Jacobs Looking for Surge Posting: Building Electrical Engineer at Alberta Full Time

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Your Impact:

Jacobs’ Canadian operations are experiencing continued growth, and a recent surge in long-term program/project work has created an urgent demand to fill critical roles across multiple specialities including Building Electrical Engineering . We are searching for inspired and skilled staff both from within Jacobs and externally; staff who want to develop their careers, and who want to work within a supportive and collaborative work environment in order to evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

About the Opportunity:

Jacobs delivers exciting and challenging projects across a broad range of sectors including transportation infrastructure, defence & security and advanced facilities.

· We have an immediate opening for a Senior Building Electrical Engineer in the Montreal, QC area to support ongoing and future project work. The successful candidate will be able to take on a client-facing role as a technical lead and subject-matter expert.

· We also have continued opportunities for Intermediate/Senior Building Electrical Engineers to support ongoing and future project work in Jacobs’ locations across Canada.

We’re looking for Electrical Engineers who are excited about working on projects that enable the heart of our clients’ business. Join us and you’ll have the chance to work on projects at some of the world’s most state of the art industrial and commercial facilities. You’ll be accountable for schedule and technical quality of challenging engineering tasks, as you gain familiarity with the client’s expectations, scope, budget, and schedule.

You will work in a multi-discipline, highly interactive team to successfully deliver on the design, development, application, evaluation, recommendation, and specification of engineered systems and products for building Electrical Systems. You will perform all aspects of electrical engineering and design and independently apply advanced engineering techniques and analysis within the discipline including:

· Develop designs that require innovation and ingenuity, be expected to perform work with little to no supervision, review work of discipline team for adequacy on completion and provide technical guidance to drafters/designers and engineers.

· Coordinate with local and remote electrical design teams and other disciplines throughout the design, construction, and commissioning process.

· Ensure the expectations of the project deliverables are met for your discipline, ensuring the quality expectations, schedules and budgets

· Assist in project proposals by ascertaining scope, determining the required design budgets and when necessary, serve as an expert during proposal presentations

· Work with others as required to incorporate code and safety requirements into designs

· Design of various electrical building services systems within advanced facilities, e.g. power distribution, small power, data, containment, lighting, fire detection and alarms, intruder detection etc.

· Engage with junior staff to provide on the job training and mentoring.

· Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders. This includes verbal and written communication as well as visual presentation.

· Use, modify, and develop digital tools to undertake engineering design, and to improve on existing design, troubleshooting and validation methods.

· Understand and implement best practice in all aspects of design.

· Identify client needs and exceed expectations to capture repeat work.

· Undertake site-based inspections and surveys at client sites, including undergoing any necessary client specific training.

· Strive to meet stringent deadlines, maintaining desired quality levels of output.

· Understand and implement Jacobs Environmental, Health and Safety, and Commercial policies and standards.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) licensing within any Canadian province is mandatory with at least 5-10 years of relevant and progressively responsible experience.

• Candidates for the role in Montreal, QC must be Members in Good Standing of the Order of Engineers of Quebec (l’ordre des ingénieurs du Québec)

• Facility and/ or Industrial design experience including pharmaceutical/consumer/chemical manufacturing, semiconductor facilities, data center, or similar

• Relevant engineering/design experience in industrial/advanced technology sector.

• Engineering/ design experience with Low Voltage and Medium Voltage Electrical systems

• Ability to interact with other engineering disciplines, clients, and vendors at all levels.

• Possess working knowledge of AutoCAD, Revit MEP, Navisworks, Bluebeam or similar specification development software

• Experience working on projects through alternative finance and procurement models such as Design-Build or Design-Build-Finance would be an asset.

Jacobs offers a hybrid working environment where you will have the opportunity to work mainly from home (unless you prefer coming into the office), with the expectation to travel for client /site meetings and occasional team meetings. However, the position in Montreal, QC requires the candidate to be embedded along with other Jacobs’ team members within the client offices.

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $13 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 55,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.