Team Lead - Field Evaluations

Csagroup; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CSA Group seeks a Team Lead - Field Evaluations in Toronto to manage day-to-day delivery of Special Inspection (SI) and U.S. Field Evaluations (USFE) for a designated product group. This role provides technical guidance, analyzes testing information, and ensures compliance with standards and safety requirements.

You will lead staff, schedule work, monitor productivity and quality, and ensure customer satisfaction while aligning with divisional budgets and corporate policies.

Qualifications

• Experience leading field evaluation or inspection teams.
• Ability to interpret standards, processes and procedures.
• Strong leadership and staff development skills.

Responsibilities

• Manages day-to-day delivery of SI/USFE in the product group.
• Schedules work and controls service delivery output.
• Monitors productivity, quality, and safety across staff.
• Ensures services meet policies and budgets.
• Develops performance goals and monitors efficiency.
• Mentors staff and supports training and career development.
• Produces monthly management and financial reports.

Skills

Team leadership

Project scheduling

Budget & planning

Quality & safety

Customer satisfaction

Job description

Employment Status: Regular

Time Type: Full time

BUILDING A WORLD CLASS TEAM STARTS WITH YOU

At the heart of CSA Group is a vision: making the world a better, safer, more sustainable place. It's been part of our mission for nearly one hundred years: from the first engineering standard for railway bridges developed in 1919, to more than 3,500 standards, codes & related products today.

Headquartered in Canada, with a global footprint of more than 30 labs and offices across Europe, Asia and North America, CSA Group tests, inspects and certifies a wide range of products - from every day househould items to leading edge technology-to meet exacting requirements for safety, performance and environmental impact.

Our employees take pride in making a difference in people's lives through the work that we do. We're looking for people like you to help make it happen.

Job Summary:

CSA Group has an opportunity for a Team Lead - Field Evaluations located in Toronto who will be responsible for managing the day-to-day delivery of high-quality Special Inspection (SI) / U.S. Field Evaluation (USFE) for a designated product group.

This role provides high-quality certification services that meet the client's needs in the most efficient and effective manner possible while ensuring safe products are available in the public marketplace. This activity requires the interpretation of standards, processes, and procedures as well as providing technical guidance; analysis; product testing information; compliance and maintenance recommendations; technical reviews, and independent checks.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manages the day-to-day operation and delivery of Special Inspection (SI) / U.S. Field Evaluations (USFE) in the assigned product group.
• Schedules assign work and control service delivery output.
• Manages all aspects of the employee's work; allocates resources as required; monitors daily productivity, quality of work, regular equipment maintenance, and progress against established goals and targets.
• Ensures all aspects of the services delivered meet divisional and corporate policies and procedures.
• Determines and initiates actions required to improve service delivery.
• Correct operational and equipment-related deficiencies as appropriate to ensure deadlines and financial targets are met.
• Manages employees by providing direction and leadership to all service delivery employees within the designated area.
• Develops and assigns performance/productivity goals and monitors the efficiency levels of staff to ensure high-quality execution of certification and testing services.
• Assists in the growth of employees through training and career development activities.
• Approves employee overtime, vacation, and expense accounts as appropriate.
• Develops the business plan and operating budget items for the assigned product group in conjunction with the Senior Manager and PGMs.
• Determines annual capital and capacity requirements and develops forecasts based on these determinations.
• Monitors progress towards accomplishing plan objectives and budget targets, including purchase and installation of capital equipment.
• Identifies and implements any corrective actions required to achieve goals.
• Responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction indicators and financial targets are met (revenue and margin) for the designated area.
• Manages and resolves customer issues concerning Special Inspections (SI) / U.S. Field Evaluations (USFE) on a regular basis.
• Responds to general questions; provides technical assistance, discuss and resolve issues around scheduling and project completion.
• Identifies and resolves customer complaints and employee-related performance issues.
• Cultivates good CSA-customer and employee-manager working relationships.
• Responsible to ensure the high quality and safe delivery of certification and testing services within the product group.
• Ensures all staff is trained in appropriate work methods and is compliant with quality documents and safety procedures.
• Monitors the quality of the work completed by the product group staff; identifies and resolves any gaps in product knowledge, technical skill level, and customer service or safety procedures.
• Responds to non-conformances resulting from everyday operations, quality and safety audits, and implement corrective actions.
• Demonstrates and promotes a commitment to service delivery quality and safety.
• Reviews staff's inspection reports and assess the quality/completeness of reports.
• Develops monthly management reports.
• Provides regular information on the team's financial results, productivity, customer satisfaction, and safety, as requested by the Senior Manager.
• Contributes to highly sensitive and confidential reports concerning items such as capacity management, organizational redesign, work relocation, employee job content, and policy/procedure development.
• Ensures that corporate and divisional procedures and guidelines are effectively communicated and implemented in the unit.