Industrial Engineer-In-Training/Jr. Engineer

Stantec Buildings is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. We take an innovative, collaborative approach to projects, sharing a common belief that sustainable design for the built environment can make the world a better place for future generations. Join us and design your place with Stantec.

The Vancouver Industrial Studio offers services for all phases of the project lifecycle from pre-project planning through to detailed design for engineering analysis studies, and construction documents for capital investment projects. This is where great ideas and rewarding careers are built. Exercising creativity and ingenuity, our team develops unique solutions for our clients that integrate people, materials, equipment, and information in productive ways. Our professionals deliver convenient, integrated, and practical solutions to complex industrial problems. Comprised of industry process experts, engineers, architects, as well as occupational health and safety professionals, we provide career opportunities as unique as you are.

A key factor in the success of the Industrial Studio has been our commitment to a fully integrated architecture/engineering design approach in which our team – made up of the owner, client, stakeholders, user groups, and Stantec – share ideas and information freely and communicate decisions and direction quickly and effectively. The Studio is made up of all key disciplines: architecture, industrial, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, and project management. This approach provides us with a better overall understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent in our projects, and our clients benefit from the robust, integrated design solutions that are developed and delivered. The Industrial Engineering team is a key factor to the success of the studio, performing the front-end studies to understand our clients’ operations, define future requirements, and develop efficient processes as a basis for the facility design work.

Our clients come from manufacturing, food & beverage, transit, municipal, warehousing/distribution/logistics, and national defense sectors. Some of our project types include new construction and renovation of:

• Warehouses, distribution centres, fulfillment centres, and parcel sortation facilities
• Operations, maintenance & storage facilities for light rail, heavy rail, bus, fleet, and mining operations
• Advanced manufacturing and assembly facilities
• Food & beverage facilities
• Aircraft hangars
• Staff support facilities for the above facility types
• Other industrial facilities

Your Opportunity

We have a new opportunity for an Industrial Engineer-In-Training or Industrial Engineer to join and play an integral role in our team in our Vancouver Industrial Studio.  This is an excellent opportunity for an Industrial Engineer who has an interest in applying Industrial Engineering, Lean, Six Sigma, and other methodologies to support our clients in facility planning and operational improvement projects. The job location is Vancouver to best integrate with the Industrial Studio; however, candidates in Edmonton, Calgary, or other locations may be considered.

Your Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery and Interdisciplinary Coordination

• Translate the project scope and contractual requirements to effective and efficient execution of technical work
• Understand client needs and translate into project team actions (prioritization, sequencing, execution, and delegation of tasks)
• Coordinate effectively with an integrated project delivery team which may include architects and civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, and/or Process Engineers.
• Develop and apply interdisciplinary coordination experience to evaluate facility and operational tradeoffs, determine practical design solutions, and mitigate potential project issues as early as possible in the project
• Execute work in an organized manner, adhering to standards and processes, project management framework, and project documentation policies
• Communicate proactively and effectively with colleagues at the team, studio, and project level

Client Interaction and Communications

• Act as a client contact on project work (as PM, technical lead, or both) and be fully accountable to commitments made
• Independently plan, lead, and/or contribute to meetings and workshops during all phases of a project to gather, clarify, and confirm information
• Apply strong communication and organizational skills (technical writing, technical presentations, information gathering and collaborative style workshops, informal meetings) in the execution of project tasks

Technical

• Formulate appropriate and effective technical approaches for the industrial engineering scope of work on a project
• Execute a portion of the technical work independently, with support from others as required (in more specialized skillsets, software, application areas)
• Apply financial acumen to understand how our client’s business needs are connected to project requirements and how to model and evaluate capex, opex, and/or revenue implications of various options
• Support the learning and development of teammates via informal support and/or mentoring opportunities

Marketing & Business Development

• Effectively translate client requirements into a work breakdown structure (time allocation, schedule development, resource identification) to support development of proposals
• Network internally and externally to raise awareness of the value of industrial engineering in applicable project types and scopes of work
• Stay up to date with industry/market trends, emerging technologies, and skillsets applicable to our work and client needs