Senior Heavy Civil/Structural Engineer (Bridge, Tunnel, Marine)
Edmonton
Permanent, Full-Time
Hybrid
Do you want to join one of the leading engineering consulting companies, creating value for customers, people, and societies worldwide? Can you add to our growth with your proven technical, planning, and organizational skills with the ability to coordinate a team? Then this could be the next step in your career!
Create the solutions that will enable a better tomorrow
We are looking for a Senior Heavy Civil Engineer to join our highly professional team of specialists who provides detailed engineering and project management on numerous infrastructure design projects. Your primary task in our team will be to liaise with clients, technical staff, accounting staff, and other support staff to coordinate overall project deliverables, schedules, and budgets. You will plan and develop engineering projects including the definition of scope and selection of problems for investigation, development of concepts and approaches, and making key technical decisions.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
- Direct teams of engineers and technicians producing drawings and calculations along with supervising, coordinating, and reviewing the work of other engineers
- Prepare work plans, schedules, and budgets
- Perform structural analysis, design, evaluation and be responsible for the preparation of calculations and drawings
- Prepare standard documents, such as technical specifications, under applicable design codes along with engineering reports and other technical documents
- Research and review design options for both technical and financial impact
- Liaise with other professionals, clients, and third parties as needed
Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.
On top of that, you will have:
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Structural Engineering or higher, with a minimum of 8 years of related experience in heavy civil structural design (bridge, tunnel, marine structures), or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Be a registered Professional Engineer in home province or state, or ability to obtain registrations within 12 months of employment
- Be familiar with the use of structural design codes such as CSA:S6, and/or AASHTO along with having sufficient exposure to structural analysis software programs (ex: CSiBridge, MIDAS, SOFiSTiK)
- Be conversant in the use of engineering software, such as Mathcad or Excel, to efficiently produce engineering calculations
- Be proficient in the production and delivery of technical documents
A place to work and so much more
At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.
We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.
With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.
What we also offer:
To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We invest in our people’s professional and personal well‑being.
Our benefits include:
- Flexible working arrangement
- Full time hires get minimum 4 weeks vacation to start
- Floating holiday to celebrate employee diversity
- Paid sick leave
- Top-up parental and childbirth recovery leave
- Annual Fitness spending account. Yes, you can use this for a ski pass, yoga or gym membership
- Personal and Professional development fund
- Group RRSP program with company matching
- Parking or public transit allowance
- Extended Health coverage with 100% of premiums paid by us
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- STD, LTD, AD&D, and Life Insurance
- Referral incentive program
- Frequent social events
Got more questions?
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Talent Acquisition Specialist, Rheannon Lewis at [email protected].
Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.
Before you apply
All you need to include in your application is your CV – no photo or application letter. At an interview, you can tell us everything we need to know about why you’re interested in joining COWI. As for the photo, we prefer to form our first impression in person rather than from a picture.
Equal opportunity employer
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, COWI complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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