Structural Designer
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- Oct 10, 2024 Post Date
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- 240003RK Requisition #
The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?
Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!
Your Opportunity
As a Structural Designer, you will provide integrated engineering solutions to institutional, industrial, residential, and commercial clients with a focus on transit, telecom, waste management, higher education, and food/beverage facilities that require reliable and cost-effective infrastructure for both new and retrofit solutions. The combined skills of our engineers, technicians, and support personnel with diverse backgrounds in design and construction provide clients with a team recognized as leaders in the field.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Act as a structural designer for small and medium-sized projects, with the intent to develop skills towards a future discipline lead role for larger projects
- Coordinate work with other disciplines including architectural, mechanical, and electrical
- Select appropriate methods and techniques to obtain design solutions
- Perform detailed structural design calculations
- Direct CAD team for drawing preparation and review deliverables before submission to the client
- Attend site visits related to pre-design information gathering, post-construction review, and structural condition assessments
- Prepare written reports based on the structural analysis of existing buildings and other structures
- Work within assigned project budgets and schedules
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Experience or a strong interest in buildings projects
- An interest in developing design skills on small structural design assignments and working within a multi-disciplinary engineering consulting team
- Strong written and oral communication
- Design knowledge in concrete, steel, wood, and masonry
- Experience performing building condition assessments an asset
- Familiarity with Revit Structure and FEA software(s) an asset
Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree in civil/structural engineering from an accredited university
Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.