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Principal Structural Engineer

Mott MacDonald10 days ago
Toronto, Ontario
Staff
full_time

Top Benefits

Hybrid working policy
Flexibility and trust in work arrangements
Commitment to providing employment accommodation

About the role

At Mott MacDonald, we trust our brilliant people to do brilliant things in engineering, management, and development services, supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. As one of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through our network of 20,000+ talented consultants. With sustainability and innovation at the heart of all our sectors in North America, including, Buildings, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

We believe in empowering our people to excel, learn, and grow, offering diverse opportunities to contribute to career-defining work. Join us and be part of a collaborative environment where your ambitions are united with ours, and you can truly shape your story.

As The Principal Bridge Engineer, Your Responsibilities Will Include

  • Support our Canadian Bridge Leadership team through recruitment of additional staff, developing the existing team, managing utilization and supporting business / strategic planning initiatives
  • Advising on team structure and actively mentoring, coaching, and planning for succession.
  • Organizing tasks to balance the needs of people, projects, and clients, and delegating tasks effectively when needed.
  • Continuing to develop a collaborative and respectful culture that encourages excellence, innovation, and learning.
  • Demonstrating behaviors that promote our Purpose and align with our PRIDE values.
  • Focusing on health, safety, well-being, and career development of the Bridge Team.
  • Winning work – working with Account Leads to pursue opportunities, supporting Business Development as necessary.
  • Doing work – delivering innovative design solutions for new bridge design and bridge rehabilitations using current design standards and guidelines by drawing on a range of structural skills
  • Providing leadership on matters of bridge engineering practice, including codes and standards, calculations, and construction drawings. Establishing processes, procedures and systems to enable the team’s efficient production of consistent and high-quality deliverables.
  • Coordinating with other internal bridge and structural team leads in the business to share best practices, lessons learned, and to contribute to a strong technical excellence culture.
  • Motivating colleagues to achieve their goals and objectives, and providing constructive feedback to help them improve.

Candidate Specifications

  • 15+ years of relevant industry/project experience on transportation-related structural design (bridges, culverts, retaining walls, etc). Ability to take ownership and accountability for structural design work
  • A strong academic background, with a bachelor’s level degree in Structural Engineering (a master’s degree would be considered an asset)
  • Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) status with PEO
  • Strong technical skills associated with the design of bridges
  • A thorough understanding of the design of reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, and structural steel, as well as earthquake engineering and performance-based design,
  • Experience with design-bid-build and alternative procurement models (e.g., P3, Design-Build),
  • Passion for the application of digital tools and technology to develop innovative design solutions.
  • Ability and enthusiasm for supervising the work of others, including checking and approval of key deliverables.
  • Gained project management skills and collaborative project delivery capabilities.
  • Effective communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills; able to collaborate effectively with all levels of staff and clients, and nurture the development of junior staff.
  • Project delivery experience in the Aviation and Infrastructure sectors will be considered an asset.

Our teams are comprised of bright and enthusiastic people who wish to make a difference to the world that we live in. If you share that vision and don’t have all the experience outlined in this posting, we still want to hear from you! Let’s discuss how we can help you take the next step in your career and how you can participate in an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Mott MacDonald Canada Limited will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.

We seek to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Hybrid working policy At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Location(s):

Toronto, ON, CA

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Buildings

Discipline: Civil

Job Ref: 9530

Recruiter Contact: Faiqa Shahid

About Mott MacDonald

Civil Engineering
10,000+

We are an employee-owned engineering, development and management consultancy, with nearly 20,000 people in 50 countries. We plan, design, deliver and maintain infrastructure that is integral to people’s daily lives from transport to energy, water and buildings.

This infrastructure connects new and existing communities, it improves access to a wider range of amenities and vital public services, powers sustainable economic growth, and builds greater environmental resilience. These projects address some of society’s biggest challenges, and from their scope to their scale, they are as diverse as they are complex.

Through our global network of specialists, we apply excellence and innovation to overcome these challenges. The culture we have created at Mott MacDonald is integral to this. It enables our brilliant people to thrive in a nurturing environment, collaborating with and learning from our industry leaders to develop pioneering solutions and build technical expertise in their fields.

With this approach, we achieve transformative social outcomes for our clients and the communities they serve – from accessibility, to inclusion, empowerment, resilience and wellbeing. These are at the heart of our purpose, and the forefront of our minds in everything that we do.

Engineering. Management. Consultancy.