Junior Project Engineer

Location: Edmonton, Alberta, ca Employment Type: {'id': 'permanent', 'label': 'Full-time'}

Company Description

Welcome to a commitment to sustainable development you can relate to.

Welcome to people who like people, to brilliant minds, tomorrow’s visionaries, challenge seekers, collaborators, and those with an entrepreneurial spirit in their DNA.

At CIMA+, you’ll find a place where your ideas and perspectives are welcomed and encouraged. In both the field and at the office, you’ll get plenty of opportunities to reach your full potential in an environment that’s engineered for people. At CIMA+, we care about our people and make sure that they feel valued, appreciated, and part of the team. You could even become a shareholder in the company.

At CIMA+, we give you the freedom and flexibility to manage your work on your own terms and the opportunity to work on projects you can relate to.

Welcome to CIMA+

Job Description

The CIMA+ offices in Western Canada are in the middle of a large growth trajectory. This means new, exciting complex projects you will have the ability to shape and be a part of. We are actively looking for people who want to develop their skillsets, take on new challenges, and advance their careers within the organization.

CIMA+’s Energy & Resources team is a key player in the energy transition. With more than 700 highly qualified professional in this business sector, we are one of the largest teams specializing in this discipline among consulting engineering firms in Canada. Guided by an entrepreneurial culture based on innovation, sustainability, multidisciplinary agility and collaboration, we support our clients at all stages of their projects, from feasibility studies to commissioning. From the production of electricity from renewable sources to resource transformation, our expertise markets are the driving force of a successful energy transition. Regardless of the delivery mode our clients choose, we have the skills and experience required to deliver innovative solutions adapted to their reality. Join us and immerse yourself in a dynamic, innovative, and collaborative environment where you’ll make a real impact. Together, we’ll push boundaries and go above what’s expected of us to meet the challenges of tomorrow and engineer a better world!

The Junior Project Engineer will support the delivery of multidisciplinary electric utility projects across distribution, transmission, substations, protection and control, telecom, civil and structural disciplines. Working under the supervision of a Senior Project Engineer, this role will combine technical understanding with project coordination to review and integrate engineering deliverables, manage interfaces, and support safe, high-quality project execution. The position is intended to develop an emerging engineer into a multidisciplinary Project Engineer capable of independently leading utility projects. This is a hybrid position, preferably based out of our Vancouver, BC office, with Edmonton or Calgary, AB as additional options.

Primary Responsibilities

Supporting multidisciplinary technical coordination and integration of engineering deliverables across utility disciplines including distribution, transmission lines, substations, electrical, civil, structural, P&C, SCADA and telecom;

Reviewing drawings, calculations, specifications, reports and other technical deliverables to identify discipline interfaces, inconsistencies, gaps and constructability concerns, and coordinating resolution with the appropriate technical leads;

Supporting the Senior Project Engineer in defining engineering scope, design criteria, deliverables, responsibilities and technical interfaces for utility projects;

Coordinating internal and client design reviews, tracking comments and actions, and supporting confirmation that deliverables meet applicable client requirements, codes, standards and CIMA+ quality processes;

Supporting project planning and execution through development and maintenance of engineering schedules, work plans, deliverable registers, action logs and decision tracking;

Supporting project controls activities including engineering budgets, forecasting, progress tracking, change identification and change management;

Identifying technical and project delivery issues that may affect scope, schedule, budget, quality or safety, and working with the Senior Project Engineer and discipline leads to support timely resolution;

Participating in client and stakeholder meetings, preparing technical and project information, documenting decisions and progressively taking on responsibility for leading coordination meetings;

Supporting proposal development including scope of work descriptions, engineering estimates, schedules, assumptions and execution planning;

Supporting construction through site visits, field reviews, RFIs, technical queries and coordination between engineering, construction and client teams;

Collaborating with utility clients, contractors, regulatory authorities and other project stakeholders to support effective communication and information exchange;

Contributing to project risk identification, lessons learned, continuous improvement and development of practical, safe and constructible engineering solutions;

Developing broad knowledge of utility engineering and project delivery with the objective of progressing toward independent Project Engineer responsibilities.

Qualifications

Three 3+ years of engineering experience in the electric utility industry;

University Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil or Structural Engineering;

Registered as an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) or Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with the applicable provincial engineering association, or eligible to register;

Experience working on electric utility projects involving one or more of distribution, transmission, substations, protection and control, telecom, civil or structural engineering;

Demonstrated ability to understand and i