Senior Structural Engineer – Water / Wastewater Treatment

J.L. Richards & Associates Limited; Kingston; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Kingston is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer with over 10 years of experience in environmental infrastructure projects, particularly water and wastewater treatment systems. The role involves leading design efforts, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. The firm promotes a friendly work environment with opportunities for career growth and employee ownership.

Benefits

Health and dental benefits

Flexible working hours

Employee ownership opportunities

Career mentorship program

Parental leave top-up program

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in structural engineering, preferably in environmental infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of design standards and codes related to water/wastewater.
• Experience leading projects and mentoring junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead structural design for water and wastewater projects.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Conduct studies and prepare design reports.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Innovation

Collaboration

BIM

Technical support

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Job description

Pop Quiz :

• Are you a resourceful, dynamic, and driven Senior Structural Engineer with at least 10 years of experience in the design of water / wastewater treatment structures?
• Are you a natural leader with a personal vision, entrepreneurial spirit, and a big-picture mindset?
• Are you looking to expand your knowledge with the implementation of new codes and practices while working with an experienced team to deliver projects using collaborative technologies and innovative design approaches?
• Are you interested in helping clients develop, renew, and maintain critical infrastructure assets and facilitate growth in communities across Canada?

If you scored four for four, JLR has a home for you! We’ve opened roles in all our offices for talented, entrepreneurial people to build and grow in some of JLR’s key business markets– Environmental Infrastructure, which for us encompasses water and wastewater treatment and solid waste management. You’ll be supported by a Platinum Club member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies program, 100% employee-owned firm that has a long-established reputation for quality services in multiple sectors, while you take on existing clients, develop new relationships, and deliver world-class, innovative solutions that support community building and growth in our cities.

JLR is a creative, tight-knit, and mentorship-focused community with unique opportunities for driven people with tenacity and spirit. Our organization is made up of diverse employee owners with specialized expertise in a wide range of disciplines. Joining the JLR team means joining a dynamic group of innovative architecture, engineering, and planning professionals and support staff. You’ll have the opportunity to help establish new clients and partner with existing ones to develop insightful solutions and see projects through from inception to completion.

If you’re innovative and collaborative, thrive when presented with new challenges, and are eager to take your career in new directions, then JLR is the right environment for you.

Your Role

Choose your own adventure! Let’s talk about how your skills, experience, goals, and passions can find a home at JLR. Your role will include :

• Leading the structural design of medium to large environmental infrastructure projects including water and wastewater treatment plants and conveyance structures.
• Working and collaborating with an established, multidisciplinary, integrated technical team of architects, planners, engineers, and technologists.
• Leveraging innovative design solutions, including BIM, alternate project delivery models, and collaborative technologies to streamline the multidisciplinary consulting process.
• Carrying out studies and preparing reports, designing steel, concrete and masonry structures, and providing technical support and contract administration during construction for new water / wastewater facilities and upgrades to existing plants.
• Participating in the development of competitive proposals to secure new assignments.
• Participating in continued education through formal technical training and collaborative presentations such as lunch and learns.
• Assisting with workload management to ensure project deadlines are met and final deliverables align with client expectations.
• Mentoring junior engineers and technologists.
• Acting as a Discipline Lead on multidisciplinary projects, taking leadership of the structural design team, driving the overall design, coordinating across all intersecting disciplines, taking responsibility for the budget and schedule of the structural deliverables, being responsible for the QA / QC processes, and stamping the final deliverables.

Why Join Us?

We live, work, breathe, sleep, and thrive in the communities we build. We love northern Ontario and the glorious bounty of the natural world and we’re proud of our reputation and longevity in the National Capital and Kingston regions. Furthermore, we’re growing our presence in southwestern Ontario and all along the Great Lakes of Ontario.

We foster a friendly, welcoming, and team-oriented atmosphere that encourages innovation and collaboration. We have an established depth of technical and support resources that can efficiently and effectively deliver small and large multidisciplinary projects. We provide flexible career direction with opportunities to choose your own path and interesting and exciting assignments ranging in size and type.

Employee Ownership and Career Growth

• 100% employee owned
• Share ownership opportunities at all levels
• Merit and profit bonus program
• Competitive salaries reviewed annually
• Career Mentorship Program

Work-life Balance and Employee Wellness

• Immediate health and dental benefits
• RRSP / DPSP matching program
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working
• Parental leave top-up program
• Fun Funds to plan extracurricular social events

Community Engagement and Social Responsibility

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
• Environmental Sustainability Committee
• Reconciliation Action Plan Committee
• Local fundraising and community building events