Intermediate/Senior Structural Engineer, Buildings

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!

The Calgary office has a vibrant and dynamic environment with excellent opportunities for professional growth. We are a multidiscipline team working across Alberta in multiple sectors for a variety of clients. Our projects vary in size ranging from small commercial developments to light industrial, government, community, and private sector facilities.

Your Opportunity

The successful candidate for this Intermediate/Senior Level Structural Engineer – Buildings position will provide technical expertise in structural buildings systems, support of and proactive involvement in ongoing business development initiatives, and aid in further enhancement of Structural Engineering practice within our Buildings Engineering team.

We are involved in a wide range of projects of various complexity in multiple sectors including major research laboratories and healthcare facilities, advanced educational projects and infrastructure projects yet also undertake small and medium sized rehabilitation, renovation, commercial development, light industrial and structural assessment work. Within the larger Stantec design community the range of opportunity and challenge is significant and broad. You will work with senior buildings colleagues providing your design expertise to the team with a focus on supporting the growth of the Structural Engineering and Buildings Architecture and Engineering practice with intention to increase our market share.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing structural construction, reviewing the installation and assembly of structural elements, ensuring adherence to design specifications, collaborating with contractors and structural team members to address structural challenges and resolve technical issues on-site.
• Liaise with owners, architects, engineering disciplines, and other project stakeholders to determine project objectives. Relay objectives to project team. Ensure project objectives are met.
• Prepare and coordinate structural engineering designs from conceptual design, through tender into construction.
• Prepare and oversee design calculations, technical specifications, and engineering drawings for concrete, steel, masonry, and wood building structures.
• Apply professional seal to construction documents and engineering reports.
• Monitor and take professional responsibility for design completed by structural team members.
• Ensure Stantec’s Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) procedures are followed during project planning and execution.
• Assist Project Managers in developing project budgets, work plans, and schedules.
• Assist in the coordination of project design activities and the preparation of engineering work schedules a part of an overall integrated team.
• Coordinate design work with project team members, other disciplines, and other offices as required by project size. Support Construction Administration personnel.
• Coach junior staff members both informally and through formal presentations.
• Participate in overall Stantec Buildings business development activities.
• Develop and maintain a network of clients, both internal and external to Stantec.
• Work with the Buildings Practice management team in developing tools and techniques for the execution of daily duties.
• Depending on assigned projects, role may require up to 3 days presence on an active construction site.