Sr. Project Engineer – Water
Permanent Hybrid | Peterborough, ON
Description
- Manage and execute dam related projects including environmental assessments, dam safety reviews, public safety risk assessments, dam rehabilitation or replacement designs, emergency preparedness and response plans (EPRP’s), operations, maintenance, safety, and surveillance (OMSS) manuals and other projects as assigned.
- Perform site inspections and condition assessments of dams and other water retaining/conveying structures.
- Prepare technical documentation including letters, reports, drawings, and specifications.
- Provide direction to engineers, engineering graduates, and designers and maintain the quality of work throughout a project.
- Contribute to business development and marketing activities for existing and new clients and undertake the preparation of technical proposals.
- Follow applicable health, safety and environmental policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines in the execution of all work.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with a focus on structural, water resources or geotechnical engineering.
- Licensed as a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.
- Preferred 5 years, minimum 2 years of relevant experience related to the key responsibilities of the position for the Project Engineer role. A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience is required for the Senior Project Engineer role.
- Knowledge of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) Technical Bulletins and Best Management Practices for Dams and the Canadian Dam Association (CDA) Dam Safety Guidelines and Technical Bulletins.
- Experience in the completion of dam safety reviews, public safety risk assessments, dam rehabilitation and replacement design and other dam related projects.
- Must be available to undertake fieldwork across Ontario.
- Must hold, or be eligible to obtain, an Ontario G class drivers license.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite of tools including, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project.
Additional experience that would be considered an asset includes:
- Experience in the completion of stability assessments for concrete gravity dams.
- Experience with the ESRI ArcMap Geographic Information System (GIS) software package.
- Experience with hydrology studies including hydrologic modelling using Visual OTTHYMO and/or HEC-HMS and station frequency analysis.
- Experience with 1D and 2D hydraulic modelling in HEC-RAS, dam breach analyses and flood inundation studies.
- Experience in the completion of slope stability assessments for earth embankment dams.
- Experience in design for dam rehabilitation or replacement projects, including the reparation of design drawings and specification packages.
- Experience working on mine tailings dams.
