Structural Engineer - hydroelectric power plants

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AECOM Canada is seeking a Structural Engineer specializing in hydroelectric projects to join our team. Reporting to the Civil Engineering Department Head (Structural), the successful candidate will play a key role in supporting and advancing AECOM’s Hydroelectric team on various projects.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Client Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with clients to assess project needs, present technical information, and deliver structural designs and study results.
• Project Coordination: Assist the Project Manager in monitoring, coordinating, and advancing the production of deliverables by the design teams for hydroelectric structures.
• Technical Analysis & Design: Perform structural calculations for hydroelectric components, ensuring compliance with applicable codes, guidelines, and regulations.
• Team Leadership: Coordinate and supervise technicians and designers involved in hydroelectric structural design.
• Proposal & Budgeting Support: Prepare budgetary estimates and contribute to proposal activities for the Structural discipline.
• Site Supervision: Travel to hydroelectric project sites for inspections and construction supervision, as required.
• Bidding & Business Development: Assist in preparing bids and proposals while fostering client relationships in the hydroelectric sector.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (Structural).
• 6+ years of direct experience in in hydroelectric structural design.
• Professional Engineer (PEng) designation or eligibility.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of structural engineering experience, with at least 5 years dedicated to hydroelectric power plant design.
• Extensive experience with structural analysis software.
• Strong French communication skills (spoken and written) are an asset.
• Proficiency in 3D design and modeling software (e.g., SolidWorks, Revit, Civil 3D, Catia, MicroStation).

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.