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Job Description:

Opportunity:

Parsons Halifax is hiring for a Structural Bridge Engineer Co-op to join our team in downtown Halifax. Within our eastern Canada region, we have a number of senior engineers with expertise in: bridge inspection, suspension bridges, steel plate girder bridges, prestressed concrete, cable stayed bridges, truss bridges, and movable bridges. In addition to local and regional projects, the office is frequently collaborating with teams around the country and around North America.  It is an ideal environment in which to master, practice, and expand your engineering knowledge, and it creates opportunities to propel your career forward.  Parsons engineers must be versatile, enthusiastic, team-oriented, and have exceptional communication, analytical and management skills.

Responsibilities:

• As part of a team, develops engineering products that meet and exceeds customer quality requirements.  This includes defining the problem, establishing the work scope, preparing the budget and schedule, planning the work, providing technical direction, and reporting the work status.

• Work in the capacity of bridge project engineer on medium to large projects.

• Typical products may include detailed calculations, drawings, procurement documents, design packages, proposal evaluations, technical reports, and detailed analyses.

• Performs inspection of existing bridges and associated structures including coordination of inspection teams and specialized sub-consultants, performing field work, providing repair recommendations, and completing life cycle cost analysis.

• Provides support for other engineering activities as required.

• Helps determine budget estimates and staffing requirements for the defined scope and schedule.  May assist with other administrative and technical duties.

• Provides input and technical guidance to CAD Designer/Drafters.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Not Applicable/None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 75 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in diverse, collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see new possibilities.

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!