E5 Geotechncial

Job Description

Role: E5 - Engineer (Geotechnical)
Location: Burnaby BC
Duration: 2026/07/20 - 2027/07/17 (12 Months)
Max INC Rate: $125.78
Max T4 Rate: $103.95/

General Description:

The E5 Engineer is a professional engineer or geoscientist who applies engineering knowledge to provide innovative engineering estimating planning and quality management services for medium to high complexity projects and/or operations safely with quality within budget and on time.

Experience and Role Accountabilities:

• A minimum ten (10) years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
• Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgement to perform tasks including developing designs analyzing and resolving problems and interpreting engineering specifications on medium to highly complex assignments for BC Hydro projects and operations.
• Meet safety cost quality and time objectives by proposing changes in plans and estimated costs recommending payment for work completed by contractors preparing progress reports coordinating work schedules and other similar tasks.
• Resolve highly technical and unusual design and field engineering problems by conducting independent studies and analysis exercising independent judgment in selecting and interpreting information recommending safe engineering designs to support successful operations and/or project completion at BC Hydro.
• Participate in BC Hydros engineering practice by conducting independent studies and analysis contributing to the development of technical standards exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information recommending safe engineering designs and making decisions related to methods and designs as well as providing guidance and advice to other engineering professionals to develop future capability at BC Hydro.
• Deliver exceptional customer service by communicating with stakeholders and performing activities such as defining the scope of engineering/geoscience services to be provided establishing the basic design criteria with the client approving all related technical documentation and assessing and reporting on work progress against standards objectives and specifications to support completion of projects safely with quality within budget and on time.
• Make decisions and recommendations of a complex technical nature including the establishment of design bases criteria and concepts and/or on matters affecting the management of engineering/geoscience resources and activities to support major work assignments for the engineering divisions at BC Hydro.

Important Notes:

• Prior to commencement on assignment the selected candidate must have their own sole practitioner or the use of their firms Permit to Practice with EGBC.
• EGBC Registrants provided to BC Hydro through this assignment shall work under BC Hydros Professional Practice Management Plan Quality Management Pillar.
• The Registrant shall apply their own or their firms Permit to Practice Number to work that is Sealed by the Registrant.
• Retention and preservation of all project documentation produced by the Registrant during their contract with BC Hydro will be retained by BC Hydro to satisfy EGBC Bylaws.

Education and Skills:

• Registered Professional Engineer (.) or Professional Geoscientist (.) with Engineers & Geoscientists BC or with another jurisdiction and eligible for registration as such with Engineers & Geoscientists BC.
• BC Hydro uses a Digital Sign and Seal Technology. You may be required to subscribe to a digital seal technology service offered by Notarius.
• Intermediate English skills for professional environment written and spoken.
• Familiarity with CAD systems and drawing standards.
• Ability to use standard industry design/analysis software.
• Intermediate MS Office skills (Word Excel and PowerPoint)

Work Assignment Requirements:

Must-Haves:

• Planning and executing geotechnical site investigations
• Soil and rock mechanics
• Landslide assessment / terrain stability assessment
• Seismic assessment including liquefaction
• Fluency with GIS software and slope stability modelling
• Ability to complete field work
• Design of shallow and deep foundations
• Settlement assessment
• Geomorphological analysis
• Risk assessment

Experience:

• Owner Engineer experience
• Experience with linear infrastructure projects (e.g. highways roads pipelines)

Nice-to-Haves:

• Design of retaining walls and shoring
• Ability to respond to emergencies and provide safety-focused work prescriptions
• Flood assessment
• Groundwater and hydrological modelling
• Ground improvement

Employment Type : Contract
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1