Senior Engineer

The Senior Engineer, Structural coordinates and executes engineering tasks within allocated systems design in compliance with schedule and budget specifications. The Senior Engineer ensures integration of the systems into the ship and performance of the systems through to ship delivery. The Senior Engineer is a key point of contact for the discipline within the project. It controls cost, schedule, technical completion, and integration of defined scope within the disciplines' grouping of systems or deliverables.

Note: Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 2 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver. 

What you’ll do

• Analyzes information, specifies methods, processes, steps, and the plant, machinery, and equipment required to design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes and process systems, thereby delivering the end product within specified cost and quality parameters.
• Designs engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that complies with organizational and/or regulatory standards.
• Develops and enforces discipline-specific standards. Contributes to analyzing information and evaluating the effectiveness of those standards within their own engineering discipline to inform engineering work in the organization and/or that of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
• Conducts inspections to evaluate the quality of engineering work and the integrity of existing installations or structures, and specifies the remedial work needed to ensure conformance with specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Conducts inspections to evaluate the quality of engineering work and/or the integrity of existing installations or structures, and specifies the remedial work needed to ensure conformance with specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Monitors and reports on progress and cost to the Project and Discipline managers.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline. 
• 7-10 years of post-secondary progressively senior experience in Engineering, preferably with knowledge of ship/maritime systems, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Professional Engineer or Incorporated Engineer designation with a recognized, accredited institution.
• Experience in general supervision of more junior colleagues. 
• Experience working with a diverse project team is considered an asset.
• Analytical skills to gather and analyze/synthesize data, confirming its accuracy and adequacy as a key part of the collective analysis/synthesis process.
• Technical writing skills include the ability to produce and present clear, detailed written technical specifications, procedures, and reports.
• Knowledge of MRP, purchasing and management systems is preferred.
• Understanding of ShipConstructor & ACAD software, document control systems, and databases.
• Ability to work effectively across a multi-disciplined team.
• Ability to guide and mentor team members.
• Critical thinker with the ability to analyze change requests, projects, and designs to anticipate schedule or budget risk.
• Ability to work without supervision and provide technical guidance on testing, evaluating, and improving engineering outcomes.
• Organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Committed to a high standard of safety and able to follow all safety laws and all the employer's safety policies and rules.
• Proficient computer skills. Working knowledge of basic Microsoft Office 2010 software suite (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint).

Why you’ll love working here

• This is a full-time, permanent position. With multiple operations and long-term projects, Seaspan employees enjoy job stability as we look ahead to build ships for decades to come.
• In addition to an annual bonus and pension plan matching, this role provides a very competitive salary in line with the successful candidate’s experience. 
• We also provide the best-in-class health and wellness benefits package for this position, including things such as extended health care (i.e. paramedical services for massage therapy,  speech therapy, mental health coverage, physiotherapy, and more), dental care, vision care, life insurance, medical leave coverage, parental leave coverage, $500 personal spending account, and an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP). 
• Free on-site gym. 
• Parking is included and to assist those that are using transit, we operate a complimentary shuttle bus Monday through Friday with various pick-up and drop-off points around North Vancouver. 

The estimated salary for this position is $119,700 - $146,300. In determining final salary, Seaspan considers many factors including the successful Candidate’s skillset and experience as well as position location and internal equity. The final base salary offer will be at the Company’s sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.

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