Senior Quality Assurance Engineer - Civil 20882

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer - Civil

Must haves:

1. The successful candidate shall have a degree in Civil or Structural Engineering with over 8 years (2 of them should be QA related experience).
2. The candidate must be registered or immediately eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer as a member in good standing with EGBC.
3. The candidate will have a valid Class 5 driver’s license.
4. 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.

Nice to haves:

1. Hydroelectric experience or experience working with electric utilities (transmission, distribution, generation) and related equipment fabrication and test experience.
2. A knowledge of quality assurance tools and methods.
3. Experience with public procurement processes.
4. Experience in auditing (manufacturing, construction site and/or plant evaluations).
5. Experience in a manufacturing environment.
6. Concrete mix designs, related tests, and repair methodologies (i.e. in accordance with applicable standards).
7. Civil inspections, an understanding of soil sampling and testing, interpretation of fill material sampling and testing, and site compaction test analysis and reporting.
8. Civil and structural design: – general concepts, good understanding of drawings and specifications.
9. Concrete foundations: Rebar and form work, concrete placement, inspection and testing.
10. Caissons, helical pile foundations and screw piles: installation inspection and testing.
11. Pre-cast materials design, type-testing, and production testing.
12. Experience with structural steel, welding practices, and inspections.
13. Quality processes and practices relating to construction management.

Experience and Role Accountabilities:

1. A minimum eight (8) years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
2. Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgement to perform tasks including developing designs, analyzing and resolving problems, and interpreting engineering specifications on medium complexity and scope assignments for BC Hydro projects and operations.
3. Assist project or operations management to meet safety, cost, quality, and time objectives by proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending payment for work completed by contractors, preparing progress reports, coordinating work schedules and other similar tasks.
4. Resolve highly technical and unusual design and field engineering problems by conducting independent studies and analysis, exercising independent judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs to support successful operations and/or project completion at BC Hydro.
5. Participate in BC Hydro’s engineering practice by conducting independent studies and analysis, contributing to the development of technical standards, exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs, and making decisions related to methods and designs as well as providing guidance and advice to other engineering professionals to develop future capability at BC Hydro.

Education and Skills:

1. Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers & Geoscientists BC or with another jurisdiction and eligible for registration as such with Engineers & Geoscientists BC.
2. BC Hydro uses a Digital Sign and Seal Technology. You may be required to subscribe to a digital seal technology service offered by Notarius.
3. Intermediate English skills for professional environment, written and spoken.
4. Familiarity with CAD systems and drawing standards.
5. Ability to use standard industry design/analysis software.
6. Intermediate MS Office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Duties:

1. The BC Hydro Quality Assurance team works to ensure that products and services meet requirements and expectations as set out in the associated contracts, specifications and drawings. The successful candidate will:
2. Draw on their technical expertise to review and comment on inspection and test plans and other contractor’s submittal, as required.
3. Witness testing (including factory acceptance test) and be able to apply their knowledge of test specifications and standards to ensure compliance.
4. Initiate and lead the resolution of non-conformities.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Craft well-written reports, memos, project quality plans etc.
8. Review work of the team and of consultants and contractors to ensure accuracy, achievement of required results, and adherence to accepted quality practice.
9. Provide directions for in-house or contracting field inspectors.
10. Act as a contract representative delegate for various inspection and audit contracts and initiate new work release with quality service providers.
11. Balance business sense, communication skills, and technical knowledge to deliver efficient, technically acceptable solutions when faced with challenges.
12. Be self-motivated and enjoy working on a variety of concurrent projects.
13. Develop and manage quality scope, estimate, and deliverables.
14. Identify, propose mitigation plans, and monitor quality risks on assigned projects.
15. 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.