The Sea Trial Coordinator II provides centralized coordination, readiness tracking, and structured status visibility for all Harbour Acceptance Trials (HAT) and Sea Acceptance Trial (SAT) activities leading to and including Sea Trials, ensuring disciplined preparation, planning integration, and structured follow-through.
The role supports the Director, Test & Trials by ensuring alignment between HAT close-out and SAT scope, controlled documentation flow, and proactive identification of readiness gaps and schedule risks.
Note: Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site at 50 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver.
What you’ll do
- Maintain centralized Harbour trials and sea trials readiness trackers and action logs.
- Track readiness status across Test & Trials, Production, Engineering, Vendors, Owner, and Class.
- Ensure alignment between trial completion status and sea trial scope.
- Identify readiness gaps and escalate risks impacting Sea Trial schedule.
- Facilitate Test Agendas Reviews, coordinate comments, obtain sign-offs, and manage formal transmittals.
- Maintain master trial documentation register and distribution control.
- Interface with Planning to ensure Harbour trials and sea trials activities are reflected in Master Schedule.
- Monitor activities impacting Sea Trial critical path.
- Coordinate Vendor participation and readiness confirmation.
- Consolidate daily trial progress and track follow-up actions.
- Support Sea trials readiness reporting.
- Maintain clear and timely communication on work progress and issues.
- Demonstrate willingness to learn, build technical capability, and take on increasing responsibility.
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Marine, Mechanical, Electrical) or Diploma in a relevant technical discipline; equivalent experience will be considered.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in shipbuilding, commissioning, trials coordination, or complex industrial project environments.
- Experience supporting Harbour Acceptance Trials (HAT) and Sea Acceptance Trials (SAT) preferred.
- Working knowledge of Primavera P6, MS Project, or equivalent planning tools.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel for structured tracking and reporting.
- Familiarity with document control systems considered an asset.
- Project Management certification (PMP/CAPM) considered an asset..
- Combination of relevant education, training, and experience will be considered
- Demonstrates professionalism, integrity, and ethical conduct in all situations.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to follow structured commissioning and testing processes.
- Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to work independently within defined responsibilities.
- Able to support multiple concurrent activities while meeting schedule, safety, and quality expectations.
- Customer-focused mindset with the ability to understand and respond to stakeholder needs.
- Strong interpersonal, teamwork, and communication skills (verbal and written English).
- Proficient in standard business and productivity software for documentation, reporting, and coordination.
Why you’ll love working here
- This is a full-time, permanent position. With multiple operations and long-term projects, Seaspan employees enjoy job stability as we look ahead to build ships for decades to come.
- In addition to an annual bonus and pension plan matching, this role provides you with a very competitive salary in line with the successful candidate’s experience.
- We also provide the best-in-class health and wellness benefits package for this position, including things such as extended health care (i.e. paramedical services for massage therapy, speech therapy, mental health coverage, physiotherapy, and more), dental care, vision care, life insurance, medical leave coverage, parental leave coverage, $500 personal spending account, and an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
- Free on-site gym.
- Parking is included and to assist those that are using transit, we operate a complimentary shuttle bus Monday through Friday with various pick up and drop off points around North Vancouver.
The estimated salary for this position is $90,000 - $110,000. In determining final salary, Seaspan considers many factors including the successful Candidate’s skills and experience as well as position location and internal equity. The final base salary offer will be at the Company’s sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.
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Company
Seaspan Shipyards is one of North America’s most modern shipyards and unique in its ability to provide a complete range of services including new construction, conversion, refit, repair and life-cycle maintenance work for Canada’s Coast Guard and Navy as well as commercial vessels including cruise-ships and deep-sea vessels. Seaspan Shipyards operations include Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver Drydock and Victoria Shipyards.
To learn more, visit our website: www.seaspan.com
This position may involve defense articles and/or technical data regulated by the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and the U.S. Arms Export Control Act. In compliance with ITAR, the successful candidate will be subject to a security clearance through the Canadian Controlled Goods Program as regulated by the Controlled Goods Regulations and Defense Production Act. The successful candidate will be required to maintain their security clearance throughout their employment in this position.
Seaspan is committed to Employment Equity, supports diversity in the workplace, and encourages applications from all qualified individuals including, women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, and persons with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at
[email protected] for confidential support. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible environment.