Quality Lead

**Requisition ID**:168781

**Job Level**:Mid Level

**Home District/Group**: Eastern Canada District

**Department**:Quality

**Market**:Transportation

**Employment Type**:Full Time

**POSITION OVERVIEW**:

- As a Quality Lead, you will be reporting to the Quality Manager and supporting our quality program and projects' quality performance.**DISTRICT OVERVIEW**:

- Eastern Canada District's projects include highways, bridges, mass transit, mine site development & open pit operations, hydroelectric powerhouses, wind-power plants, dams & industrial. They serve the construction and mining industries and operate in Eastern Canada.**LOCATION**:

- This role is for our Ottawa LRT Stage 2 project.**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Maintain a high level of understanding of company standards and guidelines.
- Maintain Client Critique Schedules, Tracking and Trends.
- Provide update to employees on client critique results.
- Maintain Corrective Action Reports.
- Facilitate Root Cause Analysis.
- Maintain a solid knowledge base of District Quality Manuals.
- Identify potential quality incidents before they arise.
- Participate in district standards meetings and provide input/feedback as it relates to quality assurance.
- Understand requirements of ISO 9001 Standards.
- Help in the planning of, and participate in, internal quality audits.
- Conduct reviews of required documents and support materials, interview staff, and administer online audit questions to assess compliance with documented procedures.
- Provide administrative support for audits, other Quality Department programs and initiatives, and Monthly Operations Reviews.
- Facilitate quality presentations.
- Disseminate quality information in the office and on the intranet, send results to managers on a weekly basis, write monthly articles for company newsletter, present information at department discipline meetings, etc.
- Mentor other Project Quality Coordinators as required.
- Draft and maintain a Project Quality Plan for any given project including the Quality activities required on a project and associated metrics.
- In regards to Suppliers, the Quality Coordinator is responsible for:

- Collaborating with the supplier to identify Quality requirements.
- Performing Quality Kick-Off meetings with the supplier to explain project Quality Management.
- Auditing the supplier to determine if required Quality records submitted.
- Participating in weekly coordination meetings to resolve Quality issues.
- Ensuring that all Quality issues are resolved before the release of the final payment.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Degree in engineering plus 10 or more years’ experience in a related construction or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Must have working knowledge of construction industry codes as applicable (ACI, AWS, ASME, NEC, etc.) as well as applicable certifications.
- Self-starter with advanced organizational, managerial and leadership skills.
- Able to identify punches and to maintain the database and ensure its coordination
- Manage priorities and coordinate work with Operations
- Great leadership skills, can work under pressure, result-oriented, comfortable using technology

**Other Requirements**:

- Regular, reliable attendance
- Work productively and meet deadlines timely
- Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
- Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
- Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
- We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off._
- We believe in equal opportunity in employment practices without discrimination and comply with all laws regarding human rights in the provinces where we operate._