Senior Geostructural Engineer — Lead High‑Risk Projects

Atlantic Industries Limited; Cambridge; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Industries Limited is seeking a Geostructural Engineer to lead the design and delivery of complex, higher-risk geostructural projects for Canadian and international markets. Reporting to the Engineering Manager and supported by Technical Leads, this role focuses on buried bridges, retaining walls and abutments, sound barrier walls, and related infrastructure applications.

This senior technical role is ideal for an engineer with strong structural and geotechnical judgment, including

Qualifications

• Licensed Professional Engineer, P.Eng.
• Active OIQ licence, or eligibility.
• Engineering degree with strong knowledge of structural and geotechnical engineering.
• 7+ years of engineering experience, including exposure to soil-structure interaction.
• Experience with refined analysis or finite element methods in geotechnical and/or structural engineering.
• Strong technical judgment, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical work, manage priorities, and support multiple project demands.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of higher-risk geostructural projects, providing technical direction, design oversight, and engineering judgment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Apply soil-structure interaction principles and select appropriate analysis methods, from established design equations to refined numerical analysis.
• Deliver designs that are code-compliant, constructible, cost-conscious, and aligned with project requirements.
• Review and validate assumptions, inputs, modelling approaches, calculations, and design outputs.
• Identify technical risks early and document key assumptions, decisions, constraints, and design limits.
• Resolve complex technical issues during inquiry, design, fabrication, and construction stages.
• Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Technical Sales, Production, and project stakeholders to close technical gaps quickly and responsibly.
• Support practical, field-ready solutions that balance safety, performance, constructability, schedule, and cost.
• Own and maintain standard analysis and design methods for a major product line or application area.
• Lead initiatives that improve engineering quality and departmental performance, including rework reduction, NCR reduction, cycle-time improvement, design standardization, and workflow efficiency.
• Identify and lead project value-add opportunities, including cost optimization, constructability improvements, schedule support, and performance enhancements.
• Lead moderate- and high-risk R&D initiatives related to geostructural products, analysis methods, design tools, standards, or applications.
• Drive validation, documentation, implementation, and training so new methods can be used consistently across the team.
• Mentor engineers and designers through coaching, technical reviews, and capability development.
• Support a strong technical culture by sharing knowledge, asking strong questions, and helping others build sound engineering judgment.
• Communicate clearly with internal teams, external clients, consultants, and other stakeholders.
• Participate in relevant industry forums and bring back learnings that improve AIL’s practices.
• Help educate the marketplace through technical participation, presentations, papers, or other industry-facing contributions.
• Participate in national standards development where appropriate to support product integration and mitigate performance risk.

Skills

Soil-structure interaction analysis

Leadership & mentoring

Communication with stakeholders

Finite element methods

Education

Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)

Active OIQ licence or eligibility

Engineering degree with structural/geotechnical focus

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

PLAXIS

Finite element analysis tools

Job description

Atlantic Industries Limited is seeking a Geostructural Engineer to lead the design and delivery of complex, higher-risk geostructural projects for Canadian and international markets. Reporting to the Engineering Manager and supported by Technical Leads, this role focuses on buried bridges, retaining walls and abutments, sound barrier walls, and related infrastructure applications.

This senior technical role is ideal for an engineer with strong structural and geotechnical judgment, including