Dsgn Engineer Specialist - Structural

51708 - Toronto - Regular

Hiring salary range: $4,102.00 - $5,860.00 / Bi-weekly

Hydro One is proud to be the largest electricity transmission and distribution provider in Ontario, serving nearly 1.5 million customers. We have a long history in the industry with our roots dating back over 110 years to 1906. Since then, we have worked to grow and evolve to meet the changing needs of our customers and communities across Ontario. Today, we’re focused on providing exceptional customer service and ensuring we are building safe communities where we live, work and play.

It’s an exciting time to join the team at Hydro One!

This role provides technical leadership for the structural design of transmission stations and related facilities by driving high-quality engineering solutions, design consistency, and adherence to standards, codes, and regulatory requirements. Responsibilities include developing and reviewing structural and civil designs, engineering calculations, specifications, and documentation; supporting constructability and coordination across project phases; and ensuring alignment with design intent, safety requirements, and organizational standards.

The role also supports engineering governance, quality assurance, and continuous improvement by leading peer reviews, contributing to the development of standards and tools, and identifying opportunities to enhance engineering practices. In addition, it provides technical guidance and mentorship to engineering staff, collaborates with internal teams, suppliers, and stakeholders, and supports risk identification, issue resolution, and decision-making to ensure effective and reliable project delivery.

For major and/or complex transformer, switching, frequency changer and condenser stations projects, and the switchyard features associated with generating stations, develop and provide technical oversight for "structural" designs, ensuring alignment with applicable standards, to achieve the concepts, layouts and requirements as specified for the project, exercising sound engineering judgment. Collaborate with all stakeholders in the various phases leading to final design, ensure coordination of various features to avoid design conflicts and support overall design integrity, provide technical guidance and supervise assisting staff as required.

Examine contracts and equipment tenders to ensure they meet the intent of the structural design.

• Develop structural designs for station projects and related facitlities to achieve the concepts, layouts, and requirements as specified for the project.
• Collaborating with all concerned in the various phases leading to final design, preparing sketches, instructions, and other data as required for drawing production, and providing advice and guidance as required throughout
• Examine concepts, equipment and material tenders, to verify that design, equipment, or agreement, meets the intent and requirements of the structural design, collaborating with all concerned in changes necessary.
• Attend to structural design issues arising during field construction, including site visits as required to investigate and aid in the resolving of problems and implement design revisions as required.
• Recommend the need for new or revised structural design standards and assist in their development.
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) on assigned projects, supporting resolution of complex engineering challenges.
• Periodically supervise staff assigned to assist on major or complex projects; this may include providing mentorship and technical guidance to junior and intermediate engineers.
• Assist with the development of engineering staff, as required.
• Act as a recognized design authority for complex, non-standard, or high-risk station designs, contributing to key technical decisions.
• This job requires incumbents to possess their Professional Engineering Ontario (PEO) License (P.ENG License) and seal to approve engineering work done by themselves or others
• Lead and participate in peer reviews of engineering deliverables to ensure technical accuracy, constructability, and compliance with applicable codes, standards, and design…