We are looking for a Senior Engineer to join the Building Envelope team. This role is exciting, diverse, and rewarding, cornerstone to the day-to-day operations, focuses on the building sciences aspects of consulting engineering and is responsible for overseeing small to large-scale projects while providing a high level of service quality for the Building Envelope department.
In this role, you will work closely with the existing Building Envelope leadership team to lead a wide variety of building projects.
You will lead the design of glass, windows, roofing, curtain wall, thermal modelling on a wide variety of new construction, heritage, and other types of projects.
This is a perfect opportunity for an experienced individual who has a solid technical building science background, proven track record of project delivery, and an excellent reputation with clients.
The ideal candidate is energetic, self-motivated, and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.
We are looking for someone who has a strong technical background, is a leader, and thrives when managing client relationships and business development.
Be part of a collaborative work environment and participate in a variety of commercial, institutional, recreational, and residential projects across Canada.
Desired skills, responsibilities, and qualifications you will need to have :
Skills
Adaptable : can pivot to meet project and client needs and is able to focus on multiple projects at one time.
Entrepreneurial : ambitious, client-focused, and quality driven.
Proactive : takes initiative, analytical, innovative, and is a natural problem solver.
Team-player : builds positive relationships with colleagues, clients, and acts as an ambassador for company in the field.
Maintains and strengthens existing client relationships, fostering new business opportunities from our existing work.
Regularly updates their own technical knowledge and skills and stays current in engineering and best practices.
Strong attention to detail and accuracy of work.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
High level of proficiency with Microsoft Word and Bluebeam. Experience with Microsoft Excel is also desired.
Responsibilities
Operating independently in general day-to-day situations (Partners / Senior Associate / Associates involved only on more complex / sensitive projects).
Evaluating and achieving client goals, as well as managing client’s expectations.
Work with Partners to seek business development opportunities.
Mentor team members and assist with their professional development.
Reviewing all general project correspondence prior to issue critical / sensitive issues to be reviewed in conjunction with Partners / Senior Associate / Associates.
Working independently and with other team members to conduct field reviews and preparing reports throughout construction, including monitoring progress according to specifications, conformity to building codes and standards, and preparation of site review reports.
Visiting construction sites to review work that is in progress, including access to / climbing scaffolding and swing-stages.
Development of specifications and bid / drawing packages related to projects.
Accepting responsibility for consistency, accuracy, and quality before presenting to the project team (internal and external).
Accepting responsibility for delivering work within assigned project deadlines and assigned budgets.
Qualifications
Minimum 8 years’ relevant experience in performance testing and verification.
Bachelor’s and / or Master’s degree in building science.
Previous work experience in engineering consulting or construction (ideally, in a client-facing role).
Has a valid G driver’s license
Fuze HR Solutions is committed to building a diverse, accessible, and equitable workforce. Our approach is twofold. Both internal, where we focus on creating a diverse and inclusive environment for our employees, and external, where we source and recruit from the most diverse candidate pools.
Our teams are educated on current best practices at attracting, retaining, and working with the most talented and diverse candidates.