Job Description

Why join us?                      

TransitNEXT is a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin. As the sole proponent in the TransitNEXT team, SNC-Lavalin is awarded the design, build, finance and maintenance of the new extension, and will also assume responsibility for the long-term maintenance of the existing Trillium Line.

Join TransitNEXT and become part of The Trillium Line Extension project, expanding and enhancing transit services in Ottawa.

As part of the Trillium project based in Ottawa, we are looking for a qualified Field Engineer to support our Civil Utility team. The incumbent will provide technical support to construction activities at the worksite, while expediting design changes for timely response to construction inquiries.

How will you contribute to the team?

• Provide technical engineering information and interpretation of plans, detail sheets and specifications for contractors
  
• Report accurate quantities for labour cost reports and accurately monitor material ledgers to ensure quantities in estimate are sufficient to complete the Project
  
• Perform layout work competently, accurately and efficiently
  
• Coordinate work and inspections with the different Utilities companies
  
• Coordinate and take minutes for meetings as necessary with Project Engineers and Utilities Companies,
  
• Find solutions to conflicts in structural, architectural, mechanical and electrical drawings and specifications and follow-up with consultants and sub-trades to completion
  
• Ensure construction work complies with all engineering standards, codes, specifications and design instruction
  
• Responsible for managing, ordering and processing underground utility locates
  
• Produce traffic management plans
  
• Produce applications for Road-cut and Encroachment Permits with the City of Ottawa
  
• Maintain diary for each project and update Project Manager of regular progress and changes to the job sites.
  

What will you contribute?

• Minimum 3 years of experience working with Utilities: Comms, Hydro Ottawa, Enbridge, Watermains…
  
• Construction related degree/diploma and three to five years of construction experience or an equivalent combination of technical training and experience
  
• Working knowledge of surveying techniques, surveying equipment standards and procedures
  
• Ability to conceptualize drawings and identify potential construction conflicts
  
• Previous experience and knowledge of OTM/MTO Book 7 would be an asset
  
• Substantial knowledge of shop drawings, RFIs, changes, and site instructions, as they relate to a project is a requirement
  

What we offer at SNC-Lavalin:

• Opportunity to work on various projects of various sizes
  
• Competitive salary
  
• Motivational financial package & flexible benefits
  
• Defined contribution pension plan in which SNC-Lavalin contributes
  
• Work equipment provided according to the season (boot, bib, helmet, gloves, etc.);
  
• Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  
• 3 weeks of vacation time
  
• Learning and development programs, training, career opportunities
  

You wish to leverage your experience and contribute to this position? Apply now!

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Worker TypeEmployee

Job TypeRegular

At SNC-Lavalin, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

SNC-Lavalin cares about your privacy. SNC-Lavalin and other subsidiary or affiliated companies of SNC-Lavalin (referred to throughout as “SNC-Lavalin”) are committed to protecting your privacy. Please consult our Privacy Notice on our Careers site to know more about how we collect, use and transfer your Personal Data.

By submitting your personal information to SNC-Lavalin, you confirm that you have read and accept our Privacy Notice.