Quality Control and Quality Assurance Lead

Veolia Environnement SA•Delta, BC

13d•CA$100,000 - CA$120,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Control and Quality Assurance Lead is instrumental in driving the Annacis Island Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) Demonstration Facility to meet the stringent Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) outlined in the operations agreement. Because the HTL process is highly experimental and relies on strict data integrity, this position is heavily focused on ensuring that all products, byproducts, and testing protocols strictly align with the client’s performance objectives.

Requirements

Minimum of 10 years of experience in Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) in similar industrial facilities involving high-temperature and high-pressure environments.
Extensive experience with environmental laboratory sampling protocols, analytical data validation, and Certificate of Analysis (COA) interpretation.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to interpret process information, manage non-conformances, and troubleshoot technical deviations with operational teams to bring operations back within KPI targets.
Effective time management, decision-making, and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

Ideally wastewater and sludge treatment knowledge/experience.
Specific experience using data historians (e.g., DeltaV Historian) is highly desirable.
Proficiency with Process Control Systems, SCADA, Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)

Responsibilities

Leads the facility's Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) programs.
Directly monitors and optimizes process metrics to guarantee the facility meets contractual KPIs.
Oversees the oil/water separation process to successfully achieve the strict KPI of less than 1% water in the Biocrude oil phase and less than 1% oil in the aqueous water phase.
Manages precipitate blowdown operations and storage to meet the KPI of maximum 1% oil content and maximum 60% water content in the precipitate totes.
Ensures dewatered sludge meets targeted Total Solids (TS) KPIs under different test scenarios.
Guarantees that at least 95% of all daily and weekly operational and laboratory reports are delivered accurately and on time, which is a critical KPI.
Supports the facility's broader goals of maintaining a minimum of 80% operational availability and safely executing at least 80% of the prescribed Intended Operation Conditions (which include running 30 different test scenarios for two weeks each).
Oversees data quality control, validates external laboratory data (confirming surrogates, matrix spikes, and holding times), and ensures flawless data entry and management within the DeltaV Historian software.