Senior Water Resources Engineer
Overview:
Are you someone with strong leadership and technical capabilities? Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders? Are you a thought leader, a trusted advisor and a problem solver?If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation, this opportunity is for you! As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen, yoau will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.
Your opportunity
Dillon’s Water Resources discipline is looking for a Senior Water Resources Engineer to join our multidisciplinary team of professionals. You will have the opportunity to work on new and exciting projects while providing clients with a fully integrated and superior customer experience.
At Dillon, we operate as one team. This position is available in our Dillon Calgary and Winnipeg offices.
Responsibilities:
What your day will look like
Technical Project Work and Project Management- Provide senior technical input for delivery of water resource management projects
- Provide technical input for complex or unique assignments
- Support multi-disciplinary projects or programs
- Direct, coordinate and supervise water resources related activities of engineering and design groups, both from a technical and functional standpoint
- Coordinate with cross-disciplines to identify and incorporate relevant data pertaining to hydrologic and hydraulic parameters, system connectivity, discharge points, project constraints, and implementation considerations
- Undertake hydrologic and hydraulic modelling, including surface drainage, storm sewer networks, dual drainage systems, sanitary sewer networks, and combined sewer systems
- Interpret results of simulations to assess capacity, identify system deficiencies, and evaluate improvement alternatives
- Apply monitored and statistical data to models to simulate return-period and continuous scenarios, and to calibrate and validate results
- Provide guidance to field staff undertaking data collection
- Provide project engineering and technical expertise, calculations, and design input to various stormwater management and drainage systems
- Lead conceptual and detailed design of drainage and/or stormwater management infrastructure.
- Undertake studies, assessments, modeling, preliminary and detailed design, cost estimates, specifications, and input to contract documents
- Project components include project planning, technical evaluations, studies, preliminary design, final design, and services during construction
- Study evaluations include the analysis of alternatives, methods of implementation, and cost analyses
- Fulfill project plans in accordance with established scopes of work, budgets, and schedules to execute high quality projects
- Develop new or novel concepts and approaches, and recommend major design changes
- Input to the career development of more junior staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring
- Contribute to business development activities including leading the preparation of project proposals and presentations.
- Engagement with our clients to identify potential opportunities and strategic priorities.
- Commit to self-development and ongoing learning to stay knowledgeable of industry best practices and advancements in drainage design.
- Contribute to Dillon's corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees.
- Contribute to the career advancement of junior staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring.
Qualifications:
What you will need to succeed- Undergraduate degree in engineering or other related discipline with a focus on water resources
- Eligible to hold valid license from relevant provincial Professional Engineering Association
- 10+ years’ relevant experience in a consulting environment on water resources engineering projects
Experience:
- Mandatory experience in a range of water resources related projects, including urban drainage systems, hydrotechnical engineering, and stormwater management
- Experience with analysis, infrastructure design and construction administration
- Proficiency with the application of XP/PCSWMM, HEC-RAS/HMS, and related computer models would be considered an asset
- Experience with dams, hydraulic structures, erosion protection, or mine water management would be considered an asset
- Experience in water resources and civil engineering projects in western Canada
- Excellent communications, report writing, organization and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in a collaborative, team environment
- Excellent initiative and attention to detail
- Business development and proposal preparation and submission management
Why choose Dillon?
Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation and are empowered to continually grow and develop.
We live our core values:
- Reliability: words result in actions that build trust;
- Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
- Continuous development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
- Creativity: discover new possibilities;
- Courage: do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard; and
- Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences.
In addition, we offer:
Employee share purchase plan- Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.
- Comprehensive health benefits.
- Generous retirement savings plan.
- Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions
- Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs. We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and remote work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
- As a knowledge-based business, the organic growth of our knowledge and skills occur through our work performance and roles. The creation and sharing of knowledge allows us to take local knowledge to scale, capture lessons learned through experience, and continuously improve service delivery. The development of self and others is an evident and measured core behaviour within our organization.
- We use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how, mentoring to share lessons, advising to round out perspectives, and co-creation of knowledge through internal learning opportunities.
- The ability to anticipate, examine, and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business performance. In our culture, people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to today’s problems and tomorrow’s opportunities.
- A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.
- Our employees can take advantage of wellness subsidy that can be put towards expenses for a variety of health and/or wellness related activities such as gym membership, purchase of home fitness equipment, yoga classes and dance classes
About Dillon
Dillon is a proudly Canadian, employee-owned, professional consulting firm specializing in planning, engineering, environmental science and management. We partner with clients to provide committed, collaborative, and inventive solutions to complex, multi-faceted projects.With over 20 offices and more than 1000 employees across Canada, Dillon offers a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure, protecting the environment, and developing communities.
Employment Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Dillon:
Dillon is committed to the principles of employment equity, inclusiveness, and diversity within our organization. We strive to achieve a workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities and that respects and values differences.
Inclusion is more than a word to us, it is the way we choose to run our business.
Please connect with us if you require accommodation in the interview process. We would love to hear from you!