Project Quality Assurance Officer - Fleet Renewal

Reference Number :
26249_042019
Status :
Permanent - Full time
Job Category :
Engineering
City :
MONTREAL
Province :
Quebec
Annual Salary / Hourly Rate :
$ 91 186 - $ 113 983
Number of positions to be filled :
1
Application Deadline :
2019-07-26
Description:
At VIA Rail Canada, our mission is to reimagine the Canadian journey by creating
smarter ways to travel. VIA Rail is a major Canadian player in the transport
industry and strongly believes that travel should be an easy, sustainable and
enjoyable experience that meets the individual needs and preferences of today�s and
tomorrow�s passengers. In the spirit of transformation, our values of innovation,
trust and agility are even more important and guide all our actions.

VIA Rail strives to constantly outdo ourselves as we create a safe and unique
travel experience across Canada.

As the person responsible, you will ensure that the quality system and quality
control for the fleet renewal project are organized, implemented and monitored.
You will coordinate operations related to quality and supplier configuration. You
will work closely with the Project Manager and technical teams.

Quality Assurance
� Draft and implement the VIA Rail quality assurance plan;
� Check and approve supplier plans as they relate to quality (Configuration
Management and Control Plan, Quality Management Plan, Non-Conformity Management,
Inspection Plan, First Article Inspection Plan, etc.);
� Ensure that the contractor organizes internal audits according to the Quality
Assurance Audit Plan and regularly monitor identified issues or improvements;
� Inspect equipment located with the supplier in cooperation with the supplier
contractor and VIA Rail resident;
� Develop a system of indicators to measure the contractor�s performance;
� Provide support to Engineering for major FAIs, modification checking, and
engineering queries and issues;
� Plan and prepare facilitate major Project milestones (Gate Reviews, Tests, Audit,
etc.).

Configuration Management
� Implement and monitor the applicable configuration applied for the project;
� Organize modification (CCB) meetings with the supplier and the various VIA Rail
stakeholders;

Quality Control
� Identify sticking points with all quality systems (VIA Rail project execution
plan, quality project plan and contractor acceptance plans;
� Do random inspections as needed;
� Follow up and finalize deviation and non-conformity requests from the contractor;
� Make sure the Car History Books are developed by monitoring that they are
progressively prepared on time, checking content compliance for each car and
ensuring that the certificate of conformity is issued;
� In cooperation with the technical team, examine and comment on Preliminary
Acceptance Criteria and Final Acceptance Criteria for contract deliverables;
� Participate in acceptance testing for trains delivered to VIA Rail;
� Monitor all corrective actions;
� Apply and monitor defect management processes (8D, etc.);
� Share Collect lessons learned during key project phases.

Supervision
� Supervise the Quality resident assigned to the manufacturer;
� Assess the workload and decide on resource needs to adjust to project plans and
priorities;
� Coordinate and facilitate quality improvement initiatives by organizing workshops
and monitoring actions;
� Replace the offsite technician when needed.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate for the Quality Assurance Specialist role will have experience
in manufacturing, quality assurance or weld engineering for rail programs, ideally
covering design of new rolling stock or refurbishment. The candidate should have
experience in quality assurance, quality control inspection, process improvement,
quality system auditing, and analysis, applied to heavy equipment.
� Bachelor�s degree in industrial engineering - quality assurance or similar field.
� 7-10 years� experience in a similar role.
� Mastery of quality assurance tools and concepts.
� Extensive knowledge of software tools, especially Microsoft Excel.
� Ability to speak and write in English and French.
� Available to travel regularly.
� Day shifts with possible travel in the evening.