Specialist Project Engineer – Generation

Overview:
This position is for a Project Engineer Specialist within the Project Engineering team in Generation Engineering. Our Project Engineering teams perform an integral role in the delivery of infrastructure projects at the company. Project Engineering team members work with cross-functional teams to ensure that project designs and installation are safe, effective, and meet the requirements of the company. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working on a wide variety of projects, each with its own unique scope, assets, stakeholders, risks, and technical aspects. While the work is based out of Burnaby, you’ll get to travel to the company’s facilities located throughout British Columbia and may occasionally travel to other parts of North America and internationally. In the Project Engineer role, you will manage the engineering component (Scope, Schedule, and Cost) of large and/or technically complex projects which typically have a considerable profile, complexity, and risk. Projects may include work being designed entirely within the company, entirely outside of BC Hydro, or a combination thereof. Typical projects include: new generating units, powerhouse reconstruction, major plant or unit upgrades, Dam Safety projects, and spillway upgrades.

What you will be doing:

• 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 the company 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 the company.

• Participate in the company’s 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 the company.

• 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 the company.

• Perform the Owner's Engineer Lead role on projects where some or all of the engineering work is done by a third party such as an outside consultant or equipment vendor. As an Owner's Engineer Lead, you will coordinate and lead the internal review and acceptance of work designed by a third party.

• Work closely with project managers to manage the scope, schedule, and cost of the project.

• Identify and manage the project technical risks, including system integration with the existing generation systems and other issues. Collaborate with functional managers to establish the engineering teams on your projects. You establish design and review plans, strategies, schedules, and resource requirements for the engineering work on your projects. You coordinate and oversee the development of technical specifications and drawings and may manage engineering consultant's contracts.

• Collaborate with Construction and Contract Management, the Engineering teams, Quality Management, and Field Operations to ensure that technical support is provided during manufacturing, construction and commissioning and that technical issues are resolved in a timely manner.

• Make or review recommendations and other types of communications to management on complex project matters. This may include presenting to senior management and the executive.

• Coach members of your project teams to help them to resolve issues or advance their work. You may mentor and coach others performing project engineer roles, either within the department or in other groups.

What you must have:

• 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

• 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)

• A minimum ten (10) years of generation engineering experience including significant time working in the electrical utility industry and a degree a relevant engineering discipline such as electrical, mechanical, or civil.

• A minimum of four (4) years of working experience in leading multi-discipline design teams and in generation station planning, design, and construction.

• Professional Engineer registered with EGBC

• Solid electric utility engineering background with the ability to think from a generation stations and operations perspective as well as an ability to understand the interactions and priorities of multi-discipline projects

• Good working knowledge project management principles and roles

• Good working knowledge of design and substations, an asset

• Advanced decision making and conflict resolution skills

• Advanced written and oral communication skills with the ability to brief senior management on complex project issues in a clear and concise manner

Salary/Rate Range: $98.00-$120.00 per hour

Term:12-month contract; most likely to extend


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