Lead Structural Engineer & Team Leader
About The Position
GHD is seeking a Structural Lead Engineer & Team Leader to join their growing Canadian Operations. This role will support the Design Delivery Organization for multi-discipline projects across various industries including rail, stations and transportation facilities, water/wastewater treatment plants, energy, solid waste, food, and agricultural, environmental and other industrial buildings. The position involves collaboration with other team members, regional team leads, and GHD's global network. This is an opportunity for driven individuals to work on unique projects within a growing, employee-owned company, offering a professional, high-quality, and customer-focused working environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
- Licensed Professional Engineer.
- 15+ years of diverse structural engineering experience.
- Project Management experience demonstrating effective and practical project management skills.
- Conversant with National Building Code - NBC and provincial building codes, CSA codes, AREMA, CHBDC.
- Working knowledge of various municipal and technical specifications and standards.
- Ability to take ownership and accountability for work being completed.
- Strong influencing skills and the ability to develop effective and trustworthy relationships both with clients and within the organization.
- Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities.
- Strong computer skills including experience in structural analysis and design software (SAP 2000, ETABS, SAFE and ROBOT), AutoCAD, and MS Office.
- Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written).
- Excellent report and proposal writing skills.
- Positive attitude, good communication and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead in the execution and delivery of existing and new projects in a design build environment to advance design packages by providing value added design solutions in conformance with operator requirements and client/end user/project output specifications.
- Serve as a technical expert in the structural design, including buildings, retaining walls, heavy foundations, pre-cast concrete structures and structural steel structures.
- Demonstrate extensive experience in structural design.
- Ensure timely completion of project deliverables and able to manage several projects at once and determine priorities, including sound judgment and decisiveness.
- Produce engineering drawings and details from conception to final design, according to established standards and procedures for a wide variety of steel and concrete structures.
- Supervise CAD staff junior and support staff, prepare construction specifications tender and contract packages, and conduct site inspections of existing structures as well as those under construction.
- Communicate and work with other project team members to provide quality service to clients to ensure that all documentation conforms to client/company standards.
- Prepare effective proposals seeking targeted project opportunities.
- Develop and implement QA/QC processes for project work.
- Technical leader and mentor to junior staff.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
