Section Manager, Structural Integrity Details | Kinectrics

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Position:
Section Manager, Structural Integrity

Employment Type:

Permanent

Employment Level: Senior

Location:

393 University Ave

Department:
Design and Engineering Services

Reports to:

Director, Site Engineering and Analysis

Hours per week: 40

Number

Required:

1

At Kinectrics, employees are recognized for their knowledge, experience, and contributions while working in a highly technical and challenging environment. Kinectrics puts you in the driver’s seat of your own career, setting you up alongside industry experts who will help you develop the skills essential to your professional growth in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and rewarding work culture.

• Purpose: The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction in work that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.
• Growth: To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.
• Innovation: Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.
• Diversity: The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.
• Competitive Compensation: We offer a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America.

The Site Engineering and Analysis Department is currently growing to respond to the needs of our nuclear portfolio including Bruce Power, OPG, New Brunswick Power and Cernavoda, among others. We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic leader for our Section Manager, Structural Integrity role. The position provides an opportunity to lead a specialized team of engineers and designers and to manage a diverse portfolio of stress analysis activities through technical oversight of these professionals on various client projects.

Working closely with the Director, Site Engineering and Analysis, you will be responsible for the following key technical aspects for the Leadership of Structural Integrity section:

• Oversight of stress analysis activities including:
• Understanding and assessing client problems to determine appropriate means of solution.
• Interfacing effectively with design team, equipment group and testing group to provide practical and effective solutions as per project requirements.
• Conducting technical assessments and emergent troubleshooting/engineering to support station engineering requests, refurbishment projects and operating unit (capital) projects.
• Solid working knowledge in the following areas:
• Finite element analysis using ANSYS Mechanical
• Carrying out nuclear (Class 1/2/3) and conventional (Class
  6) piping analysis using commercial software packages such as PIPESTRESS or AutoPIPE.
• Assessing fluid dynamic problems such as flow induced vibrations or water hammer using software such as ANSYS CFX and AFT Impulse.
• Supporting fitness for service assessments per API
  579 guidelines.
• Acting as the relevant software QA primary holder or delegate as required within the section following Nuclear QA Standards such as CSA N286.7.
• Working with PMs within the department to deliver quality deliverables to our clients on time and within budget. Commit to providing timely and effective support to nuclear…