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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Traction Power Engineer to join our Rail & Transit team! In this role you will get to build your career on complex Rail and Transit Systems engineering and construction projects that will have a huge impact on the local community in Edmonton, Alberta.

What You'll Be Doing:

Completes a wide variety of difficult engineering assignments, applying engineering techniques and analyses within rail and transit traction power discipline. The Engineer at this level is a fully qualified professional, proficient in the utilization of most engineering theories and practices. Willingness to travel or relocate to supplier, client, or construction site locations, is expected.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs complex engineering tasks and particularly important engineering work efficiently and accurately.
• Extracts engineering information from CAD drawings and other format of documentation.
• Prepares engineering computations, material quantity takeoffs, estimates, surveys, and designs.
• Completes a variety of assignments such as drawings, specifications, inspection and test documentation, and other materials suitable for procurement and construction purposes.
• Frequently interfaces with other Engineering disciplines as well as other departments.
• Prepares detailed requisitions for equipment and materials.
• Review supplier drawings and document submittals and perform technical bid analysis.
• Prepares and issues specifications, data sheets, inspection and documentation and other construction and testing & commissioning documents.
• On behalf of the applicable Engineer of Record (EOR), carry out field reviews at the construction site during the implementation or construction of the Professional Work Product (PWP)
• Provides technical guidance to CAD Designer/Drafters, Designers, and lower-level Engineers working on the same project.- May be required to provide the seal and signature of the professional engineer, as appropriate, ensuring compliance with all applicable codes, regulations, and ordinances.
• May act in an advisory capacity to senior engineering-related matters.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (or related field) and typically 8+ years of related work experience. Professional Engineer registration with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) may be required.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Proficiency in utilizing PC software packages typically associated with engineering is required

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!