Quality Manager - Hydropower

Position Overview

As a Quality Manager at Ganotec, you will lead the quality team and project-related programs in your designated location. 

You will be responsible for developing and implementing the project quality plan in accordance with company quality standards, and will implement processes to prevent quality issues. The Senior Quality Manager may be required to work on several projects at once.

Preferably, you have experience in hydroelectric projects as well as heavy industrial. 
 

District Overview

Ganotec is a full service, heavy industrial contractor serving the industrial sector across Canada. Ganotec typically self performs all major disciplines including, civil, structural steel erection, heavy mechanical equipment installation, process piping and electrical / instrumentation and controls. We conduct our business through a variety of commercial contract styles including full turnkey, EPC, design build, T&M and conventional discipline packages. We have always been a strong proponent of “partnering”, working in collaboration with owners, major equipment suppliers and engineers at the early stages of the project development phase to allow for a more cost effective execution strategy for the project. Ganotec continues to position ourselves towards the future, constantly seeking growth opportunities yet never losing sight of what has made the company so successful.
 

Location

This position is based in Pointes-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec. Travel is required as our projects could be located anywhere in Eastern Canada and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Manage Quality for construction
• Generate project quality plans, inspection & test plans, and procedures
• Work closely with Construction Supervisors, Schedulers, Planners regarding development and implementation of the project quality system ensuring thorough understanding of the project scope and schedule
• Produce quality work, meeting requirements of plans, specifications and industry standards
• Have a thorough knowledge of the Projects Quality Management System, work instructions and procedures
• Ensure work is performed to established technical requirements defined by project documentation including drawings, specifications, procedures, inspection & test plans and work instructions
• Align quality control objectives with construction procedures  to achieve product reliability and minimize cost
• Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, and design professionals to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints, and construction problems
• Confer with vendors, subcontractors, staff, and management personnel regarding purchases, procedures, product specifications, manufacturing capabilities, and project status
• Generate quality reports and metric
• Evaluate data and write reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards
• Issue notice of non-conformances and stop-work orders, conferring with clients, and quality personnel to document incidents, contract requirements, and recommend corrective actions.
• Read worker logs, as-builts, quality checklist, test reports and specification sheets, to verify that records adhere to contract specifications
• Determine staffing requirements, and interview, hire and train new employees
• Manage staff, preparing work schedules and assigning specific duties
• Execute personnel quality training
• Analyze operations to evaluate performance of a company and its staff in meeting objectives, and to determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or policy change
• Recommend modifications to existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality
• Assist other projects and regions as needed in the implementation of The Company’s Quality Program
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Qualifications

• Bachelors' and/or Masters' in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience in construction with minimum 4 years as a Quality Manager in industrial sectors
• Proven background as a QA/QC Inspector in large scope projects
• Significant years of experience managing a team of several quality inspectors
• Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity
• Passion for safety, with the ability to help us ensure that nobody gets hurt
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Team player with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals and objectives
• Strong organization, time management, and attention to detail
• Ability to freely access all points of a construction site in wide-ranging climates and environment
• Ability to travel as business requires 
• Being fluent in French is required
• Functional knowledge of English (written and verbal) is considered as an asset since mobility across provinces in Canada is required. Lessons can be provided as needed #LI-IS1