Position Overview
We are seeking a hands-on
Assembly & Project Coordinator to support the build and delivery of complex industrial equipment and systems.
This is a hybrid shop-floor and project coordination role, with approximately 50% of the position focused on hands-on assembly, inspection, and contractor coordination, and 50% focused on scheduling, procurement, documentation, and supplier management.
The successful candidate will work closely with engineering, production, suppliers, and skilled trades to ensure equipment is built safely, accurately, and on schedule.
Key Responsibilities
Assembly & Shop Floor Coordination
- Lead and support the mechanical assembly of industrial equipment and packaged systems.
- Coordinate mechanical, piping, electrical, and other trade contractors, including sequencing work, setting daily priorities, and monitoring quality.
- Receive and inspect equipment, components, and materials against purchase orders, drawings, and specifications.
- Organize and stage materials according to bills of materials (BOMs) and maintain accurate inventory records.
- Perform in-process inspections, manage punch lists, and support equipment testing and factory acceptance testing (FAT).
- Develop and maintain assembly inspection checklists, test plans, QA records, and non-conformance documentation.
- Verify completed assemblies against engineering drawings and specifications prior to testing and shipment.
- Support equipment modifications, upgrades, and design improvements in collaboration with the engineering team.
- Maintain accurate as-built documentation associated with equipment changes.
- Support shop safety, housekeeping, tooling organization, equipment inspections, and general audit readiness.
Project & Production Coordination
- Develop and maintain production and project schedules across multiple concurrent equipment builds.
- Monitor progress, identify schedule or material risks, and coordinate corrective actions.
- Support procurement activities, including preparing RFQs, comparing quotations, issuing purchase orders, and expediting materials.
- Coordinate external fabricators, vendors, and suppliers to ensure requirements for scope, schedule, and quality are met.
- Maintain BOMs, build packages, drawings, redlines, and other production documentation.
- Identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, cost, and production efficiency.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in equipment assembly, fabrication, manufacturing, production coordination, or a similar environment.
- Experience working with skid-mounted, packaged, modular, or custom industrial equipment is highly desirable.
- Technical diploma, engineering degree, Red Seal trade certification, or equivalent hands-on technical experience.
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, P&IDs, general arrangement drawings, BOMs, and technical documentation.
- Experience coordinating skilled trades, contractors, suppliers, or fabrication partners.
- Practical experience with mechanical assembly and equipment installation.
- Familiarity with quality inspections, testing, non-conformance management, and production documentation.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to coordinate multiple builds and competing priorities.
- Working knowledge of Excel and project scheduling or production planning tools.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable working equally between a hands-on shop-floor environment and an office/project coordination environment.
Nice to Have
- AScT registration or equivalent technical designation.
- CAPM, PMP, supply chain, or related certification.
- Experience working with custom-engineered industrial equipment or complex electromechanical systems.
- Experience with pressure testing, FAT, commissioning, or equipment validation.
- Familiarity with applicable workplace health and safety requirements.
Core Skills
- Mechanical Assembly
- Production Coordination
- Project Coordination
- Equipment Manufacturing
- BOM Management
- Procurement & Supplier Coordination
- Quality Assurance
- Factory Acceptance Testing
- Technical Drawings
- Contractor Coordination
- Production Scheduling
- Continuous Improvement
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Vancouver, BC.
Pay And Benefits
The pay range for this position is $36.00 - $46.00/hr.
Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Vancouver, BC.
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Vancouver,BC.
À propos d'Actalent
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About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.
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