Project Director, Structure

at  BPA

Founded in 1956, BPA is a consulting engineering firm that specializes in buildings for institutional, commercial, multi-unit residential, and industrial markets. With a Canada-wide presence, we offer our clients expertise in mechanical and structural engineering, electricity and power, sustainable development and energy efficiency, telecommunications, security, building automation, acoustics, food service, and commissioning.
Motivated by our values of integrity, excellence, accomplishment, and passion, we will fully accomplish our mission: To build a sustainable future.
Together, we can make a greater positive impact on the world through engineering, that has the power to make a difference!

Your main responsibilities

• Act as project manager on several building structure projects. Areas of expertise include: asset maintenance, major building transformation and/or multi-storey commercial and residential construction.
• Be a technical reference in their discipline and resolve engineering issues of a more complex nature
• Validate the accuracy of master plans and other engineering deliverables on projects under their responsibility
• Coordinate resources and various professionals, and liaise with other internal disciplines to ensure timely delivery and production according to established deadlines and priorities
• Meet with customers, plan customer needs, prepare proposals, letters of intent and establish budgets and schedules
• Liaise with customers to check on project progress, ensuring that their opinions and requests are taken into consideration
• Work closely with customers to resolve all project-related issues, such as, but not limited to, technical, finalization and budgetary requests.
• Carry out contractual follow-ups and monitor the financial progress of contracts
• Act as project manager for projects under his or her supervision and carry out budgeting follow-up in collaboration with the resources involved
• Evaluate and implement methods, procedures and tools to improve service quality, optimize processes and increase productivity.
• Participate in the development of the structure department by getting involved in technical and administrative standardization processes.

Your profil

• Master’s degree in structural engineering (M.Eng or M.Sc.A) and/or management diploma an asset
• Member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
• Minimum fifteen (15) years’ experience in structural design and at least ten (10) in management
• Have worked on large-scale projects in both the public and private sectors
• Fluency in spoken and written French and English*.
• Mastery of construction codes and standards applicable to building structures
• Structural design software (CSI Etabs, SAP2000, SAFE, ADA or equivalent)

• Act as project manager on several building structure projects. Areas of expertise include: asset maintenance, major building transformation and/or multi-storey commercial and residential construction.
• Be a technical reference in their discipline and resolve engineering issues of a more complex nature
• Validate the accuracy of master plans and other engineering deliverables on projects under their responsibility
• Coordinate resources and various professionals, and liaise with other internal disciplines to ensure timely delivery and production according to established deadlines and priorities
• Meet with customers, plan customer needs, prepare proposals, letters of intent and establish budgets and schedules
• Liaise with customers to check on project progress, ensuring that their opinions and requests are taken into consideration
• Work closely with customers to resolve all project-related issues, such as, but not limited to, technical, finalization and budgetary requests.
• Carry out contractual follow-ups and monitor the financial progress of contracts
• Act as project manager for projects under his or her supervision and carry out budgeting follow-up in collaboration with the resources involved
• Evaluate and implement methods, procedures and tools to improve service quality, optimize processes and increase productivity.
• Participate in the development of the structure department by getting involved in technical and administrative standardization processes