Engineering Graduate

Stantec; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Job summary

Stantec’s Community Development team in Ottawa, Ontario, is seeking an Engineering Graduate to join a multidisciplinary project team and grow its civil engineering capabilities. You will work alongside intermediate and senior engineers and technologists to evaluate, specify, and engineer systems for project delivery, including field work and calculations.

You will assist in developing designs, drawings, reports, and client communications while participating in meetings with clients, contractors,

Responsibilities

• Perform civil engineering design tasks including drawings, hydraulic calculations, pipe design, and regulatory reports.
• Prepare project documents, client presentations, and communications for deliverables.
• Attend meetings with clients, contractors, stakeholders, and regulators to understand goals and requirements.
• Develop design through sketches, models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
• Identify developing technical problems and initiate corrective actions.
• Coordinate with other disciplines to ensure design intent compatibility.
• Assist in developing job-specific discipline specifications.
• Assist in evaluating civil systems and materials.
• Participate in value engineering and basic cost estimating.
• Review shop drawings and submittals, respond to RFIs, and prepare site observation reports.
• Conduct construction review services as required by the authority having jurisdiction.

Job description

Strong communities don't just happen. They’re thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks, and recreation facilities. The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home.

If you’re passionate about empowering communities, join us to discover a career with endless opportunities to make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s Community Development team is growing, and we are leading an increasing number of exciting planning and development projects with multi-disciplinary and integrated service offerings.

The role of an Engineering Graduate is to work as a team member with intermediate engineers, senior engineers and technologists in project teams of all sizes. You should be able to evaluate, select, specify, and engineer systems or products for a project. You will perform a variety of tasks which may include calculations, field work, coordination of tasks, and meeting attendance and recording.

In general, this role will assist the more senior engineers/designers of the team by performing the routine aspects of civil engineering assignments and may assist in the analysis of proposed projects.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Perform civil engineering design tasks which may include preparing engineering drawings, hydraulic system calculations, pipe design calculations, engineering reports, preparing applications for regulatory agencies.
• Assist in the preparation of engineering project documents, client presentations, client contact and communication pertaining to specific project deliverables.
• Attend and assist in client, contractor, stakeholder, and regulatory agency meetings to gain a better understanding of client goals, project requirements, site assessments, key challenges, coordination requirements.
• Assist in the development of design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
• Recognize when technical problems are developing and initiate appropriate corrective actions.
• Coordinate with other disciplines to ensure compatibility with the design intent.
• Assist with the development of job specific discipline specifications.
• Assist in the evaluation and selection of civil systems and materials.
• Participate in value engineering and basic cost estimating.
• Assist in the review of shop drawings and submittals, respond to request for information, prepare site observation reports, and perform other contract administration tasks.
• Conduct part-time and full-time construction review services as required by the authority having jurisdiction.