Experienced Civil Engineer for Indigenous Community Projects

3 weeks ago


Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Urban Systems Full time
About the Opportunity
Urban Systems is seeking an experienced Civil Engineer to join their team in Vancouver. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing quality service to Indigenous communities clients, with a focus on community development, municipal, and linear infrastructure engineering.

We are looking for someone who shares our values and is excited to deliver high-quality services to our clients. Key responsibilities will include:
  1. Honing civil engineering skills, applying theory, and providing workable solutions for infrastructure planning design and planning, including roadways, water, sanitary, drainage, and housing.
  2. Connecting with Indigenous clients through continuous client relationship strengthening and active listening, to funding opportunities and the diverse breadth of services at Urban Systems.
  3. Building and growing relationships with existing project leaders and clients; proactively and professionally communicating with contractors, co-workers, clients, and the general public, providing trusted advisor and client liaison services.
  4. Preparing technical reports, plans, studies, proposals, and presentations.
  5. Couching and mentoring younger professionals and collaborating with others to continue building our team.
  6. Preparing, with our design team, design drawings, construction details, specifications, cost estimates, and contract documents.
  7. Collaborating with a diverse and interdisciplinary team of professionals to identify and support market opportunities, practice planning, and team development.
  8. Developing proposals, work plans, and budgets in response to clients needs and objectives.
  9. Collaborating with colleagues to prepare engineering designs, cost estimates, capital and implementation plans, risk assessments, and related documentation;
  10. Coordinating the efforts of multi-disciplinary teams through the development of concepts, detailed designs, and preparation of tender documents and contracts.

This role offers a competitive salary range of $100,000 - $125,000 per year, based on a 40-hour work week, along with extended health, dental, vision care coverage, and more.

About You
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5+ years of experience as a Civil Engineer and be registered or eligible for registration as a professional member with EGBC. Desired attributes include:
  • A keen interest in working with Indigenous communities in BC.
  • Previous experience working with Indigenous communities (will be considered an asset).
  • Availability to travel throughout Lower Mainland and British Columbia for project work, including visiting communities.
  • Experience with engineering design and analysis of water systems, sanitary systems, land/subdivision development, and stormwater.
  • Demonstrated knowledge from feasibility to detailed design, and construction administration.
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of preparing budgets and cost estimates.
  • Working knowledge of workplans and scope of work preparations.
  • Working knowledge of Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) funding models (will be considered an asset).
  • Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.
  • Ability to effectively deliver our services within multi-disciplinary, fast-paced, multi-year projects.
  • Desire to take initiative and seek out opportunities to collaborate with people of varying backgrounds and perspectives.
  • Ability and desire to collaborate and communicate with clients and internal teams, with the perspective of developing, in parallel to engineering experience, a consulting mindset.
  • A keen interest in coaching and mentoring others.
  • Ability to work on multiple projects at a time and thrive in a self-directed work environment.

About Us
Urban Systems is an employee-owned interdisciplinary community consulting firm with deep Canadian roots. We are united in our mission to transform communities everywhere into vibrant places where people want to live today, tomorrow, and forever.

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