Recruitment By Design
Our client, a full-service Civil Engineering, Architecture, Planning, Environmental and Survey company, is seeking a Civil Engineer. The Civil Engineer primarily serves as the Engineer-of-Record on projects they are assigned. On some projects they may perform a role of project leader and on others work more significantly under the direction of a Project Manager to develop design concepts which are incorporated into the final product by a project team. The Project Engineer should play a key role in mentoring new team members, organizing workload, and ensuring project milestones are achieved
Duties & Responsibilities
- Effectively coordinate assigned projects through the municipal design approval process as the Engineer-of-Record for the project.
- Direct involvement with the detailed engineering design process, guidance of technical support staff as needed to ensure completion of the design objectives, approvals, and documents
- Exercise judgment on the appropriateness of engineering requirements identified by municipal jurisdictions.
- Attend meetings with clients, contractors and municipal staff and make notes and records of the outcomes of these meetings for project record purposes.
- Meet project milestone events in accordance with client and municipal deadlines.
- Track project progress and obtain authorizations/approvals for changes in schedule/scope.
- Resolve more complex issues during both design and construction phases.
- Contract Administration and Management.
- Responsible for the fundamental aspects of project management of assigned projects including budget tracking and invoicing.
- Provides mentorship and evaluation of junior staff
Skills & Qualifications
- 4+ years of local experience in design of land development or capital works projects.
- Registered or upcoming licensure as a P.Eng. in BC
- Valid Driver’s License.
- Ability to work simultaneously on several different projects.
- Consistently able to produce accurate, high-quality work.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Experienced and knowledgeable of technical design issues, cost, and design approvals.
- Experienced and knowledgeable of tender preparation with construction administration experience preferred.