Civil Project Engineer

at  Aplin Martin

ABOUT US

Aplin Martin is a full-service Civil Engineering, Architecture, Planning, Environmental and Survey company, celebrating over 55 years of success in making sustainable communities a reality across Canada. Over the five decades, the Aplin Martin family has grown into a multi-disciplinary firm of 300+ talented and dedicated professionals delivering innovative and practical design solutions, approval strategies, and project management services to our clients in BC, AB, and ON. We are dedicated to nurturing our employees’ growth and development, and providing a supportive environment with a strong emphasis on mentorship and professional development that ensures a rewarding career within our organization.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Project Engineer primarily serves as the Engineer-of-Record on projects they are assigned. On some projects they may perform a role of project leader and on others work more significantly under the direction of a Project Manager to develop design concepts which are incorporated into the final product by a project team. The Project Engineer should play a key role in mentoring new team members, organizing workload, and ensuring project milestones are achieved.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Effectively coordinate assigned projects through the municipal design approval process as the Engineer-of-Record for the project.
• Direct involvement with the detailed engineering design process, guidance of technical support staff as needed to ensure completion of the design objectives, approvals, and documents
• Exercise judgment on the appropriateness of engineering requirements identified by municipal jurisdictions.
• Attend meetings with clients, contractors and municipal staff and make notes and records of the outcomes of these meetings for project record purposes.
• Meet project milestone events in accordance with client and municipal deadlines.
• Track project progress and obtain authorizations/approvals for changes in schedule/scope.
• Resolve more complex issues during both design and construction phases.
• Contract Administration and Management.
• Responsible for the fundamental aspects of project management of assigned projects including budget tracking and invoicing.
• Provides mentorship and evaluation of junior staff

Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum 4 years of local experience in design of land development or capital works projects.
• Registered as a P.Eng. within the province of work.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Ability to work simultaneously on several different projects.
• Consistently able to produce accurate, high-quality work.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experienced and knowledgeable of technical design issues, constructability, cost, and design approvals.
• Experienced and knowledgeable of tender preparation with construction administration experience preferred.

• Effectively coordinate assigned projects through the municipal design approval process as the Engineer-of-Record for the project.
• Direct involvement with the detailed engineering design process, guidance of technical support staff as needed to ensure completion of the design objectives, approvals, and documents
• Exercise judgment on the appropriateness of engineering requirements identified by municipal jurisdictions.
• Attend meetings with clients, contractors and municipal staff and make notes and records of the outcomes of these meetings for project record purposes.
• Meet project milestone events in accordance with client and municipal deadlines.
• Track project progress and obtain authorizations/approvals for changes in schedule/scope.
• Resolve more complex issues during both design and construction phases.
• Contract Administration and Management.
• Responsible for the fundamental aspects of project management of assigned projects including budget tracking and invoicing.
• Provides mentorship and evaluation of junior staf