Structural Engineer​/Designer

Location: Bowmanville

What is the Opportunity?

As part of an alliance agreement Aecon Nuclear has been awarded a contract with Ontario Power Generation to support the Darlington New Nuclear Project (DNNP). Beginning in 2023 Aecon will support the validation phase design, procurement, early site preparation and site mobilization scope for the Construction of the Unit 1 Small Modular Reactor at the Darlington site.

Reporting to the Tehcncial Director, this role will support work within the DNNP project, and will be responsible for planning, deisgn, and execution of the temporary work structures.

What You'll Do Here:

Work closely with filed team to understand their needs and prepare concept, design for all required temporary structures

Collaborate with external engineers and internal team to create detailed technical drawings and schematics

Create and finalizing shop fabrication drawings including custom fabrication and design

Material take off and generation of bill of materials

Conduct quality checks on completed work to identify any errors or discrepancies

Support all projects through the fabrication process or temporary steel structures

Design/plan and supervision of all structural steel required for:

- Working platform – Brackets, - Access scaffolding – Base plates – anchorage – Tie off point – working at height elements – tie backs – guying and bracing all structures during construction

Provides status and progress reports to customer, project team, and management

Interface with client representatives, design engineers, consultants, other contractors, etc.

Ensure project is constructed in accordance with QA Programs and project quality

All other duties as assigned

What You Bring to the Table:

Post secondary education in an Engineering Civil discipline

Professional Engineer designation (P.Eng) is considered an asset

Minimum 10 years experience in structural design and detailing, with a preference of expeirence in tempoarary structures

Excellent interpersonal, communication (both oral and written) skills

Strong Interpersonal skills in communicating with a large team

Organizational and time management skills. Ability to prioritize and multi-task/ Service orientated

Thrive on a fast paced-environment

We strongly encourage applicants who identify as Indigenous to apply to work with us on the Darlington New Nuclear Project. At Aecon, Indigenous is an umbrella term for First Nations (status and non-status), Metis and Inuit