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AECOM is looking for a Project EIT – Railway Bridges to be based out of our Burnaby, BC or Edmonton, Alberta  offices, with work from home flexibility.  eRailSafe background check is required for this role.

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

To be successful in this management and technical focused role, you will have the following characteristics:

• Work independently with minimal guidance except for complex and unusual situations.
• Actively engages in team discussions to develop solutions.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to develop relationships with individuals of different backgrounds, experiences, and technical expertise.
• Motivated to study, learn, and apply unfamiliar technical concepts.

Daily tasks may include:

• Multi-task and balance constantly evolving priorities, remaining highly organized at all times.
• Liaise with Clients, Contractors, Consultants, and Internal Stakeholders, including addressing RFIs, claims, progress payments, disputes.
• Maintain and control project documentation and records, including ensuring all project close documentation is on file.
• Performs site visits to monitor progress and to interface with stakeholders to ensure the Client's interests are protected.   The engineer may be asked to work from the project field office as required to meet requirements of the project schedule and scope.
• Project management which includes, but is not limited to, preparing and managing scopes, schedules, and budgets, reviewing documents, conducting and attending meetings, frequent site visits, reporting, preparing bid documents, preparing and updating risk management documentation, providing oversight to projects during construction, contract administration (invoice review, progress payment review and endorsement, preparation of project closeout documents, submittal review), and material ordering.
• Providing engineering support to various railroad company departments
• Developing design drawings and tender packages.
• Cost estimating.
• Managing track retirements.
• Perform field inspections of track and civil works.
• Providing on-call services including emergency response (providing engineering support on-site in real-time)
• Coordination of railway flagging
• Reviewing work on-site for general conformity to plans, specifications, regulations, and safety requirements
• Reporting to a Senior Railway Engineer

*Minimum Requirements :

• Bachelor Degree in civil engineering
• + 2 years experience in railway engineering
• Driving license

• Proficiency with MS Office applications – Word, Excel

*Preferred Qualifications :

• Experience performing Survey, Concrete & Soil Testing, and Construction QA/QC.
• Civil 3D and AutoCAD experience is an asset. 
• Experience in inspection, assessment structural and design of railway structures.
• Working knowledge of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-way Association Manual (AREMA).
• Experience with a Class 1 Railway will be considered an asset.  CP, CN project experience is ideal.
• Mix of field and office-based experience in linear civil infrastructure.
• Experience working on multiple projects simultaneously from inception to closeout.

Sponsorship for Canadian employment authorization is not available for this position

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.