RQ00730 - Senior Quality Assurance Engineer - Civil/Structural

Ready to make a difference? Join our client as Senior Quality Assurance Engineer - Civil/Structural! Your mission: ensure safety, quality, and timeliness, all while staying within budget. Be the driving force behind our success! 🚀

General Description
• The E4 – Engineer is a professional engineer or geoscientist who applies engineering knowledge to provide engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services for medium complexity projects and/or operations safely, with quality, within budget, and on time. Experience and Role Accountabilities

Advantages
Location: Burnaby, BC (Edmonds Campus) - Hybrid

• Hybrid work model: minimum 2 days/week in office.

• Must be able to travel independently to remote areas of BC (including winter conditions) and to supplier locations in and outside Canada.

• Strong planning, scheduling, and multi-tasking skills required.

Responsibilities
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
Must haves:

• Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering with 8+ years of experience (minimum 2 years in QA).

• Registered as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) with EGBC.

• Valid Class 5 driver’s license.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Proficiency in MS Office, databases, and web tools.

• Demonstrated problem-solving skills.

Nice to have:

• 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.

Summary
Interested candidates can submit their resumes to John Yamazaki at john.yamazaki@randstad.ca

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.