Engineer, Electrical Group

R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited (Burnside) is currently seeking an Engineer with a minimum of 4 years of experience to join our Electrical team of dedicated professionals.

The Electrical group at Burnside undertakes work for a variety of clients in the private, public, Aboriginal, and golf sectors. Our group applications include designs for commercial and light industrial buildings (power, lighting, fire alarm, and communications), street & site lighting, subdivisions, transportation hubs, healthcare facilities, pumping stations and electric vehicle charging stations.  

What You'll Be Doing

In this role, you will take ownership of a wide variety of design and engineering tasks, including:

• Prepare designs for power distribution, lighting, and fire alarm systems for municipal, commercial and industrial buildings.
• Design street lighting (including photometrics), subdivision electrical design, site electrical design, hydro coordination and emergency power design.
• Writing technical specifications, reports, and proposals.
• Coordinate designs and deliverables with project managers and project stakeholders.
• Train junior engineers and technicians.
• Performing building condition assessments and peer reviews.
• Attending and lead client meetings to determine project scope and deliverables.
• Conducting site visits to monitor progress and gather as-built data.

What You Bring

We're looking for someone who is technically strong, highly organized, and enthusiastic about making a difference. You'll have:

• A P.Eng. license in Ontario.
• Solid knowledge of the current Electrical Safety Codes (CEC and OESC) and National and Ontario Building codes.
• Solid project management skills with the ability to manage schedules, budgets and priorities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• High degree of problem solving and decision-making skills.

What Sets You Apart

We'd love to hear from candidates who also bring:

• Experience managing projects or small teams
• Familiarity with Metrolinx standards and projects
• Knowledge of AGi32 or Visual lighting software
• Hands-on project management experience from concept through construction
• Familiarity with or interest in OTM Book 12 and traffic signal design

Why Choose Burnside?

Are you interested in working for an employer with a 5-decade track record of building a great reputation both internally with their staff and externally with their clients? The Burnside team is a supportive group of colleagues that work together to provide value and service to our clients, while extending care to each other. We know that our employees are our greatest asset, and thus we strive to provide a positive work/life balance.

We offer:

• A collaborative culture where friendship, honesty and respect are part of our core values and practices
• Flexible working hours and office locations, including hybrid working opportunities
• A competitive compensation and benefits package
• RRSP company matching plan
• Career growth and professional development opportunities
• Potential for performance-driven bonusing
• Active social committees
• A welcoming, positive, and inclusive work environment

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to valuing diversity in the workplace and we welcome resumes from all qualified candidates. Burnside will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the entire recruitment, assessment, and selection process, as required.  If you are a person with a disability and require an accommodation during these processes, please contact our Human Resources department.

Company Profile – More about us:

Founded in 1970, R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited is a growing values-driven employee-owned multidiscipline engineering and environmental consulting firm with over 450+ staff. Our consistent commitment towards investing in technology advancements and training, in addition to encouraging and promoting professional development, has enabled our firm to meet our ongoing and stated goal of continual improvement.

We actively seek to develop relationships with a broad and diversified client base in the Public, Private and Indigenous sectors. We work on a variety of projects throughout Canada, with 11 office locations in Ontario and one in Manitoba.

Burnside has expertise in many technical disciplines beyond our core civil engineering focus including   air and noise, asset management, building sciences, environmental planning and ecology, GIS, hydrogeology, land development, landscape architecture, municipal drainage, solid waste, stormwater management, structures, transportation planning and design, water and wastewater and well drilling & diagnostics.

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