Municipal Engineer Jobs

R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited (Burnside) is currently seeking a Municipal Engineer to join our Municipal Team at our Guelph office. The Municipal Team has a significant opportunity for continued growth, within the GTA and beyond, and is seeking staff to facilitate this growth.

The team focuses largely on assisting municipal clients who do not have engineering departments to review development applications and plans. The team determines the needs for future capital projects and completes detailed design projects for municipal infrastructure.

Role Specifics

This position will work with a team of Engineers and Technologists to carry out the following tasks:

• Assist in detailed design projects for roads or other infrastructure such as watermains, sanitary sewers, or storm sewers and
• Review capacity of existing infrastructure and complete planning requirements for future municipal projects through Municipal Class Environmental Assessments;
• Work in a facilitative manner with all individuals and organizations during all stages of the pre-application, permitting, and construction stages of development projects;
• Occasional participation in field reviews and construction inspection in support of regular inspection team members;
• Prepare Subdivision Agreements and Engineering Design Standards;
• Prepare and present reports to municipal staff;
• Act as a liaison between municipal clients and developers;
• Review proposed development applications and designs, on behalf of municipal clients, reviewing for compliance with municipal design standards, guidelines, and civil engineering standards;
• Other duties as assigned.
• Review and respond to concerns from the general public regarding development issues;
• Coordinate construction inspections checking for conformity to approved design drawings;
• Coordinate and/or facilitate plan review meetings with developers, private engineers, municipal engineers, and staff to discuss reviews, design standard requirements, and other applicable standards;

Professional Knowledge, Skills & Qualifications

Required Qualifications, Experience & Skills:

• Degree in Civil Engineering or Diploma Civil Engineering Technology;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills;
• A valid Ontario driver’s license and access to a vehicle
• 2 - 5 years of engineering experience in land development design and review;
• Understanding of the development process, municipal and provincial approval process, and all other relevant regulations and standards.

Desired Skills & Experiences:

• Stormwater management design and modelling.
• Sanitary sewer system modelling /design.
• Subdivision and Site Plan design and approval process.
• Water distribution modeling.
• Subdivision and Site Plan construction.

Why Choose Burnside?

Are you interested in working for an employer with a 5-decade track record of building a great reputation both internally with their staff and externally with their clients? The Burnside team is a supportive group of colleagues that work together to provide value and service to our clients while extending care to each other. We know that our employees are our greatest asset, and thus we strive to provide a positive work/life balance.

We offer:

• Career growth and professional development opportunities
• Wellbeing benefit
• Hybrid working opportunities with flexible working hours
• RSP company matching plan
• Potential for performance-driven bonusing
• A competitive compensation and benefits package
• A collaborative culture where friendship, honesty, and respect are part of our core values and practices
• Recruiting bonus / finder’s fee for referrals
• A welcoming, positive, and inclusive work environment
• Active social committees

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to valuing diversity in the workplace and we welcome resumes from all qualified candidates. Burnside will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the entire recruitment, assessment, and selection process, as required. If you are a person with a disability and require accommodation during these processes, please contact our Human Resources department.

Company Profile – More about us:

Founded in 1970, R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited is a growing values-driven employee-owned multidiscipline engineering and environmental consulting firm with over 400 staff. Our consistent commitment towards investing in technology advancements and training, in addition to encouraging and promoting professional development, has enabled our firm to meet our ongoing and stated goal of continual improvement.

We actively seek to develop relationships with a broad and diversified client base in the Public, Private, Indigenous, and International sectors. We work on a variety of projects throughout Canada, with nine office locations in Ontario and one in Manitoba.

Burnside has expertise in many technical disciplines including air and noise, asset management, buildings, environmental planning and ecology, GIS, hydrogeology, land development, landscape architecture, municipal drainage, and peer review, solid waste, stormwater management, structures, transportation planning, and design, transit, water and wastewater and well drilling & diagnostics.