Jacobs Hiring for Roadway Drainage Engineer at Burnaby, BC Full Time

Your Impact:
At Jacobs, we push the limits of what’s possible so we can improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomize the “why” of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Roadway Drainage Engineer to support our regional team and provide leadership, technical expertise and discipline in project execution.

You’ll be working mainly from home (unless you prefer to come into our Burnaby office), with the expectation to travel for client /site /occasional team meetings.

In this role you’ll have the chance to work on exciting and engaging infrastructure projects in water and transportation in British Columbia and across Canada. As a seasoned professional, you will have the chance to mentor, learn, and work independently as a key team member. You will solve complex problems and take a broad perspective to identify innovative and resilient solutions to adapt to the climate emergency.

Project tasks could include:
Perform design and hydraulic modeling on all project aspects associated with conceptual planning, detailed engineering designs, and preparation of construction plans.

Responsible for drainage design including, but not limited to civil design calculations, computer modeling, detailing, and plan set production for roadway, drainage, water quality and utilities projects with an emphasis on hydrology and hydraulics.

Perform hydrologic and hydraulic design calculations and prepare reports, construction plans, and specifications as required by assignments.

Coordinate design development and assist in providing technical direction and mentorship to other engineers.

Provide quality control within drainage discipline to ensure completeness and accuracy of design team work.

Peer review plans, help prepare technical specifications and estimates.

Review drawings supplied by vendors, clients, and engineers and recommends necessary changes.

We’re invested in you and your success. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to make inclusion and diversity core attributes of our identity, embedded in all our employment and business practices in all locations. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Roadway, Drainage or Transportation Engineering
• At least 7 years related experience in civil work with an emphasis on transportation infrastructure projects
• Professional Engineer License (P.Eng.) in BC or another Canadian jurisdiction
• Previous BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and Lower Mainland municipal experience
• Strong analytical, time management, communication & report writing skills
• Proficiency in hydrologic and hydraulic modelling with XPSWMM, PCSWMM or an equivalent software

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Experience with multi-discipline infrastructure engineering design and construction projects
• Ability to lead a technical team
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently on multiple projects