Senior Mechanical Engineer

at  Williams Engineering Canada Inc

At Williams Engineering Canada, we brighten the lives of people in our community.
Knowing what we do reaches beyond a single project, we believe it’s not only our responsibility but our core purpose to engineer cities that are safe, inclusive, and resilient.
We believe in the value of shared knowledge to better consult, create, and encourage diverse perspectives, to provide innovative solutions across the busiest cities and the most remote regions of Western and Northern Canada. We recognize that our people do much more than engineer solutions and solve our clients’ greatest challenges; they have the opportunity to impact the communities in which they live, work, and build relationships in. In order to make a positive impact on our communities, we must start by positively impacting our own people. To us, this means providing fair compensation, training, advancement opportunities, and an open-door team environment. This also means maintaining a healthy work-life balance, which is why we offer a flexible work environment to support the unique and busy lives that our people lead.
There are many reasons why remote working helps people have more control over their work and balance their lives, that’s why at Williams Engineering, we believe a remote work strategy makes business sense and helps us achieve our purpose of brightening the lives of people in our communities by reducing our carbon footprint. We operate on a fully remote option for any teammate who wants to when deemed appropriate by their manager.
If you join us, you have an opportunity to be a part of the impact that we create. We are looking for teammates who want to have an impact on the community through their work and are interested in taking on initiative to live out your Purpose through your work every day.
Reports to: Engineering Manager
Based at: Regional Office
Position Purpose: Working closely with the Engineering Manager, leading on various projects, and maintaining the technical capability and production requirements of the service line.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 15 years experience in HVAC consulting
• P.Eng. status with appropriate provincial association

SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES:

• Excellent interpersonal skills; a person who listens well, respects diversity of opinions and has an open, clear and succinct communication style.
• Effective organizational and time management skills in handling multiple projects, performing a variety of tasks, and meeting required deadlines.
• Ability to represent the company to WE teammates, clients and community by ensuring the best image is presented.
• Application knowledge of WE systems and programs (including MS Office 365, SharePoint, Deltek Vision, AutoCAD, Revit MEP).
• Understanding and ability to apply marketplace trends to create and implement a marketing plan.
• Holds a senior position in technical or business association.
• Understands viability of other service line designs.

• Analyze existing data to forecast business decisions regarding budget forecasting, budget variances, client profitability, risk management and report findings to the Engineering Manager or Engineering Director as appropriate.
• Work as the Relationship Manager or Technical Specialist to provide our clients with finished projects in a timely manner.
• Plan or review projects requiring the expenditure of a considerable amount of manpower and financial investment.
• Establish basic operating standards and accomplish objectives in the most economical manner to manage unusual conditions.
• Understand and participate in resolving issues with cost control, non-recoverable expenditures, and utilization.
• Communicate effectively with team members.
• Maintain technical capability, provide technical expertise on projects, act as a mentor/coach to other teammates, share expertise with other offices, and work with others to increase the overall technical capability of the service line.
• Identify completed projects in your service line that are eligible for technical awards, ensure projects are submitted.
• Work with Project Managers, Engineering Managers, Relationship Managers and Directors to secure large multi-company projects.
• Perpetuate and clarify WE culture and values.
• Build and maintain a well-developed network of colleagues for solving unique engineering problems.
• Stay current with changes in own service line.
• Stamp own project design and reports and that of engineers in training for whom you are providing peer review as appropriate.
• Perpetuate, clarify, and embody WE Purpose and Core Values.
• Teammates are required to adhere to the company policies and guidelines as well as the company and client safety policies and practices in effect at any given time.
• Have the ability to apply for a Federal security clearance in order to work on institutional projects as required.
• Teammates in a leadership position are expected to obtain their Leadership in Safety Excellence certificate as part of their role with WE