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Senior Water Resources Engineer

Senior Water Resources Engineer

Dillon ConsultingWindsor, ON, CA
30+ days ago
Salary
CAD149611–CAD176013 yearly
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Responsibilities

What your day will look like

Technical Project Work and Project Management

  • Provide senior technical input for delivery of water resource management projects, including Highway Drainage projects
  • Provide technical input for complex or unique assignments
  • Support multi-disciplinary projects or programs
  • Direct, coordinate and supervise water resources related activities of engineering and design groups, both from a technical and functional standpoint
  • Coordination with cross-disciplines to identify and incorporate relevant data pertaining to hydrologic and hydraulic parameters, system connectivity, discharge points, project constraints, and implementation considerations
  • Undertake hydrologic and hydraulic modelling, including surface drainage, storm sewer networks, dual drainage systems, sanitary sewer networks, and combined sewer systems
  • Interpret results of simulations to assess capacity, identify system deficiencies, and evaluate improvement alternatives
  • Apply monitored and statistical data to models to simulate return-period and continuous scenarios, and to calibrate and validate results
  • Provide guidance to field staff undertaking data collection
  • Provide project engineering and technical expertise, calculations, and design input to various stormwater management and drainage systems
  • Lead conceptual and detailed design of drainage and / or stormwater management infrastructure.
  • Undertake studies, assessments, modeling, preliminary and detailed design, cost estimates, specifications, and input to contract documents
  • Project components include project planning, technical evaluations, studies, preliminary design, final design, and services during construction
  • Study evaluations include the analysis of alternatives, methods of implementation, and cost analyses
  • Fulfill project plans in accordance with established scopes of work, budgets, and schedules to execute high quality projects
  • Develop new or novel concepts and approaches, and recommend major design changes
  • Input to the career development of more junior staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring

Business Development

  • Contribute to business development activities including leading the preparation of project proposals and presentations.
  • Engagement with our clients to identify potential opportunities and strategic priorities.

    • Learning & Development

  • Commit to self-development and ongoing learning and professional development.
  • Input to the career development of junior staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring.
  • Contribute to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees.

    • Qualifications

    What you will need to succeed

  • Undergraduate degree in engineering or other related discipline with a focus on water resources
  • Eligible to hold valid license from relevant provincial Professional Engineering Association
  • 10+ years’ relevant experience in a consulting environment on water resources engineering projects

    • Experience

  • Mandatory experience in a range of water resources related projects, including urban drainage systems and stormwater management
  • Previous Highway Drainage experience in Ontario
  • Experience with analysis, infrastructure design and construction administration
  • Working knowledge of XP / PCSWMM, HEC-RAS / HMS, and related computer models would be considered an asset
  • Excellent communications, report writing, organization and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work in a collaborative, team environment
  • Excellent initiative and attention to detail
  • Business development and proposal preparation and submission management

    • Why choose Dillon

    Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, and are empowered to continually grow and develop.

    We live our  core values :

  • Reliability : words that result in actions build trust;
  • Achievement : do the work to hit the target;
  • Continuous development : always learning; always adapting; always growing;
  • Creativity : discover new possibilities;
  • Courage : do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard; and
  • Inclusiveness : enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences.

    • In addition, we offer :

    Employee share purchase plan

  • Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.

    • A competitive compensation package

  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Generous retirement savings plan
  • Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions

    • Flexible work hours and remote working options

  • Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs. We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and remote work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

    • Learning and Development opportunities

  • As a knowledge-based business, the organic growth of our knowledge and skills occur through our work performance and roles. The creation and sharing of knowledge allows us to take local knowledge to scale, capture lessons learnt through experience, and continuously improve service delivery. The development of self and others is an evident and measured core behaviour within our organization.
  • We use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how, mentoring to share lessons, advising to round out perspectives, and co-creation of knowledge through internal, and learning opportunities.
  • As a young professional, the early career development program will offer a challenging, fast-paced development path that provides you the tools and opportunities to accelerate your career.

    • Focus on Innovation

  • The ability to anticipate, examine, and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business performance. In our culture, people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to today’s problems and tomorrow’s opportunities.

    • Employee and Family Assistance Program

  • A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.

    • Wellness Subsidy

  • Our employees can take advantage of wellness subsidy that can be put towards expenses for a variety of health and / or wellness related activities such as gym membership, purchase of home fitness equipment, yoga classes and dance classes