise level in the work environment is considered moderate, and may require the use of hearing protection
• The employee will be required to utilize Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when accessing certain manufacturing areas: hard hat, gloves, welding jacket or weld bibs, safety glasses, welding hood and earplugs

Safety Responsibilities:

• Before initiating work at Ply Gem, the employee is required to read and understand the position’s Job Safety Analysis 
• The employee must wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and perform tasks in a manner consistent with Ply Gem safety training, Ply Gem Employee Manual and OSHA regulations

Ply Gem Canada is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. We will accommodate applicants’ needs, upon request, throughout all stages of the recruitment process. Please inform us of the accommodation(s) that you may require. Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially