Supervising Engineer for OSIM Inspections

Morrison Hershfield is a multi-disciplinary consulting engineering and management firm located throughout the US and Canada. We are a dynamic, employee-owned, team-oriented firm with a diverse project list that ensures you will be working on exciting, high-profile and challenging projects. For more than 75 years, the people at Morrison Hershfield have been the leading force behind our continuous growth and the expansion of our services.

Here at Morrison Hershfield, we are committed to providing flexible work arrangements, to assist employees in fulfilling their multiple responsibilities at work, at home and in the community. Flexible work arrangements provide additional options for work schedules and locations. As we focus on project delivery, clients and staff, we have several working options available for working at Morrison Hershfield.

Morrison Hershfield’s Horizontal Infrastructure (HI) Business Unit has developed some of the Canadian market’s most notable infrastructure projects and we are highly committed to delivering outstanding quality while meeting our clients’ needs. Our team of Planners, Engineers and Contract Administrators deliver infrastructure solutions that drive economic growth and social prosperity.

Our group offers a positive customer experience across all regions of Canada, from project inception, design development and through to construction completion. Our national HI group is comprised of engineers, technicians and support personnel with their diverse backgrounds in design and construction, committed to delivering excellent technical work and customer service to our clients. This national team has earned an exceptional reputation through its successful delivery of multidisciplinary infrastructure projects in Canada.

Responsibilities:

• Act as project manager, structural lead and designer for engineering assignments

• Responsible for Transportation Structural inspection assignments and be Supervising Engineer on biennial (OSIM) inspection assignments.
• Lead and conduct the inspection of existing bridges, culverts, and other transportation structures in accordance with the Ontario Structure Inspection Manual (OSIM), Ontario Health and Safety Act (OHSA), and other applicable standards.
• Available to work flexible hours, days, nights, and weekends. Staff will be required to be away from home for periods of time.
• Complete daily Health and Safety documentation.
• Provide recommendations and costing on bridge, culvert and retaining walls, required maintenance, repair and rehabilitation.
• Project Manager for Inspection assignments
• Input data captured in the field into a database onsite.
• Provide direction to project team members and support staff through verbal and written instructions.
• Attend and participate in team progress meetings.
• Technically review inspection reports
• Conduct regular reviews of transportation structure inspection projects to ensure budget, schedule, risk, and cost to complete estimates are appropriate.
• Prepare and review technical reports, summary reports and proposals.
• Work within assigned projects and schedules

Qualifications:

• BASc or B.Eng. In civil/structural engineering with strong interest and experience in Bridge Engineering – Biennial Inspections

• P. Eng. status and 10+ years leading Biennial inspection assignments.
• RAQS eligible within Bridge Engineering for Biennial Inspections and Wood Bridge Inspections.
• Attended the MTO 2021 Inspectors workshop.
• Experience in the role of supervising Engineer on OSIM inspection assignments
• Experience in fatigue inspections
• Experience in proposal and report writing.
• Experience in Asset Management
• Successful experience of analyzing, evaluating, rehabilitating and designing bridges and culverts
• Interest in working both in the office and the field environment.
• Experience in project management
• Ability to perform outdoor physical duties while doing bridge inspection work.
• Valid Ontario Driver’s license
• Strong computer skills, including experience with bridge inspection and asset management software.
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Able to work in a team environment and excel in bridge inspection projects.
• Proven ability to supervise, direct and mentor junior staff.
• Organized and detail oriented.
• Works well with minimal direction

Job Type:

Regular

Job Profile: For internal use

Transportation Structural Engineering V

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