Senior Overhead Transmission Lines Civil Engineer

Base pay range

CA$/yr - CA$/yr

Welcometo people with an inspiring vision and who seek stimulating challenges. At CIMA+, you’ll find a place where you’ll have many opportunities to learn and develop while working on engaging projects.

We are a firm 100% owned by its employees and we value a collaborative and entrepreneurial mindset. You will have the flexibility to manage your work on your own terms and define what work-life balance means to you.

When you join CIMA+, we welcome you to a place that you can call home.

The CIMA+ offices in Western Canada are in the middle of a large growth trajectory. This means new, exciting complex projects that you will have the ability to shape and be a part of. We are actively looking for people who want to develop their skills, take on new challenges, and advance their careers within the organization.

Elevate your engineering career by joining us as a Senior Overhead Transmission Lines Civil Engineer
. In this pivotal role, you'll leverage your expertise to deliver top-tier engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services. Using your extensive engineering knowledge, you’ll direct work on high‑complexity projects and operations, ensuring safety, quality, and adherence to budget and timelines. Your analytical acumen and leadership will drive engineering studies and designs, fostering innovation and excellence in every endeavor. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of the T&D Lines CIMA+ Leadership Team – this team is working on some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects in Canada.

This role is open to local, national and international candidates.

This position could be based out of any of our offices in major centers across Canada, including Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Ottawa, GTA, Montreal area or Quebec City area.

• Lead a project design team, including junior and intermediate staff.
• Design overhead lines and associated facilities for voltages from 60kV to 735kV in an electric utility environment, including transmission towers, foundations and hardware and fittings.
• Prepare project documentation like reports, specifications, proposals, estimates, design basis, and test plans per CIMA+’s practices.
• Lead and execute design work packages with scope, duration, and effort estimates, and manage design tasks including scope, schedule, and cost for existing and new facilities.
• Provide signed/sealed engineering deliverables as a Professional of Record per EGBC and CIMA+’s practices.
• Offer technical assistance, construction support, and field reviews as required.
• Develop design criteria considering multi‐disciplinary inputs from the project team.
• Lead the structural design, analysis, and detailing for structures, foundations and hardware assemblies. Review manufacturer shop drawings.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior staff. Review of designs prepared by others, following established practices.

• Develop and implement safe engineering solutions for the high‐complexity projects and operations, ensuring they meet major scope requirements for major utilities in Western Canada.
• Conduct independent studies and analyses, contribute to the development of technical standards, recommend safe designs, and provide mentorship to enhance the future capabilities of CIMA+’s engineering team.
• Develop and administer procedures, methods, and controls for planning, scheduling, cost control, and technical conformance, ensuring a consistent and robust Engineering Standards process.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, review project schedules, resources, and budgets, and monitor expenditures to ensure project completion is safe, high‑quality, on time, and within budget.
• Plan, organize, and direct complex engineering and geoscience activities, making critical technical decisions and recommendations to ensure successful project implementation and resource management at CIMA+.

• University Degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of…