Assistant Engineer- Structures

Assistant Engineer- Structures

This role is to work as part of an engineering team, taking an Engineer role in project work, focused on production and liaison with the WSP Canada (CA) Team and mentoring and coaching junior members of the team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare feasibility study reports to meet brief requirements in the agreed format and review with the Senior/Principal Engineer of Structures.
• Work with WSP CA Team to assemble a design specification compliant with the employers’ requirements, agree its format and content, and monitor and review its preparation ensuring delivery by the due date.
• Agree and monitor scope of works with the Senior/Principal Engineer of Structures.
• Clearly define building requirements and purpose of use with the Senior/Principal Engineer of Structures and WSP CA Team to allow detailed design.
• Carry out detailed design to WSP standard ensuring CDM, QA and technical review and sign off by the Senior/Principal Engineer of Structures, including complex calculations and co-ordination issues.
• Review and monitor the production of calculations including QA, technical reviews and sign off.
• Ensure that information for project costing preparation is completed in requisite detail and to deadlines, and keep the WSP CA Team informed regarding design progress through explanation of design decisions.
• Provide documentary information via the WSP CA Team to assist in the preparation of tender documents, ensuring that information for tender preparation is completed in requisite detail and to deadlines, and keep the WSP CA Team informed regarding design progress through explanation of design decisions.
• Deal with the day-to-day queries from the WSP CA Team, ensuring that relevant information is available on time for construction activity.
• Report to the WSP CA Team in association with the Senior/Principal Engineer of Structures any variance between the works constructed and the design intent.
• Follow the design process and encourage the rest of the team to deliver appropriate and cost effective solutions to the agreed programme.
• Follow in full the document control, archiving CDM and QA processes relevant to project work, ensuring drawings, specifications, reports and correspondence are issued, and filed in an appropriate manner, coach junior staff in their usage.

Key Competencies / Skills

• Raise the level of technical competence within the teams.
• Promote technical excellence in all our projects.
• Develop positive professional relationship with the WSP CA Team, communicating openly about project progress.
• Participate in team meetings, disseminate information within the team, and communicate with other teams.
• Identify and act on, or refer, potential risk issues and follow in full the company commercial and contracting processes.
• Identify and flag additional fees to the Associate/Principal Engineer of Structures.

Mandatory Skills

• The applicant will have proven experience in the design of Building Structures with significant experience in a similar role or demonstration of a good track record.
• Good presentation skills are also required.
• Must be fully conversant with technical structural software, such as RAM Structural Steel, ETABS, SAFE and STAAD.
• A sound understanding of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and Project is essential.
• Must be fluent in English with an excellent understanding of technical terminology. Knowledge of the French language would be an added advantage.
• Demonstrate good management, communication and technical skills and be capable of working both within the team and independently, as dictated by workload.
• Must demonstrate good people skills, team engagement, Mentoring and other relevant Team development skills.
• Aspire to become a Chartered Engineer.

Qualifications

• B.Tech / M.Tech (Structures)

Key skills/competency

• Structural Engineering
• Building Structures Design
• RAM Structural Steel
• ETABS
• SAFE
• STAAD
• Project Coordination
• Quality Assurance
• Mentoring
• Feasibility Studies