Senior Overhead Transmission Lines Engineer - Hybrid Canada

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 122,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Group Benefits from day

RRSP retirement plan with up to 4%...

Employee ownership—shares program

Work/Life balance policy

3–5 weeks vacation

Tailored training

Job summary

CIMA+’s Energy & Resources team is a leader in the energy transition, delivering top-tier engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services. The Senior Overhead Transmission Lines Engineer will direct work on high-complexity projects, ensuring safety, quality, and adherence to budgets and timelines.

Based in Canada, this hybrid role offers opportunities to shape major infrastructure and collaborate with leadership across the T&D Lines team.

Qualifications

• University Degree in Civil, Structural, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of experience or over 10 year as fully certified engineer.
• Registered member of a Professional Engineering association in Canada, or eligible for registration in Canada.
• Proficient with the PLS-CADD suite design /analysis software and CAD systems, along with familiarity of drawing standards.
• Effective communication abilities in English, including analytical skills, interpersonal communication, and presentations. French is an asset.
• Construction / Field work experience is required.
• Integrity, team spirit, and a commitment to excellence

Responsibilities

• Lead a project design team, including junior and intermediate staff.
• Design overhead lines and associated facilities for voltages from 60kV to 735kV in an electric utility environment, including transmission towers, foundations and hardware and fittings.
• Prepare project documentation like reports, specifications, proposals, estimates, design basis, and test plans per CIMA+’s practices
• Lead and execute design work packages with scope, duration, and effort estimates, and manage design tasks including scope, schedule, and cost for existing and new facilities
• Provide signed/sealed engineering deliverables as a Professional of Record per provincial regulations and CIMA+'s practices
• Offer technical assistance, construction support, and field reviews as required
• Develop design criteria considering multi-disciplinary inputs from the project team
• Lead the structural design, analysis, and detailing for structures, foundations and hardware assemblies. Review manufacturer shop drawings
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior staff. Review of designs prepared by others, following established practices.
• Develop and implement safe engineering solutions for the high-complexity projects and operations, ensuring they meet major scope requirements for major utilities in Canada
• Conduct independent studies and analyses, contribute to the development of technical standards, recommend safe designs, and provide mentorship to enhance the future capabilities of CIMA+’s engineering team
• Develop and administer procedures, methods, and controls for planning, scheduling, cost control, and technical conformance, ensuring a consistent and robust Engineering Standards process.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, review project schedules, resources, and budgets, and monitor expenditures to ensure project completion is safe, high-quality, on time, and within budget.
• Plan, organize, and direct complex engineering and geoscience activities, making critical technical decisions and recommendations to ensure successful project implementation and resource management at CIMA+.

Skills

Civil/Structural/Mechanical Eng

15+ years experience

Professional Engineer Canada

PLS-CADD

CAD systems

English communication

Education

University Degree in Civil, Structural, Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PLS-CADD

CAD

Job description

CIMA+’s Energy & Resources team is a leader in the energy transition, delivering top-tier engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services. The Senior Overhead Transmission Lines Engineer will direct work on high-complexity projects, ensuring safety, quality, and adherence to budgets and timelines.

Based in Canada, this hybrid role offers opportunities to shape major infrastructure and collaborate with leadership across the T&D Lines team.