Civil Engineering Project Manager

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, you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

Your opportunity

Are you someone with exceptional project management capabilities?  Are you motivated by delivering quality projects to a range of public and private sector clients? Are you a natural relationship builder who can work collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders? Are you trusted to deliver quality solutions on time and budget? As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen, you will thrive in this position and in our fast-paced and agile environment.

Dillon’s Communities & Environment technical group is looking for a Civil Project Manager 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.

This position is available at our office in Calgary.

Responsibilities

What your day will look like

Project Management (85%)

1. Project manage a variety of multidisciplinary engineering design projects and project teams to meet client, regulatory and professional requirements
2. Lead a multidisciplinary team of designers, engineering technologist, and environmental staff through project deliverables
3. Contribute technical expertise to functional design, detailed design and construction administration activities of multidisciplinary project teams
4. Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members including engineers, planners, environmental scientists, and technical and administrative support staff
5. Regular interaction with clients, agencies, utilities and other project stakeholders
6. Working knowledge of municipal servicing standards and provincial / federal regulatory requirements

Business Development (12%)

1. Contribute to business development activities including client needs research, preparation of project proposals and presentations
2. Business travel to other Dillon offices upon request

Learning & Development (3%)

1. Commit to self-development and ongoing learning and professional development
2. Input to the career development of junior staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring
3. Contribute to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees

Qualifications

What you will need to succeed

1. Degree in civil engineering, preferably with a municipal or transportation focus
2. Registration as an Professional Engineer or Engineer-in-Training with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta, or be eligible within six months
3. Minimum five years’ work experience in engineering

Experience

The candidate ideally possesses broad and strategic thinking skills, including experience in managing community infrastructure projects, relationship building, stakeholder management, and government relations. The ideal candidate possesses:

1. Experience in the design of municipal infrastructure including water supply systems, sewage systems, roadways, storm water management, underground and surface site servicing works, and/or waste management facilities
2. Demonstrated success in project management and leading multidisciplinary project teams
3. Experience in project development: conceptual, preliminary, detailed design, construction assistance, commissioning, and operational support
4. Working knowledge of relevant Canadian federal and provincial regulations.
5. Strong technical report writing skills
6. Excellent communication skills and the ability to network in professional settings
7. Excellent attention to detail and a high regard for accuracy and quality
8. Strong problem solving skills and a deep desire to help and guide our clients on their path to success
9. Experience in stakeholder engagement would be an asset

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;
• 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.

• A competitive compensation package

  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Generous retirement savings plan
  • Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions

• Flexible work hours and remote working options

  • 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.

• Learning and Development opportunities

  • 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, and learning opportunities.

• Focus on Innovation

  • 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.

• Employee and Family Assistance program

  • A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.

• Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership

  • Our employees can take advantage of reduced annual membership fees.

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.

Now operating for over 75 years, we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do. Dillon has been listed as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the past 16 years and has the distinction of having achieved Platinum Club member status in this program.

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!