Senior Civil/Structural Project Engineer
- Calgary, AB
- Renewable Energy
Job Description
As a Senior Civil and Structural Project Engineer, you will be responsible for the companys civil and structural activities. This position will be split between civil/structural engineering responsibilities and project engineering responsibilities.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, develop, and mentor a small team of other civil and mechanical engineers
- Present technical analysis and data in reports, summarize key findings and make appropriate recommendations for project optimization
- Identify project risks and provide recommendations to mitigate risks
- Maintain and develop processes and best practices for quality control
- Continuous improvement of engineering and management policies and procedures
- Liaise with clients and address questions and/or concerns utilizing technical data and industry knowledge
- Creating, coordinating and supervising geotechnical and pile test programs
- Review and interpretation of geotechnical and pile test reports
- Technical and commercial analysis of various equipment such as solar racking and tracker systems, steel piles, concrete foundations and roads
- Create technology comparisons and cost analysis towards optimization for lowest levelized cost of electricity (LCOE)
- Conducting Design Reviews on steel piles (driven and helical), racking/trackers and project civil works
- Prepare Design Basis Documents (DBD) and Scope of Work (SoW) for use in EPC documents (for all civil and structural components of the solar project)
- Review and coordination of Civil and Structural Design activities
- Create and review constraints maps using GIS/CAD, with inputs from environmental, utility, transportation, municipal and other governing bodies
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Civil or Structural Engineering
- Registration or ability to be registered with APEGA
- 10+ years industry experience; with strong preference given to those with power generation and/or renewables experience or exposure
- 4+ years in a project environment
- Project Management experience; PMP designation preferred
- 3+ years of leadership experience
- 2+ years experience with LPILE pile analysis software-secondary education in Engineering, Environmental Sciences, and/or Project/Construction Management
- Experience or exposure to cut and fill analysis using Autodesk Civil 3D or equivalent
- Project management skills including best practices, leadership, planning, scheduling, budgeting, technical analysis, reporting, etc.
- Familiarity with rules, regulations, best practices and performance standards within the power industry, preferably within renewable energy
- Strong understanding of project controls, scheduling, budgeting and tracking, with ability to develop and use financial and non-financial metrics and targets to ensure successful project completion