Electrical Inspector

QAI Job Number: QAI-INSPELE-JOB TITLE: Inspector - ELELOCATION: Burnaby, BCNUMBER OF POSITIONS: 1CATEGORY: Special Inspections SALARY RANGE: $60,000 to $65,000 per year BACKGROUND:Founded in 1995 by a group of experienced certification and testing experts, QAI Laboratories Ltd. (QAI) is a multi-national professional certification body, test laboratory, and inspection agency with offices throughout North America and Asia. Recognition of the QAI name and logo have grown significantly over the past few years resulting in significant expansion of the business.

We are looking for a talented, hardworking, dedicated person to join our growing team and support future expansion of the business.
We are looking for Inspector and Laboratory Technician to support the Electrical Product Safety Department at our Burnaby, BC location. Our ideal candidate would be someone who is very motivated and likes to be hands on, interested in working in a product testing laboratory as well as have experience in field inspection. The ideal candidate would be someone with electrical product testing and inspection background who would be open to travel in Canada (mostly BC and Alberta).

Flexibility in work schedule and working overtime, if needed, is ideal. DUTIES: The successful candidate for this position will perform, but not limited to, the following duties:

Performs inspections to CSA and NFPA Standards as required by product division.

Maintains a high level of technical competence in the field of inspection & testing.

Manages day-to-day activities with respect to scheduling and reporting.

Schedules and coordinates directly with clients.

Ability to explain technical requirements and findings to the clients.

Conduct testing of various electrical products to nationally recognized electrical safety standards (CSA, UL, IEC, etc.).Conducts supervised and/or unsupervised testing, data analysis, and test report preparation

Building of test fixtures and assemblies

Execution of provided work instructions

Assisting Project Managers as assigned

Clean up and organization of inventory

Become familiar with CSA and other standards. Implementation of standards towards product certification, testing and inspection programs

Become familiar with QAI quality system and administrative procedures

Work with the QAI sales team to provide technical support, when requested

Written and verbal reports to clients and management

Understands and follows the QAI quality management system requirements and QAI policies

Someone willing/able/interested in learning and growing from within the organization

Other duties as assigned by the manager or its designee QUALIFICATION: The successful candidate will have:Minimum:

Must have a technical diploma in an Engineering discipline or equivalent Be able to work with limited supervision. Must have at least 3 years of experience in the evaluation and testing of electrical products and be familiar with both the CEC Part 1 and Part 2 and NEC requirements.

Must have external training or certification, such as courses in the CEC and NEC, UL 508, NFPA 791, CSA SPE-1000, CSA SPE-3000, and other electrical courses such as grounding/bonding, wiring, power supplies and electrical safety. Must be familiar with standard Microsoft Office software and have good written and oral communication skills.

Safe working practice with tools associated with electrical lab Ability to grasp general concepts in a field of testing and apply it to specific test methods. Fluent with Microsoft Office software and have good written and oral skills

Ability to read, understand, explain and interpret technical standards in English Ability to accept instruction and follow directions

Ability to multi-task multiple test programs with some degree of efficiency and accuracy. Detail oriented

Ability to lift at least 50 pounds

Have a valid driver's license and able to travelBe able to operate a forklift, or willing and able to be qualified as a forklift operator

Maintains a sense of ownership and responsibility for projects assigned to them.

Ability to work independently and within a team

Must be a team player and have a great attitude toward their job which is to be…