About PRI Engineering
Our offices in Lindsay, Mississauga, and Calgary support private and public geotechnical projects across Canada and around the world with on-site geotechnical engineering expertise and comprehensive laboratory testing. With over 200 years of combined experience, our team members provide hands-on help and recommendations to design and test construction projects like roadways and public works, small residential to high-rise buildings, solar installations, and large-scale infrastructure projects. Our diverse team includes engineers, project managers, field and laboratory technicians of all levels, and we continue to grow rapidly.
Location: Based in Ottawa - Remote
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Complete topographic surveys of existing site conditions (non-legal survey)
- Perform field electrical resistivity surveys for engineering design.
- Coordinate and supervise subsurface investigations (including overburden drilling and rock coring and test pit investigation) and communicate results to Project Management ensuring proper soil sampling protocols are followed for purpose of subsequent laboratory testing.
- Supervise a variety of pile installations, undertake load testing programs for detailed pile design, ensuring equipment and test apparatus meet all appropriate design requirements.
- Construction QA / QC Inspections to verify that foundations are installed as per design requirements.
- Complete testing and assessment of various construction materials including soil, rock, concrete, grout, asphalt, geotextiles, extruded polystyrene insulation, air/vapour barriers, roofing media and epoxies.
- Attend projects experiencing problematic ground conditions, perform measurements and record observations. Liaison with project engineering staff to determine cost effective, realistic solutions.
- Supervise and assess engineered fill installations using a nuclear densometer gauge to confirm compaction efforts have achieved project specifications. Complete granular material sampling, including detailed Chain of Custody (CoC) documentation.
- Coordinate with utility locators, sub-contractor representatives and other on-site personnel
- Assist with mobilization and demobilization of project related equipment.
- Filing project-related notes/drawings according to Project Manager requirements
- Assist with data entry and analysis of load test curves for detailed pile design.
- Assist with preparation of field books and compliance with Health & Safety requirements.
- Assist with general data entry, analysis and preparing documents.
- Collection of environmental samples (soil and water) for chemical assessment in support of construction activities
- Assist with other environmental scopes of work as required.
- Communicate with Project Manager as to any field observations or equipment needs.
- Following Health and Safety responsibilities, under all applicable government legislations and PRI Engineering policies and procedures
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Field Service Technician.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office programs.
- Strong project management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Positive attitude and ability to adapt to challenges.
- Adherence to health and safety regulations.
