Senior Engineer - Generation Civil Design - Structural

Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/week)

No. of positions: 1

Closing date: June 3, 2026

Job Location:

Edmonds A02

Region:
Lower Mainland

Flexible Work Role:
Hybrid

BC Hydro is looking for a senior civil/structural designer with experience in the design and delivery of hydroelectric projects.

As a senior civil/structural engineer, it is expected the successful candidate will work with a team of engineers and other professionals on a wide range of projects pertaining to BC Hydro’s generation facilities (dams, spillways, penstocks, canals, powerhouses and appurtenant structures), including deficiency investigations, repairs/modifications, seismic upgrades, installation of new equipment (generators, transformers, circuit breakers, crane upgrades), and redevelopment or existing facilities.

Projects vary in scale from small single discipline projects to very large, multidiscipline projects. Ongoing and upcoming projects that our team is involved with include the John Hart Seismic Upgrades, Alouette Headworks and Surge Tower seismic upgrades, Bennett Sluice gates and Stoplogs upgrades, Seton Bypass, Revelstoke Unit 6 and many others.

As a senior civil/structural engineer, it is expected the successful candidate would take on a leadership role in the activities listed below and be willing to mentor and direct less experienced engineers when necessary:

• Perform work primarily in the civil/structural discipline, however also provide support/assistance to other disciplines, including geotechnical, hydrotechnical, estimating, construction management, and project management.
• Work with project teams including engineers, dam safety personnel, operations personnel, project managers, environmental professionals, and other stakeholders, to help develop the scope, objectives and user requirements of individual projects.
• Develop design plans for upcoming projects. General duties include the following:
• Carry out detailed searches of background information, including As-Built drawings previous reports, construction information, previous project information. Prepare detailed summaries of background information.
• Plan and implement field investigations / site visits as required for obtaining information on site conditions. On small projects this could consist of a 1 day site visit, while on major project this could consist of multi-year, multi-discipline investigations with extensive field work.
• Prepare working design bases for design tasks to document the design objectives, design criteria, technical references used, load cases and combinations, analysis methodology, design assumptions, and any other relevant design information.
• Develop design alternatives to meet the project objectives.
• Carry out analysis and design of structural components. Analysis may consist of simplified analysis by hand, MathCAD or Excel, but may also include the use of structural analysis software such as SAP
  2000, ANSYS, or LS DYNA to carry out more detailed analyses for more complex structures /loading conditions. Stability analysis of hydraulic structures will also be required on some projects. Design work will primarily be in concrete and steel.
• Interact with other disciplines as necessary to obtain any information that is required as input to the civil/structural work.
• Act as an owners engineer in developing terms of reference for external consultants, establishing design and submission requirements, following through with the contractual process, reviewing proposals, awarding the work, reviewing technical submissions as the work proceeds and providing updates to internal clients.
• Ensure all work is checked, reviewed, documented and properly archived.
• Prepare detailed design sketches for drafting and interact closely with the drafting group to develop IFP, IFC and record drawings.
• Prepare specifications and other tender documentation.
• Prepare technical reports, memoranda and other project documentation.
• Complete quantity take-offs.
• Develop and maintain effective and professional relationships with internal and external colleagues in order to develop sources of technical information and support.
• Plan and manage resources and coordinate…