West Coast Pre Fab is a Chemainus based mechanical maintenance and fabrication company. Our shop team bids, details, fabricates and in many cases erects, hundreds of thousands of pounds of steel every year.

To expand our engineering team, we are looking for a driven Structural Engineer to partner in a branch of our business. As such, compensation and financial rewards are flexible and are almost unlimited.

Our current technical team focuses on executing and managing of projects. A successful applicant would have experience with design engineering, loading and seismic analysis of steel structures. They would need to be competent and experienced as we can provide support but not technical review.

This is a permanent full-time position with plenty of opportunity to take on stimulating, challenging and varied work across commercial and industrial sites and plants.

The following description is based on an Intermediate or Senior Civil Structural Engineer. Being part of the business division as a partner can take many forms. It could be as an active face, pushing into new work, or daily team management, or it could be more as a silent partner, focusing on the technical work but benefiting from the division’s success.

All those meeting the non-negotiable requirements are invited to apply but we may not be able to contact candidates not pre-selected. Please reach out if you want to discuss in addition to applying here. Ensure you apply here to keep the shortlist active.

Non-Negotiable Requirements

Good standing with EGBC as a P.Eng. with Structural designation (or transfer within 30 days from another provincial association).

BEng or BSc in Civil Structural engineering (or equivalent)

5+ years of experience as a structural engineer with a minimum of 3 years in steel.

Local to Chemainus or willing to relocate

Strong understanding of personal capabilities with respect to timeframes, scope of practice and risk

Typical Duties - General

Specify steel member sizes based on calculations and FEA if required

Design steel connections

Review drawings prepared by our drafting/detailing team

Design reasonable anchoring into concrete, wood, or steel

Perform required quality checks on work

Work with outside service providers for mandatory reviews (two-way street possibly)

Design equipment foundations

Support the sales team and develop leads and clients

Typical Duties – Specific Examples

Design a simple lifting beam, jib or monorail for an industrial site

Create a repair plan for splicing in a section of beam on a rusted platform

Size steel members on a transport cradle for equipment

Design an anchor point for a load restraint or mounting something onto a concrete column

Design a steel structure like a pump station canopy

Site measure and do a concept sketch for a replacement landing on a conveyor tower

Size a 24-member structure and bracing of a support for a pipe bridge at a refinery with FE analysis

Design a small pump foundation to be dowelled into existing floor slab

Communications with internal and external parties including working with estimators to support their costs and material specifications before the job, with suppliers on authorizing substitutions in member sizes and specs and with accountants supporting the invoicing process

Field inspection after the job to ensure construction matches drawings

Recommended Skills

Familiar with steel detailing

Attention to detail

Proficient in reading and interpreting structural, mechanical, and architectural drawings

Familiar with Tekla or Advanced Steel

Knowledge of BC Building Code

Familiar with WorkSafe regulations an asset

Knowledges of CWB & AWS welding symbols

Able to estimate design/engineering time

Clear and concise communications with the client

Open and comprehensive communications orally and in writing with our team of estimators, detailers, project managers

Driver’s license

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: From $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Extended health care
• Flextime
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• RRSP match
• Tuition reimbursement

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay
• Commission pay
• Overtime pay

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (required)

Experience:

• structural engineering: 5 years (required)

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