We are looking for an Evaluation Officer to support our Construction Research Centre. The Evaluation Officer would be someone who shares our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Respect and Creativity.
NRC Construction is implementing the “Platform to Decarbonize the Construction Sector at Scale” to accelerate and scale up new technologies to help transition the Canadian construction sector towards decarbonization and contribute to the emerging low-carbon economy. It will also establish new codes, standards, specifications, and guidelines to position the sector to achieve its 2050 greenhouse gas (GHG) carbon reduction targets.
These investments will help spur the growth of Canada’s clean technology sector and help achieve Canada’s international commitments to reduce GHG emissions.
The Canadian Construction Material Centre (CCMC) delivers a national service for the assessment of innovative and non-standardized building products and systems to determine their compliance to Canadian building, energy and safety codes. CCMC clients are manufacturers of innovative building products, who benefit from accelerated and expanded access to the construction market. The CCMC operates within NRC programs and under the general policy and technical advice of the Canadian Commission on Construction Material Evaluation, an independent commission by NRC.
The incumbent is part of a team that serves industrial clients through the application of a rigorous evaluation process that introduces new products into the marketplace. The evaluation process involves assessing performance expectations of Canadian codes requirements and using best available knowledge to determine through testing if innovative products and systems meet those expectations.
The incumbent will work with a team of other Evaluation Officers and technical experts to establish appropriate evaluation criteria, and to assess standards, test results and engineering analyses in relation to an innovative product’s compliance to the Canadian codes. The incumbent will prepare documents and publications in the form of Scope of Work, Technical Guides, Evaluation Reports and Listings. The position requires understanding construction process and ability to communicate with Building Officials and to successfully influence potential client of the benefits to utilize CCMC’s services.
The incumbent will operate both as a team member and independently, consulting with experts in various fields related to construction products and systems and interacting with numerous industry clients as well as with colleagues at NRC. A key function of the position is to develop assessment techniques for new and innovative materials, products, systems and services.
