About this role
Role Responsibilities:
Design & Technical Delivery:
• Produce road designs using RoadEng (or equivalent road engineering software), balancing constructability, cost, and terrain constraints.
• Complete terrain stability assessments (TSAs) in accordance with FRPA, the tiered assessment framework, and current provincial guidance.
• Prepare bridge site plans and supporting design documentation for forestry and resource access crossings.
• Develop practical, fit-for-purpose designs that are field-constructable, avoiding unnecessary over-engineering.
• Produce and supervise the production of accurate professional deliverables with attention to quality, time, and cost parameters, both independently and in a team environment.
Quality Assurance:
• Collaborate on, improve, and maintain Regional Quality Assurance and Quality Control through Strategic's Quality Management System.
• Perform and/or audit field and office work to professional standards, including compiling field data into useful reports and recommendations.
• Maintain responsibility for the content and quality of personal work.
• Ensure complete, high-quality, timely, and accurate packaging of deliverable products to project-specific standards.
• Report on project completion status or significant issues, offering options to address them.
Professional Engagement:
• Support in administering external contractors, including conducting assessments on quality of work and level of payment as required.
• Ensure compliance with all statutory safety and professional standards legislation.
• Ensure complete and accurate field data gathering by self and field teams as required.
• Ensure effective communication methods (radio, etc.) with crew, transportation providers, and others in the area.
Technical Leadership:
• Assist and support in the creation, auditing, and oversight of Strategic's technical policies and procedures related to civil design, road engineering, and terrain stability.
• Support cross-regionally as needed with technical skills as a subject matter expert or professional resource on project, time, or cost analysis.
• Utilize technical skills to support project bids and proposals for timelines, quality, costs, and requirements.
Training:
• Participate in the training and mentorship of coworkers, sharing work experience and improving their technical skills.
• Be part of a committee to review Strategic's training policies, procedures, SOJTs, and training content yearly and recommend required changes.
Reports Relationships
Functionally Reports to: Regional Manager
Role Requirements
General Requirements:
• Knowledge and experience in a natural resource sector
• The ability to have an entrepreneurial drive and mindset while balancing that within a collaborative organization
• An effective communicator
• Ability to travel within the Strategic regions for work as required
• Participate in camp shifts as required
• Attend and participate in industry conferences, workshops, trade shows as required
• Maintain professional image at work and within the company
• Maintain personal accountability for content and quality of work for self and team
• Work in adverse weather conditions and steep, brushy terrain as required.
• Travel safely by truck, boat, ATV, float plane, and helicopter without issue.
• Class 5 driver's license required
Qualifications:
• Professional designation in British Columbia required: P.Eng., RPF, or CET (or eligibility for registration)
• Demonstrated experience in road design, including use of RoadEng or equivalent road engineering software
• Experience completing terrain stability assessments (TSAs)
• Experience preparing bridge site plans
• A track record of practical, constructable design work suited to forestry and resource access contexts
• Project management experience would be an asset
Experience:
• 10+ years experience in resource development, civil construction, infrastructure development or related field,
• Experience with RoadEng or equivalent road design software
• Experience in terrain stability assessments and bridge site plans is an asset
• Geotechnical investigations, hazard assessments, and foundation design is an asset
• Project management and leadership experience