Civil Designer

Strategic Natural Resource Consultants

$80K — $95K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Professional designation in British Columbia required: P.Eng., RPF, or CET (or eligibility for registration)
  • 5-7 years of experience in road design, including proficiency in RoadEng or equivalent software
  • Experience completing terrain stability assessments (TSAs)
  • Proven ability to prepare bridge site plans
  • Track record of producing practical and constructable designs for forestry and resource access
  • Project management experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Produce road designs balancing constructability, cost, and terrain constraints using RoadEng or equivalent software
  • Conduct terrain stability assessments in accordance with current provincial guidelines
  • Prepare site plans and documentation for forestry and resource access crossings
  • Develop field-constructable designs, avoiding over-engineering
  • Produce accurate deliverables with focus on quality, time, and cost parameters
  • Implement and maintain quality assurance standards through the Quality Management System
  • Support the administration of external contractors and ensure compliance with safety and professional standards.

Benefits

  • Participate in training and mentorship programs for professional development
  • Attend industry conferences and workshops to enhance knowledge and networking
  • Work in diverse environments, including various terrains and conditions
  • Opportunity for entrepreneurial engagement within a collaborative organization.
Full Job Description
Role Responsibilities:

Design & Technical Delivery:

  • Produce road designs usingRoadEng(or equivalent road engineering software), balancing constructability, cost, and terrain constraints.

  • Complete terrain stability assessments (TSAs)in accordance withFRPA, the tiered assessment framework, and current provincial guidance.

  • Prepare bridge site plans andsupportingdesign documentation for forestry and resource access crossings.

  • Develop practical, fit-for-purpose designs that are field-constructable, avoiding unnecessary over-engineering.

  • Produce and supervise the production ofaccurateprofessional deliverables with attention to quality, time, and cost parameters, both independently and in a team environment.


Quality Assurance:

  • Collaborate on, improve, andmaintainRegional Quality Assurance and Quality Control throughStrategic'sQuality Management System.

  • Perform and/or audit field and office work to professional standards, including compiling field data into useful reports and recommendations.

  • Maintain responsibility for the content and quality of personal work.

  • Ensure complete, high-quality,timely, andaccuratepackaging of deliverable products to project-specific standards.

  • Report on project completion status or significant issues, offering options to address them.


Professional Engagement:

  • Support in administering external contractors, including conducting assessmentson qualityof work and level of payment asrequired.

  • Ensure compliance with all statutory safety and professionalstandardslegislation.

  • Ensure complete andaccuratefield data gathering by self and field teams asrequired.

  • Ensure effective communication methods (radio, etc.) with crew, transportation providers, and others in the area.


Technical Leadership:

  • Assistand support in the creation, auditing, and oversight ofStrategic'stechnical policies and procedures related to civil design, road engineering, and terrain stability.

  • Support cross-regionally as needed with technical skills as a subject matter expert or professional resource on project, time, or cost analysis.

  • Utilize technical skills to support project bids and proposals for timelines, quality, costs, and requirements.


Training:

  • Participate in the training and mentorship of coworkers, sharing workexperienceand improving their technical skills.

  • Be part of a committee to reviewStrategic'straining policies, procedures, SOJTs, and training content yearly and recommend required changes.


Reports Relationships

FunctionallyReportsto:Regional Manager

Role Requirements

General Requirements:

  • Knowledge and experience in a natural resource sector

  • The ability to have an entrepreneurial drive and mindset while balancing that within a collaborative organization

  • An effective communicator

  • Ability to travel within the Strategic regions for work asrequired

  • Participatein camp shifts asrequired

  • Attend andparticipatein industry conferences, workshops, trade shows asrequired

  • Maintain professional image at work and within the company

  • Maintain personal accountability for content and quality of work for self and team

  • Work in adverse weather conditions and steep, brushy terrain asrequired.

  • Travel safely by truck, boat, ATV, float plane, and helicopter without issue.

  • Class 5 driver's licenserequired


Qualifications:

  • Professional designationin British Columbiarequired: P.Eng., RPF, or CET (or eligibility for registration)

  • Demonstrated experience in road design, including use ofRoadEngor equivalent road engineering software

  • Experience completing terrain stability assessments (TSAs)

  • Experiencepreparing bridge site plans

  • A track recordof practical, constructable design work suited to forestry and resource access contexts

  • Project management experience would be an asset


Experience:

  • 10+yearsexperiencein resource development, civil construction, infrastructuredevelopmentor related field,

  • Experience withRoadEngor equivalent road design software

  • Experience in terrain stability assessments and bridge site plansis an asset

  • Geotechnical investigations, hazard assessments, andfoundation designisan asset

  • Project managementand leadershipexperience

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