Quality Assurance Engineer – Civil

Quality Assurance Engineer (Civil)

Our client is a leading energy utility that generates, purchases, distributes and sells electricity. They are presently looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer (Civil) for their Burnaby, BC location.
Overview:
Our client’s Quality Assurance team is looking for a senior Quality Assurance Engineer to support Civil-structural activities for their project portfolio.
Responsibilities:

• Draw on their technical expertise to review and comment on inspection and test plans and other contractor’s submittal, as required.
• Witness testing (including factory acceptance test) and be able to apply their knowledge of test specifications and standards to ensure compliance.
• Initiate and lead the resolution of non-conformities.
• Work closely and provide guidance to other engineering teams, supply chain, contract management, construction management, and suppliers to ensure that purchased material and services meet specification and quality assurance contractual requirements.
• Be a key player in managing supplier relationships, which could include participating in strategic sourcing, defining supplier evaluation criteria, evaluating proposals, performing supplier evaluations and surveillance activities, and accepting and monitoring supplier improvement plans.
• Craft well-written reports, memos, project quality plans etc…
• Review work of the team and of consultants and contractors to ensure accuracy, achievement of required results, and adherence to accepted quality practice.
• Provide directions for in-house or contracting field inspectors.
• Act as a contract representative delegate for various inspection and audit contracts and initiate new work release with quality service providers.
• Balance business sense, communication skills, and technical knowledge to deliver efficient, technically acceptable solutions when faced with challenges.
• Be self-motivated and enjoy working on a variety of concurrent projects.
• Develop and manage quality scope, estimate, and deliverables.
• Identify, propose mitigation plans, and monitor quality risks on assigned projects.
• Support Project Manager and take role of QA Work Package Manager or provide civil/structural support to other QA Work Package Managers for multi million-dollar projects.

Qualifications:

• The successful candidate shall have a degree in Civil or Structural Engineering with over 8 years (2 of them should be QA related experience)
• The candidate must be registered or immediately eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer as a member in good standing with EGBC
• The candidate will have a valid Class 5 driver’s license.
• The successful candidate will possess solid oral and written communication skills in addition to good computer skills (MS Office environment, databases, & web tools) and demonstrated problem solving skills.