Senior Project Engineering Specialist

Seaspan•District of North Vancouver, BC

5d•CA$119,700 - CA$146,300•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Project Engineering Specialist leads project planning, resourcing, staffing, progress reporting, people management, and troubleshooting for engineering projects. The Project Engineer is responsible for ensuring project results meet requirements regarding technical quality, reliability, schedule, and cost. This position is required to be fully on-site based at 50 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver. This is a 12-month limited term employment with eligible benefits and 4 weeks’ vacation.

Requirements

Relevant bachelor’s degree preferably in engineering or scientific subject area or a similar experience with a strong technical background.
10+ years of experience in Engineering or Technical Project Management, preferably with knowledge of ship/maritime systems or specialized knowledge of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, communications or a related domain.
Strong communication skills including verbal, written, listening and presentation.
Good organizational skills.
Availability and willingness to travel if needed.
Committed to a high standard of safety and able to follow all safety laws and all the employer's safety policies and rules.
Exercise good judgments and make decisions in a manner consistent with the crucial job functions.
Self-starter with excellent communications and organizational skills
Proven ability to work independently to develop solutions to complex technical problems.
Outstanding analytical skills with the ability to analyze data and confirm its accuracy and adequacy as an integral part of the collective analysis/synthesis process.
Strong technical writing and interpersonal skills including the ability to produce and communicate clear, detailed written technical specifications, procedures, and reports.
PC proficiency required. Solid understanding of Microsoft Office software suite (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint).

Nice To Haves

Experience of supplier technical management an asset.
Professional Engineer with a recognized, accredited institution, or working towards achieving such status, preferred.
Solid understanding of CAD software, 3D Modelling and Visualization tools, document control systems and databases is a plus.
Working towards their PMP Certification.

Responsibilities

Applies a project management approach to complete design, pre-production and production support activities, including work performed by major subcontractors, and ensure the efficient delivery of engineering outputs.
Supports the Manager, Project Engineering and Senior Project Engineers to develop project control documents and assessment of Control Account Management data of engineering scope for assigned projects.
Conducts regular analyses of engineering performance and proactively identifies and addresses variances.
Helps drive timely closure of technical issues, risks and opportunities raised by the project, to ensure that all engineering deliverables and inputs to other collaborators are achieved and meet (or exceed) commitments.
Responsible for application of an appropriate engineering maturity management culture and appropriate engineering lifecycle management, aligned with project objectives.
Ensures maturity targets are agreed with key stakeholders.
Helps coordinate Gate Reviews (Design Reviews) that are conducted at appropriate points during the Project lifecycle.

Benefits

Eligible benefits
4 weeks’ vacation
Extended health care (i.e. paramedical services for massage therapy, speech therapy, mental health coverage, physiotherapy, and more)
Dental care
Vision care
$500 personal spending account
Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
Free on-site gym
Parking is included
Complimentary shuttle bus Monday through Friday with various pick up and drop off points around North Vancouver.