Engineering Manager - Port Infrastructure & Projects

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-competitive base salary

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible remote work program

Earned time off

Paid vacation and personal care leave

Learning, development, and advancement

Onsite gym

Friendly, respectful workplace

Job summary

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority seeks an experienced Manager of Engineering to lead planning, design, construction, and asset management of the port's facilities. This role manages container/cruise terminals, pavements, roads, utilities, and structural issues, and oversees cross-functional teams and consultants.

You will drive budgeting, tendering, and project execution while promoting VFPA's safety culture and stakeholder engagement, with a focus on delivering strategic priority programs on

Qualifications

• Must have an engineering or applied science degree and 5+ years of related experience at a management level.
• Strong technical expertise in planning, engineering, and construction for port and infrastructure projects.
• Ports and marine design, construction and project management experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Manage ongoing engineering operational activities including analysis, planning, budgeting, authorization, tendering, implementation and monitoring of construction and asset management works.
• Participate in port development and facility planning by providing senior engineering expertise, contributing to technical workshops and cross-functional teams, reviewing PER permit applications, supervising multi-discipline consulting teams, preparing reports and recommendations, conducting and reviewing studies and cost estimates, and liaising with other VFPA departments, stakeholders and agencies.
• Effectively manage consultants and contractors to ensure that corporate and departmental objectives and priorities are met.
• Prepare and review work scope documents, budgets, schedules, proposal requests, tender documents, plans, specifications and pertinent documents. Review proposals and tenders, negotiate contracts and prepare reports and submissions.
• Supervise and administer contracts for asset inspections, design and construction of capital and asset management projects and ensure timely, on budget completion of projects.

Skills

Engineering management

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority seeks an experienced Manager of Engineering to lead planning, design, construction, and asset management of the port's facilities. This role manages container/cruise terminals, pavements, roads, utilities, and structural issues, and oversees cross-functional teams and consultants.

You will drive budgeting, tendering, and project execution while promoting VFPA's safety culture and stakeholder engagement, with a focus on delivering strategic priority programs on