Junior Structural Engineer (Burnaby, BC)
Are you a Junior Engineer interested in creatively solving the problems that our clients pose? Does a variety of work such as bridge inspections, pedestrian bridge design, and municipal infrastructure buildings interest you? How about living in one of the most beautiful parts of the country and a great work/life integration? If any of this enticed you, we want to hear from you!
A Little About Us
At ISL, we share an enthusiasm for community infrastructure. From planning through to design and construction management, we create nimble teams to tackle the unique requirements of every project. Our technical expertise encompasses transportation, land use planning, civil engineering, municipal, landscape architecture, heritage services, environmental management, water, structural, community engagement, geomatics, construction services and 3D visualization. Just the right size, ISL delivers on complex projects while being small enough to maintain strong, cohesive project teams and personal client attention and service.
ISL’s Structural Team works to deliver excellence for our clients, both internal and external. Committed to finding, mentoring, and growing the right individual, our team approach is integral to our success:
A Little About You
Your cover letter must demonstrate:
Your resume should show us:
Bonus points for:
A Little More About the Role
Responsibilities:
Your projects will primarily be located in the ISL Burnaby office, but you will have the opportunity to work on multidisciplinary projects across all of the ISL offices.
A Little About Us
At ISL, we share an enthusiasm for community infrastructure. From planning through to design and construction management, we create nimble teams to tackle the unique requirements of every project. Our technical expertise encompasses transportation, land use planning, civil engineering, municipal, landscape architecture, heritage services, environmental management, water, structural, community engagement, geomatics, construction services and 3D visualization. Just the right size, ISL delivers on complex projects while being small enough to maintain strong, cohesive project teams and personal client attention and service.
ISL’s Structural Team works to deliver excellence for our clients, both internal and external. Committed to finding, mentoring, and growing the right individual, our team approach is integral to our success:
- Flexible – we are a results-oriented team. As a high functioning, remotely enabled group, we are not your typical 9-5; we allow for flexibility in how and where work gets done
- Interesting work – We have a variety of projects including bridges, retaining structures and buildings
- Entrepreneurial – we are a group of passionate individuals who work independently and as part of a team. We take initiative, run with ideas and collectively share in project success.
A Little About You
Your cover letter must demonstrate:
- Experience with or interest in developing skills in Structural Engineering
- Your approach to creative problem solving and decision making
Your resume should show us:
- Education with relevant focus
- Registration as an EIT or eligible to register
- Education/ knowledge of seismic design
- Education/knowledge of application of structural theory, the National Building Code of Canada (NBC 2020), the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (S6) and Canadian Design Standards (O86, S16, A23.3)
- Experience with structural analysis software such as CSiBridge, SAP2000 and SFRAME
- Working knowledge of Bluebeam, Microsoft Word, Excel and MS Project
Bonus points for:
- Experience with BIM software (Revit)
- Experience with construction
- Experience with report writing
- Post Graduate level education
A Little More About the Role
Responsibilities:
Your projects will primarily be located in the ISL Burnaby office, but you will have the opportunity to work on multidisciplinary projects across all of the ISL offices.
- Prepare detailed structural engineering designs from concept, through tender to construction for a wide variety of projects. Starting with individual task moving to systems and whole project life cycle
- Assemble and review structural deliverables in collaboration with other team members
- Review and coordinate deliverables with other project team members including architectural, civil, landscape, process, mechanical, electrical, contractors and suppliers as each project requires
- Participate in project meetings as needed
- Complete assessments and prepare reports for various buildings and structures
- Support construction administration objectives and perform field reviews, including travel to remote locations (a valid driver’s license and ability to drive ISL’s fleet vehicles are required)
- Observe and maintain quality assurance practices and documentation standards on all projects
- Creating and/or leveraging custom spreadsheets and MCAD sheets
- Be a lifelong learner, stay current on industry trends and emerging technologies
- Collaborate with, advise, and assist team members in other groups and offices
- Other related duties as assigned
We are engineers, technologists, planners, landscape architects, scientists, and their support teams that work together to deliver infrastructure, minimizing environmental impact and maximizing benefit to the community.
- We work on fascinating projects right in our community.
- We are nimble. We integrate the right team to solve our clients' biggest challenges.
- We are social. Follow our hashtag #isllife on Twitter and Instagram or check out our YouTube Channel.
- We get together. Every year, Staff Development Seminar brings together ISLers from all over western Canada to learn, share and connect.
- We are independent problem solvers. Employee owned and operated, we like to work hard with minimum bureaucracy.
- We encourage and reward high performance. Employer paid benefits plan, Group RRSP, and competitive salaries with opportunities for annual bonus.
Want to find out more about this or other ISL career opportunities?
Visit us online at www.islengineering.com/about/join-the-team
Department: [0610] Burnaby - Buildings
This is a permanent full time position