Principal Civil Designer

Brunel•Calgary, AB

About The Position

Brunel has partnered with Hatch to support the hiring of a Principal Civil Designer join their team. Hatch is a globally recognized engineering, project delivery, and professional services firm, committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With over 70 years of expertise across mining, energy, and infrastructure, Hatch delivers innovative and sustainable solutions worldwide. Through this partnership, we are seeking a Principal Civil Designer to join Hatch’s Project Delivery Group (PDG)—a dynamic and globally integrated team delivering world-class projects. The PDG combines deep expertise in sustainable studies, asset development, and operations, leveraging industry-leading methodologies, governance, and systems. Overview The Lead Civil Designer will be part of an engineering team providing engineering services to large and small projects. The Lead Civil Designer is responsible for the production of civil 3D models and 2D drawings in accordance with project requirements under the supervision of the Lead Civil Engineer. The Lead Civil Designer is required to apply specialized and/or advanced engineering principles at conceptual and detailed level. The Lead Civil Designer participates in a wide range of projects that may cover earthworks, road and rail design and associated bridges, airstrips, villages, marine terminals, utilities including pump stations, dams, drainage and permanent way layouts. Activities include site investigation, civil modeling and drafting for both front end planning studies and the detailed engineering phase for multi-disciplinary projects. The Lead Civil Designer provides support to the Lead Civil Engineer and is responsible for supervising a team of civil designers and draftspersons.

Requirements

A recognized diploma in civil engineering from an accredited college or university
Minimum 12 years project engineering experience in civil design
Experience within a large-project, multi-disciplinary EPCM environment
Proficient in the use of 2D and 3D civil designer software packages
Experience in the use of Hatch procedures, adopted standard software and workflows in the execution of projects
Ability to delegate tasks and effectively supervise others
Good planning and organizational skills
Ability to function with minimal supervision
Knowledge of industry or regulatory standards, regulations and codes pertinent to the design and systems related to the project
Understanding of other discipline requirements
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Good safety awareness.

Nice To Haves

Professional engineering technician

Responsibilities

Assist the Lead Civil Engineer with the delivery of project requirements as they relate to scope, quantities, cost and schedule
Develop, with the assistance of others, the man-hour budgets required to perform all civil design drawings and modeling work based on required deliverables and time-based functions
Co-ordinate the work of civil designers and draftspersons in the preparation of 3D models, contract drawings, record keeping and other statistical work
Produce and maintain technical and engineering drawings using 2D and 3D CAD software as required
Provide and/or coordinate training for resources assigned to the project
Facilitate the sharing of technical expertise both across projects and other Hatch offices
Perform conceptual layout work
Develop design details
Check drawings prior to release
Ensure coordination with designers and engineers within the discipline and with other disciplines
Co-ordinate and review clash detection of models with other discipline models
Participation in formal engineering review processes
Support of site engineering team to provide technical solutions and timely response to technical queries
Verify on-site condition and dimensions relating to existing facilities
Construction supervision dependent upon project demands
Incorporate safety in design.