Bridge Engineer; Intermediate Hybrid

Are you someone with strong leadership and technical capabilities? Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders? Are you a thought leader, a trusted advisor and a problem solver? If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation, this opportunity is for you! As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen, you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

Your Opportunity

Dillon’s Structures Transportation Discipline is seeking a Bridge Engineer to fill an existing vacancy within our multidisciplinary team of professionals. You will have the opportunity to work on new and exciting projects while providing clients with a fully integrated and superior customer experience.

At Dillon, we operate as one team. The successful candidate can be based at any one of our following offices:
Halifax NS, Sydney NS,

We offer flexible work hours to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

Responsibilities

Design

• Provide design leadership and technical expertise on a variety of structural projects, including structural design and analysis of bridges, culverts and other transportation structures
• Preparation of preliminary and detailed design calculation
• Perform structural analysis and prepare design calculations to include 2D and 3D analysis for bridges as well as foundations, infrastructure and retaining walls;
• Develop structural details and construction plans using SAP
  2000, CSiBridge, and/or STAAD
• Prepare specifications and details for drawing production in addition to Code and regulatory review
• Preparation of technical reports
• Review shop drawings and field services in design and construction

• Project manage structural engineering team activities and support to project managers/technical staff in the delivery of multidisciplinary projects across the company
• Coordinate design team activities to maintain project schedules and ensure successful project completion
• Effectively engage with sub-consultants and clients

• Leadership in providing quality client services, with particular emphasis with government and infrastructure contractor clients within the transportation market
• Contribute to proposals and development and new business opportunities
• Business travel upon request

• Commit to self-development and ongoing learning and professional development
• Input to the career development of junior staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring
• Contribute to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees

• A degree in civil engineering. Graduate level degree would be an asset.
• Licensed to practice as a professional engineer or eligible to be licensed within six months
• Six to ten years of relevant work experience in structural design for the intermediate role

• Experienced in the design of various bridge types, culverts and other transportation structures
• Proficient in the full range of design activities, including preparation of preliminary and detailed design drawings and reports, contract document preparation and tendering
• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant structural engineering Codes and standards
• Proficiency in the use of computer modelling techniques using SAP
  2000, CSiBridge, or STAAD and familiarity with current AutoCAD software
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Proficiency in providing technical leadership to a team of professionals
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills along with both verbal and written communication
• Strong technical report and specification writing skills
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