Senior Structural Engineer

Stantec; Fredericton; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading engineering firm as a Senior Structural Engineer in Fredericton, NB. You'll lead design teams and manage projects of significant complexity within a vibrant environment. With opportunities to mentor junior engineers, you will influence innovative structural projects while ensuring compliance with engineering codes and standards. Access comprehensive benefits and grow your career at Stantec.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision plans

Wellness spending accounts

Employee stock purchase program

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in structural engineering.
• Extensive knowledge of project documentation production.
• Experience with heavy industrial structures highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate project teams for structural designs.
• Evaluate and specify structural components for large projects.
• Conduct quality assurance and control on projects.

Skills

Strong communication

Coordination

Time management

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Licensed Professional Engineer in Canada

Tools

STAAD.Pro

SAP 2000

MathCAD

Job description

Senior Structural Engineer - ( 250000RA )

Description

Join Stantec and help power your growth and advance your career.

At Stantec, we deeply care about the communities we serve because they are our own. This connection allows us to understand their needs, connect with our expertise, and collaborate toward our shared success. We are a diverse team of designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Our projects enhance quality of life globally through economic, safety, and environmental stewardship.

As one of the world’s top 10 design firms, we offer opportunities for you to develop your skills and achieve your ambitions on a variety of challenging and impactful projects. At Stantec, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top talent on critical work for our clients and communities. We have the ability of a specialized power group, and work on some of the most challenging and cutting-edge projects around the world meeting the design needs of our clients in the Mining, Pulp & Paper, Food & Beverage, and Manufacturing Sectors.

At Stantec, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top talent on projects that better our clients and communities. Innovation happens when talented, determined people come together. We live this every day and seek people like you, who are motivated to do the same.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination, ensuring equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. Sustainability and resiliency guide our robust environmental, social, and governance strategy, empowering us to tackle the world’s greatest challenges.

Your Opportunity

At Stantec our offices offer a vibrant and dynamic environment with excellent opportunities for professional growth. As a member of the Fredericton, NB structural team, the ideal candidate will work in the Fredericton, NB, or Dartmouth, NS, office.

The successful candidate will work with little supervision and direction, supported by a knowledgeable and experienced team, on average to large sized projects. This may consist of being part of a larger design team or leading a design team. They will lead in the evaluation, recommendation, and specification for engineered systems or products for a project verifying compliance with applicable codes and engineering standards/practices.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for projects of average to large complexity and size.
• Evaluates, selects, specifies, and engineers all structural components relating to various structural systems.
• Lead a design team in the delivery of preliminary and detailed structural analysis and designs for various heavy industrial and power generation structures (industrial buildings, equipment and piping supports, hydraulic structures), with opportunities in other sectors (bridges, transmission, distribution, and substation structures, etc.).
• Directs the development of a design through engineering calculations, sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
• Utilizes technologies in development of three-dimensional models of structural systems and provides markups for junior engineers/ designers.
• Prepares and revises documentation in various structural phases including site plans, general equipment arrangements, conceptual and detailed structural developments, detailed component design, and construction level assembly information.
• Leads project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Leads or participates in client project meetings, value analysis and basic cost estimating.
• Develops and manages the project scope, budget, staffing, and schedule.
• Leads the preparation and coordination of project specifications with construction documents.
• Performs and oversees the performance of calculations using company standard software, and proprietary manufacturer software.
• Leads constructability reviews.
• Conducts quality assurance and quality control on own projects.
• Supports and/or directs the development of new standards and specifications for the structural group.
• Opportunities to work on multiple, diverse projects.
• Mentoring and professional development of other personnel while taking an active role in their own career development.
  
  

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Strong communication, coordination, and time management skills.
• Requisite knowledge and application of structural design codes (NBCC, CSA, ASCE, AISC, ACI, etc.).
• Extensive knowledge of all phases of project document production and the relationship between drawings and specifications.
• Experience directing and participating in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thinking.
• Strong knowledge of structural systems means and methods, materials, and industry standards. Experience with heavy industrial structures is highly valued. This includes structural steel design and reinforced concrete design, for both substructures and superstructures.
• Experienced in checking the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budget and schedule.
• Thorough understanding of structural engineering concepts and ability to effectively communicate ideas to others.
• Good presentation and interview skills and experience.
• Experience with industry standard structural analysis software suites (STAAD.Pro, SAFI, SAP 2000, etc.)
• Knowledge of mathematical computational tools such as MathCAD and the ability to perform detailed structural calculations within this environment.
• Requires excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Willingness to travel for project work, and possession of a valid driver’s license.
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in a Canadian province and eligible for licensure in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience. Graduate degree(s) and/or successful completion of the NCEES PE Exam are highly valued.
  
  

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : Canada-New Brunswick-Fredericton

Other Locations : Canada-Nova Scotia-Dartmouth

Organization : BC-1335 Energy-CA Atlantic

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : No

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Feb 20, 2025, 1:56:20 PM

Req ID: 250000RA

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans