TSP Civil/Structural/Materials Engineer

Burnaby, BC • Contract To Hire • February 05, 2025 • 76677

Job Title: TSP Civil/Structural/Materials Engineer
Job ID: 76677
Location: Burnaby, British Columbia


Overview: 
The Engineer is a fully qualified and accredited engineering professional who applies theoretical and practical knowledge to provide engineering design, estimating, planning, and quality management services for low to medium complexity projects and/or operations safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.


 

What you will be doing:

  • The focus of this role is on the asset management of civil/structural assets for the company's overhead transmission line system. Types of assets include lattice transmission towers, steel poles, and foundations.

  • Collaborates with engineers and technologists from Powertech Labs and the company's Transmission Lines Engineering teams to establish the requirements for projects and programs involving corrosion inspections, corrosion mitigation (e.g. tower coating, cathodic protection, concrete encasement of steel foundations, etc.), anchor rod replacement, fall protection, and seismic resilience.

  • Develops maintenance and sustainment strategies to optimize asset performance and life cycle cost of civil/structural overhead lines assets across the province while balancing business requirements.

  • Prioritizes maintenance/sustainment work, develops annual maintenance/sustainment work plans and budgets consistent with strategies, standards, and investment plans; balances and determines priorities, collaborates with other Integrated Planning groups on alternatives and impacts, and assigns the work program to Program and Contract Management or Capital Infrastructure Project Delivery for execution.

  • Develops a long term (2 to 10 years) Asset Maintain/Sustain Investment Plan and rolling budget based on asset maintenance and sustainment strategies, current asset condition and health, and changes in performance expectations from stakeholders, regulators, and the asset owner.

  • Develops maintenance standards, asset strategies, and asset policies to ensure civil/structural overhead transmission assets are safe and reliable and minimize lifecycle cost and environmental impact.

  • Leads the technical, financial, and root cause analysis of asset performance and condition, and determines investment requirements based on risk, cost, and customer needs.

  • Monitors execution of the work program in accordance with performance standards, resolves major or escalated operating or maintenance related problems and concerns, and provides direction for contingency planning, emergency spare equipment, and material management.

  • Works closely with other Integrated Planning groups regarding impacts of maintenance and sustainment on system performance and future plans for improvements to the system; proposes alternatives for increasing/improving system capacity and balancing costs and benefits.

  • Confers with and provides consultative advice and input to operational, design, delivery, and other groups to ensure maintenance and sustaining capital issues are represented and considered; participates with customers and internal and external stakeholders on planning and major projects, initiatives, and studies.

 

What you must have:

  • University graduate in applied science or engineering 

  • Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers & Geoscientists BC or with another jurisdiction and eligible for registration as such with Engineers & Geoscientists BC 

  • The company uses a Digital Sign and Seal Technology. You may be required to subscribe to a digital seal technology service offered by Notarius 

  • Familiarity with CAD systems and drawing standards

  • Ability to use standard industry design/analysis software 

  • Intermediate MS Office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) 

  • Intermediate English skills for professional environment, written and spoken


Salary Range/Rate: $58 -$71 per hour


Term: 12-month contract; most likely to extend



For more information about TEEMA and to consider other career opportunities, please visit our website at www.teemagroup.com

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