Transmission Project Engineer Specialist

MatchBox Consulting Group; Burnaby; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Transmission Project Engineer Specialist for a dynamic role in a 12-month contract. This position involves working with cross-functional teams to deliver safe and effective engineering solutions for one of BC's largest utility and energy companies. You will be responsible for developing designs, resolving complex engineering problems, and ensuring that projects meet safety and quality standards. If you have a passion for engineering and a proven track record in the electrical utility industry, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact while working in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in transmission engineering, especially in the electrical utility sector.
• Experience leading multi-discipline design teams and managing complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop safe engineering solutions and manage project designs effectively.
• Ensure project objectives are met regarding safety, cost, quality, and timelines.

Skills

Transmission Engineering

Project Management

Design Engineering

Problem Solving

Stakeholder Communication

Education

Degree in Engineering (Structural, Mechanical, Civil)

Job description

Matchbox Consulting Group is seeking a Transmission Project Engineer Specialist to work on a 12-month contract for one of BC's largest utility and energy companies.

This position is for a Project Engineer Specialist Consultant who will work with cross-functional teams to ensure that project designs are safe, effective, and meet the requirements of our client.

Location: Burnaby, Hybrid

Responsibilities:

• Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgement to perform tasks including developing designs, analyzing and resolving problems, and interpreting engineering specifications on medium to highly complex assignments for projects and operations.
• Meet safety, cost, quality, and time objectives by proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending payment for work completed by contractors, preparing progress reports, coordinating work schedules and other similar tasks.
• Resolve highly technical and unusual design and field engineering problems by conducting independent studies and analysis, exercising independent judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs to support successful operations and/or project completion.
• Participate in engineering practice by conducting independent studies and analysis, contributing to the development of technical standards, exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs, and making decisions related to methods and designs as well as providing guidance and advice to other engineering professionals to develop future capability.
• Deliver exceptional customer service by communicating with stakeholders and performing activities such as defining the scope of engineering/geoscience services to be provided, establishing the basic design criteria with the client, approving all related technical documentation, and assessing and reporting on work progress against standards, objectives, and specifications to support completion of projects safely, with quality, within budget and on time.
• Make decisions and recommendations of a complex technical nature including the establishment of design bases, criteria and concepts, and/or on matters affecting the management of engineering/geoscience resources and activities to support major work assignments for the engineering divisions.

Requirements:

• A minimum ten (10) years of transmission engineering experience including significant time working in the electrical utility industry, and a degree in a relevant engineering discipline such as structural, mechanical, or civil.
• A minimum four (4) years of working experience in leading multi-discipline design teams and in transmission line planning, design, and construction.
• Able to understand the impact of the project on the transmission system and operations, and to understand the interactions and priorities required to deliver multi-discipline projects.
• Registered, or eligible for immediate registration, as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (EGBC).
• Class 5 driver's license required.

Nice to haves:

• Previous project management experience.
• Previous utility experience.

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