Structural Engineer

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

• Category: Structural Engineering

Description

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Description

Stantec is a global leader in consulting engineering, providing a dynamic, people-centered environment. Stantec has been recognized by Forbes as one of the world’s best employers.

As energy availability, reliability and security becomes increasingly critical, there’s no end to the scope and significance of your work — and to where it can take you at Stantec. Every day, we’re problem-solving and collaborating on projects that are as challenging as they are impactful.

Join our Energy Engineering team and work together with industry to deliver safe, reliable, and sustainable projects.

Seeing beyond the project at hand, you’ll work with us to advance the industry and build your career. You’ll find yourself working with a team of top talent, broadening your skills, and developing your career.

Your Opportunity

We are seeking Intermediate Structural Engineers to work exclusively on a high security nuclear energy program in Atlantic Canada.

In this role you will support our culture of external client service, build your technical strength in understanding and anticipating client needs, execute strategies to advance the Client’s project program objectives, manage risk, establish priorities, and resolve emergent problems.

Working directly with the Client on this program, you will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to the design for small to large scale projects. The primary work location is Client-owned industrial work site near Saint John, New Brunswick (with frequent requirements to work on site). This is a position permanent full-time for the duration of this project.

Individuals will be required to work in an office setting and perform site walkdowns in a noisy environment with occasional requirements to work at heights.

Successful candidates will be trained on and required to adhere to the Client’s site safety, clearance requirements, and quality assurance program.

Successful candidates must be able to obtain Site Access Security Clearance (Level 1) through Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and meet the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations Hi10 CFR 810 Appendix A.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate, select, specify, and engineer all structural systems and components relating to various structural systems.

• Develop designs through sketches, hand calculations, structural analysis software models, and other visual formats.

• Prepare and review documentation in various structural phases including site plans, general equipment arrangements, conceptual and detailed structural developments, detailed component design, and construction level assembly information.

• Check designs prepared by team members.

• Coordinate with other disciplines (architectural, mechanical, electrical, civil, etc.) and key Client project stakeholders to ensure compatibility with the design intent.

• Review of shop drawings and submittals, respond to requests for information, prepare site observation reports, and perform other contract administration tasks.

• Prepare and coordinate project specifications including construction documents.

• Attend project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or clients.

• Perform calculations using company standard software and proprietary manufacturer software.

• Perform on-site design services and field support.

• Development of design plans and schedules, including working closely with project managers.

• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects.

• Comply with the Client and Stantec's EH&S program, with a focus on safety in the field.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Self-starter, skilled in navigating engineering design concerns and developing project scope documents, technical requirements, reports, and quality reviews.

• Registered P. Eng. with APEGNB or eligible to apply for P.Eng. licensure with minimum of 5-10 years of related work experience.

• Strong communication, coordination, and time management skills.

• Self-starter with ability to work independently.

• Ability to apply practical knowledge and make sound judgement to analyze issues, interpret information and select methods and solutions to resolve design problems within stand practice guidelines. Requisite knowledge and application of structural design codes (NBCC, CSA, ASCE, AISC, ACI, etc.).

• Strong knowledge of structural systems means and methods, materials, and industry standards. Experience with heavy industrial structures is highly valued. This includes structural steel design and reinforced concrete design, for both substructures and superstructures.

• Understand all phases of engineering document production and the relationship between drawings and specifications.

• Recognize when technical problems are developing and initiate appropriate corrective actions.

• Ability to check own work for accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budget and schedule.

• Participate in project team setting and engage in creative and critical thinking.

• Field experience is an asset.

• Enthusiastic to expand structural engineering knowledge and keen to work in a team environment.

• Knowledge of and ability to use industry standard structural analysis software suites (STAAD.Pro, SAFI, SAP 2000, etc.), Microsoft Office Suite and AutoCAD.

• Knowledge of mathematical computational tools such as MathCad and the ability to perform detailed structural calculations within this environment.

• Good presentation, written and verbal communication skills.

Education and Experience

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with focus on Structural Engineering.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working on engineering design projects.

• Registered as a professional engineer (P.Eng) in with the Association of Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick (APEGNB).

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Company

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Stantec

Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.  

We are a global leader in sustainable architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting. ​

Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more. ​

Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. ​

We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.​

Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.