Senior Structural Engineer

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we’re integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we push the limits of what’s possible and help reinvent tomorrow. Our work meaningfully improves the livability and connectivity of our local communities, with a focus on building and strengthening an equitable, diverse, and inclusive society. Whether it’s for treating water, hosting businesses, or connecting our world, solutions are continuously being implemented. What we do is more than consulting; we play a part in moving a vision from concept to reality. We work every day to create the spaces people live in and the infrastructure to improve their lives.

If you want to join a company where you can have tangible impact and are interested in working with industry leading experts, an opportunity exists to join our dynamic and growing team in Edmonton, AB, as a Senior Structural Engineer. Here you will support the delivery of projects and programs for our clients and have a hand in transforming tomorrow.

• You will be able to grow your technical skills by collaborating with members of our team to deliver ongoing and upcoming projects in the water industry.
• You will play a key role in growing the local office by establishing long term client relationships, supporting our business development activities, and mentoring junior staff.
• Your experience in designing structures will be used to produce meaningful solutions to local, regional, and national project challenges based on applicable codes, and established standards and software.
• You will draw on the knowledge of our technical subject matter experts to lead or support our work in the water, industrial, and transportation industries.
• You will participate in the development of engineering studies, reports, drawings, specifications, contract documents, proposals, design calculations and cost estimates with minimal direction; and provide construction administration services and field engineering services during construction as needed.

We are 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.

We want you to be empowered to deliver the boldest solutions for everyday living. Bring your curiosity, passion for innovation, and talent for multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment, and we’ll help you grow, pursue, and fulfill what inspires you – so we can make big impacts on the world, together.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Structural or Civil Engineering and/or equivalent experience
• Licensed as a professional engineer in the Province of Alberta
• 15+ years of progressive structural engineering experience working on municipal and industrial projects
• Experience delivering design and construction-phase engineering services
• Experience in structural analysis and design software (i.e., STAAD, RAM, SAP2000, Visual Analysis, REVIT, AutoCAD etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Attention to detail, self motivation, and the ability to work independently with minimal direction

Ideally you’ll also have:

• Minimum 5 years designing building structures for municipal and industrial water industry facilities
• 7+ years working in a consulting engineering environment