Principal Bridge Engineer

Here at Mott MacDonald, we are experts in engineering, management, and development services supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. One of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves in our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through the connected thinking of our 20,000+ talented consultants. Sustainability and innovation are at the heart of all of our sectors which, in North America include Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

Thanks to an expanding project portfolio Mott MacDonald Canada has a new opportunity for an experienced Bridge Engineer, to join us as our Principal Bridge Engineer in our dynamic and growing team working on iconic infrastructural projects, locally, nationally, and globally.

As the Principal Bridge Engineer, your responsibilities will include:
 

• Support our Canadian Bridge Leadership team through recruitment of additional staff, developing the existing team, managing utilization and supporting business / strategic planning initiatives

• Advising on team structure, and actively mentoring, coaching, and planning for succession.

• Organizing tasks to balance the needs of people, projects and clients, and delegating tasks effectively when needed.  

• Continuing to develop a collaborative and respectful culture that encourages excellence, innovation, and learning.  

• Demonstrating behaviors that promote our Purpose and align with our PRIDE values.

• Focusing on health, safety, wellbeing, and career development of the Bridge Team.

• Winning work – working with Account Leads to pursue opportunities, supporting Business Development as necessary.

• Doing work – delivering innovative design solutions for new bridge design and bridge rehabilitations using current design standards and guidelines by drawing on a range of structural skills

• Providing leadership on matters of bridge engineering practice, including codes and standards, calculations, and construction drawings. Establishing processes, procedures and systems to enable the team’s efficient production of consistent and high-quality deliverables.

• Co-ordinating with other internal bridge and structural team leads in the business to share best practices, lessons learned, and to contribute to a strong technical excellence culture.

• Motivating colleagues to achieve their goals and objectives and providing constructive feedback to help them improve.

Candidate Specifications

• A strong academic background, with a bachelor’s level degree in Structural Engineering (a master’s degree would be considered an asset)

• 15+ years of relevant industry / project experience on transportation related structural design (bridges, culverts, retaining walls, etc). Ability to take ownership and accountability for structural design work

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) status with APEGA

• Project delivery experience with Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors (ATEC) and local municipalities

• Strong technical skills associated with the design of bridges

• Passion for the application of digital tools and technology to develop innovative design solutions.

• Ability and enthusiasm for supervising the work of others, including check and approval of key deliverables.

• Gained project management skills and collaborative project delivery capabilities.  

• Effective communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills; able to collaborate effectively with all levels of staff and clients and nurture the development of junior staff.

• Experience delivering work outside of the transportation sectors (i.e. Energy) as well as prior experience in a team or resource leadership role would be considered an asset

Our teams are comprised of bright and enthusiastic people who wish to make a difference to the world that we live in. If you share that vision and don’t have all the experience outlined in this posting, we still want to hear from you! 

Let’s discuss how we can help you take the next step in your career and how you can participate in an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America.
 

We seek to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Hybrid working policy

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

More about Mott MacDonald

We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy.

Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence