Job Description

GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.

Job Description

GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.

GHD Design empowers transformation at the speed of change. The way we design and build the environment around us changes everything. Through the power of commitment, we innovate for positive impact, catalyse creativity and foster collaboration to build a better physical world, together. We imagine a more integrated built setting, one that embodies your values and those you are building with and designing for, while also making our shared future more sustainable.

With you, GHD Design is creating a better built world for generations to come.

GHD's Engineering Design Organization

is seeking a Civil Design Technician in GHD’s Vancouver, Edmonton, or Calgary office.

See what the power of commitment can do for you.

Working with an energetic and high-performing team, this position offers a variety of opportunities and will see you involved in:

- Producing conceptual design, detailed design, and related drawings for a wide variety of sites, including linear utility modelling, site grading and site servicing plan modelling/design, road and rail corridor design and modelling, and transit stations.




- Oversee or produce design work in an integrated 3D environment that focuses on quality and meets or exceeds company and industry quality standards
- Applying technical knowledge and coordination skills to solve problems on complex multi-disciplinary projects
- Act as a technical lead for a defined scope of work
- Coordination with multiple business groups within GHD, subconsultants and external agencies
- Contribute to the development of proposals
- Being a trusted mentor to more junior team members with the potential to supervise their performance and career development

Who are we looking for?

- Experience in creating conceptual and detailed design models and producing related drawings for civil design projects
- Carried out project coordination or project management tasks, including project planning, scheduling, financial controls, monthly reporting, deliverable tracking and team coordination
- Working as a team, receiving mentorship and guidance from Senior staff, and providing mentorship and supervision and oversight of Junior staff
- Large and small team collaboration. Communication with other disciplines, sub-consultants, municipalities, utility companies, stakeholders and clients
- Extensive experience of using corridor and pipe network module in Civil 3D.
- Extensive experience with 3D model development, completing design,



general arrangement drawing production, redlining, annotating and drafting.
- Experience and working knowledge of AutoTURN or Autodesk Vehicle tracking
- Strong experience with geometric design, including alignments, profiles, corridor modeling, and cross section development
- Understanding of geometric design principles i.e. TAC Geometric Guidelines, BC Supplement to TAC, Master Municipal Construction Documents (MMCD), BC Manual of Standard Traffic Signs and Pavement Markings
- Assist with the development of specifications, cost estimates, technical reports and tender documents
- Coordinate with the design team to achieve quality deliverables within the established schedule and budget
- Experience in design delivery within both conventional and alternative project delivery models is considered an asset

What you will bring to the team:

- 5-10 years of civil design and modelling experience
- Post-secondary education in Civil Engineering
- Professional Engineer/Technologist registered or eligible for registration in Alberta or British Columbia
- Outstanding interpersonal communication skills (both oral and written), with the ability to interact effectively within all levels of the organization in a collaborative fashion
- Experience managing multiple tasks while maintaining a high degree of attention to detail in a demanding consulting environment
- Ability to prioritize tasks and delegate work in order to meet required deadlines while complying with procedures and best practices.
- Experience with Construction Administration & Inspection are considered assets
- Interest or experience with new desi

📌 Design Technician (Vancouver)
🏢 GHD
📍 Vancouver