Eastern Construction Company Limited Looking for Project Engineer at Toronto, Ontario, Canada Full Time

Project Engineer

Job Type: Permanent- Full Time

Primary Location: Toronto, ON

Our Purpose:

At Eastern Construction, we stand at the forefront delivering innovative, practical, and sustainable solutions using collaborative project delivery models such as Construction Management, Guaranteed Maximum Price, and Design-Build. Over the past seven decades, the company has taken-on well over 1,000+ projects. We have earned a reputation for completing a variety of significant projects, on time and on budget, while maintaining our corporate philosophy of professionalism, integrity, and collaboration.

Our mission is to lead the construction process, through an empowered team of experienced, motivated employees, striving to exceed our clients’ expectations. Eastern values Safety, Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork, Open Communication, Commitment.

The Role:

Provides specific services such as lines, levels, surveys, monitoring requirements, quantity take-offs and material ordering. Assists Superintendent to plan, coordinate and supervise construction activities. Assists in ensuring compliance with Health and Safety Programs as well as, legislative requirements. Also ensures the work is in compliance with all the design drawings, specifications, codes and standards. Maintains and updates on site as-built drawings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Site Surveying: Ability to accurately provide baselines and levels specific to the project requirements.

• Estimating: Ability to determine the correct requirements for the material and accurately quantify and order materials to comply with the specifications.

• Recording Keeping & Reporting: Knowledgeable about and implements Eastern policies and procedures. Quality Assurance and Safety reporting. Timely and accurate completion of concrete reporting, progress charting, RFI’s, site photos, and safety reporting requirements. Assist as required, the Superintendent with Field Orders, PMO’s, timesheets, Superintendent Reports.

Leadership & Relationship Management:

• Leadership: Demonstrates the ability to motivate people to work towards a shared purpose. Expresses clear expectations, delegates when needed and provides ongoing feedback. In a Senior or Chief Engineering role, may supervise the day-to-day activities of all other engineering staff on site.

• Listening, Understanding & Responding: Listens, understands, and responds appropriately to the concerns of others by being receptive to new information, seeking out the facts before drawing conclusions, and showing a willingness to see things from another person’s perspective. After assessing the issue, takes the appropriate action to achieve resolution via verbal or written communication.

• Problem Solving & Conflict Resolution: Ability to break down problems & manage conflict by effectively dealing with issues in a professional manner. Able to proactively seek solutions and escalating issues when needed.

Job Knowledge & Technical Skills:

• Building Layout: Knowledgeable about and capable to perform layout and apply survey principles and equipment to ensure the building construction is within contractual requirements and tolerances. Communicates information to trades and workers and arranges for and coordinates inspections. Monitors and verifies subcontractor’s layout.

• Health & Safety: High level of understanding of OHS Act & Regulations and Eastern Safety program and considered a Competent Supervisor under the Ministry of Labour guidelines. Ability to enforce H & S policies and implement procedures with a “zero” tolerance attitude in order to ensure a safe workplace.

• Contracts, Drawings & Specifications: Ability to understand and interpret contract documents, Shop drawings, and Specifications and subcontracts. Maintains and updates as-built drawings as required by the project.

Initiative & Self-Management:

• Self-motivated: Proactively works to achieve project goals through self motivation and demonstrates a conscientious work ethic and the willingness to learn.

• Time Management: Ability to react to changing priorities with a sense of urgency to meet project deadlines.

Qualifications:

• Education: University Degree or College Diploma in Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology/Architecture or Construction Management

• Experience: Prior work experience including knowledge gained in construction surveying an asset.

Competencies & Skills:

• Innovation: Is good at developing innovative strategies and drawing on creative ideas for problem solving.

• Communication and Interpersonal Skills: relates well to all kinds of people by managing diverse relationships; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact.

• Integrity: Adheres to Eastern’s core values and builds trust with all stakeholders by:

I. Being fair and honest

II. Acting professionally

III. Fostering mutual respect

• Teamwork: works collaboratively within and outside the organization. Gives opinion, and recommendations, and works to unite the different elements of the group.

• Conversant with the use of computers and related software used in the industry. In particular, Microsoft Office, Auto CAD and surveying equipment.

• Organization and co-ordination skills: Makes efficient use of time and resources available to meet project requirements.

• Ability to accurately read and interpret contracts documents and perform necessary numerical calculations.

What we provide:

• Competitive compensation package
• Support and coaching from colleagues in the industry
• Medical, dental and vision insurance for employees and their families
• Mental health and well being resources
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• RRSP & Savings plan
• Diversity and Inclusion

Eastern Construction is an equal opportunity employer. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Eastern Construction is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs in all stages of the hiring process.