Intermediate Civil Engineer

Location

Hamilton, ON | Canada

Job description

Intermediate Civil Engineer

Location: Hamilton, Ontario

(full-time permanent position)

GM Blue Plan Engineering Limited is a dynamic consulting firm providing niche skills in land development, municipal infrastructure planning, asset management, design, and construction. Built on robust municipal, environmental, land development and structural engineering services, our team of professionals throughout Ontario, has a strong legacy of providing sound technical advice and innovative solutions for our private and public sector clients.

In 2023, GM Blue Plan merged with GEI, a leader in providing multi-disciplined engineering and environmental services to a range of private and public sector clients, both domestically and abroad. The combined firms now represent one of Ontario's leading employee-owned design and consulting firms.

Job Description:

The successful candidate, under the direction of a senior civil engineer, will be responsible for the engineering analysis and design for a variety of municipal servicing, linear infrastructure, land development, stormwater management, and drainage projects. Flexibility exists in terms of the role and the experience level, and a civil engineering background with experience in land development and infrastructure planning (servicing studies) is considered a strong asset.

What you could be doing:

• Develop civil engineering design for municipal linear infrastructure including watermains, sanitary sewer, forcemains, storm sewer, outfalls and roads.
• Design site civil design including grading, yard piping, and driveway access.
• Lead development application reviews on behalf of municipalities.
• Lead proposal effort and actively manage projects including scheduling and budget control.
• Collaborate with other design disciplines.
• Support the permitting and approvals processes.
• Support management of construction activities and provide contract administration support.
• Prepare preliminary and detailed designs reports.
• Apply design standards including the MECP and local development standards.
• Coordinate regulatory approvals for projects including local conservation authorities, MECP, MTO, DFO, MNRF and others.
• Coordinate with utility agencies to support projects.
• Assist with the preparation of tender packages and construction cost estimates.
• Work with the Infrastructure Planning team to complete Area Servicing Plans in support of Secondary Plans, Block Plans and other large-scale development areas;
• Assisting with delivery of other civil projects supporting our Land Development, Structural, Linear or Water/Wastewater design teams, as required

What you will need:

• Civil engineering degree or equivalent
• Permitted to practice license with good standing from Professional Engineers Ontario.
• Minimum of 8 years of working experience in civil engineering.
• Hydrologic and Hydraulic background including with open and closed conveyance systems, stormwater management facilities, floodplain analysis, and erosion/sediment control.
• Experience preparing feasibility, conceptual/preliminary and detailed designs for water, wastewater and/or transportation (roads) infrastructure, is considered an asset;
• Experience preparing engineering reports (functional servicing, stormwater management, traffic impact study, etc.) is considered an asset.
• Strong organizational, oral, written communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability objectively to evaluate problems and opportunities.
• Experience with CAD (Civil 3D/MicroStation/etc.) and/or GIS (ArcMap/QGIS/etc.) is considered an asset.
• Motivation continuously to learn, broaden experience and to enhance engineering knowledge and qualifications.

What we can provide :

• A dynamic and balanced work environment which encourages teamwork, initiative, and ingenuity.
• Exposure to a broad range of civil engineering projects.
• Personalized opportunities for career development, mentoring, training, and education.
• A positive work experience and opportunities for growth and advancement.
• A competitive compensation package including a benefits package and RRSP program.
• Extra-curricular social activities (golf tournament, family hockey day, summer BBQ's, team building activities)

Join our Team!

Candidates who are interested in joining our dynamic team are invited to press the apply button and follow the process to submit their resume.

We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

GM BluePlan Engineering will accommodate candidates under the AODA legislation in all aspects of the hiring process. Please notify us if accommodation is required.

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$3 per hour