Job Title: Civil Quality Assurance Engineer
Location: Burnaby, BC (Hybrid)
Estimated Duration: 12 Months
Overview:
Our client's Quality Assurance team is looking for a senior Quality Assurance Engineer to support Civil-structural activities for their project portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage project quality scope, estimates, and deliverables.
- Identify quality risks, propose mitigation plans, and monitor implementation.
- Work closely with engineering teams, supply chain, contract management, construction management, and suppliers to ensure compliance with specifications and QA requirements.
- Provide direction for in-house and contracted field inspectors.
- Participate in strategic sourcing, define evaluation criteria, assess proposals, and perform supplier evaluations and surveillance.
- Manage supplier improvement plans and monitor progress.
- Review inspection and test plans and contractor submittals.
- Witness testing (including factory acceptance tests) and verify compliance with standards.
- Lead factory or site construction audits
- Initiate and lead resolution of non-conformities.
- Prepare clear, concise reports, memos, and project quality plans.
- Initiate new work releases with quality service providers.
- Balance technical knowledge, business sense, and communication skills to deliver efficient solutions.
- Be self-motivated and thrive in managing multiple concurrent projects (up to 10 at various stages).
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 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.
Desired Experience:
- Hydroelectric or electric utility experience (transmission, substations, generation).
- Knowledge of QA tools and methods.
- Public procurement processes.
- Auditing experience (manufacturing, construction site, or plant evaluations).
- Civil/structural design concepts and interpretation of drawings/specifications.
- Concrete mix design, testing, and repair methodologies.
- Civil inspections, soil sampling/testing, compaction analysis.
- Concrete foundations: rebar, formwork, placement, inspection/testing.
- Caissons, helical pile foundations, screw piles: installation inspection/testing.
- Pre-cast materials design and testing.
- Structural steel, welding practices, and inspections.
- Quality processes related to construction management.
The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$68.50 and CA$85.00
Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Tundra Technical Solutions would like to thank you for the interest you have demonstrated in this opportunity. However, only candidates with the required skills will be contacted.
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