Quality and Regulatory Specialist I

at  Seaspan ULC

The Quality and Regulatory (Q&R) Specialist I support’s the department’s activities of regulatory affairs, compliance in-production for Classification, Flag State, and Onsite Customer Inspection Authority Quality scope, and assists with resolution of non-conformances (NCRs) and technical deviations to successful resolution in support of full ship acceptance for new-build ships.

• Supports the resolution of statutory quality, technical, and build non-conformances of equipment, production products or build process with Classification Society’s.
• Support the negotiations and resolution of regulatory issues with Transport Canada.
• Administer the issues and recommended solutions for the resolution of technical equipment, production and build quality process issues or non-conformances raised by Customer onsite inspection teams.
• Administers variations to contractual requirements with Customer onsite inspection team.
• Administer noted technical equipment build quality issues with suppliers.
• Prepares updates to quality processes that will reduce reoccurrences of non-conformances in production.
• Coordinates between Engineering and Quality Control for the resolution of equipment and production non-conformances.
• Administers the Inspection Test Plan’s (ITP) for each project and co-ordinates discussions/meetings with Production, Class and Customer and controls the issue and revisions status within ARAS.
• Supports in the delivering advice and directions to buyers in performance management of non-conforming suppliers.
• Tracks and records the investigation of major or critical quality problems in production.
• Supports the development of NDT Plans for each project as per Classification Society Requirements.
• Administers and tracks the planned QC, AC, Vendor, Class, and Customer inspection points from ITP to shop orders.
• Supports the team on the various software platforms ARAS, IFS, SharePoint etc.
• Other Functions not a direct link to JD or preforms additional functions / duties as assigned.