Project Engineer

Summary
Reporting to the Infrastructure Services Manager, the Project Engineer is a professional engineer who works independently and is responsible for varied municipal engineering assignments.

Duties

Carries out responsible and varied municipal engineering assignments that require general familiarity with a broad field of engineering and knowledge of reciprocal effects of the work upon other fields.
Problems are solved by the use of a combination of standard procedures, mediation of standard procedures or methods developed in previous assignments.
Participates in and leads planning activities to achieve prescribed objectives.
Completes independent design, studies, analyses, interpretations and conclusions.
Completed work is relied upon as sound and authoritative.
Makes recommendations and decisions based on precedent and refers difficult, complex or unusual decisions to the Design Supervisor and City Engineer.
Work is not generally supervised in detail, mainly to review work programs and to give guidance.
May guide the work of more junior staff.
Undertakes project-specific public consultation, including as a City representative at public events, answering questions specific to engineering projects.
Respond to public enquiries about projects that within their sphere of work.
Plan, organizes and leads meetings with internal and external stakeholder’s contractors and consultants.
Performs general administrative duties including data entry, taking meeting minutes, taking and organizing photos.
May be required to assume other responsibilities during emergencies in the municipal environment.
Performs related work as required.

Required Qualifications

Civil Engineering Degree and be registered with EGBC with a minimum of 3-5 years related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Transportation background would be an asset.
Experience with AutoCAD, Civil3D, GIS, and other engineering and mapping software.
Strong experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
Comfortable in developing solutions to existing problems.
Knowledge of the civil construction process, design, municipal construction, specifications and plans and transportation engineering.
Valid Class 5 BC Driver’s License.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Excellent written, verbal and public presentation skills including confidently interacting with the public through phone, email and in person.
The ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with council, senior management, internal and external stakeholder groups/partners, complemented by strong interpersonal skills to deal tactfully with council, staff, partner agencies, and the public.
Ability to work with relevant design guidelines, bylaws, policies and procedures.
Ability to prepare and present technical presentations and reports on technical, policy and planning issues.
Proven ability to work independently to produce quality materials and recommendations within tight timeframes.
Proven ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion.
Ability to work well in a team environment and lead small teams, with minimal supervision and under tight deadlines.

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Project Engineer