Geotechnical Design Manager North Vancouver, Surrey BC

Permanent, Full-Time

Are you interested in joining a top engineering consulting firm that adds value for clients, communities, and individuals around the globe? Can you apply your leadership skills effectively to regional and international underground structures and tunnels? We are looking for a Geotechnical Design Manger to join our global team of experts and work within a functional team that is responsible for performing engineering analysis, design, and technical reports and drawings for tunnels and various underground structures, such as deep shafts, cut-and-cover structures, and mined tunnels and caverns for metro transit, infrastructure, bridges, or hydroelectric power projects. In this role, you will be responsible for working with multidisciplinary teams and effectively managing and delivering your own tasks in terms of budget, quality, and timelines.

Initially, this position specifically supports COWI’s role as the Owner’s Engineer for the Immersed Tube Tunnel portion of the new Fraser River Tunnel Project (FRTP). The FRTP project, which will replace the existing Massey Tunnel between Richmond and Delta, near Vancouver, BC, is being delivered through a Progressive Design-Build procurement. In this role, the Coordination Lead will support the FRTP Project Manager in coordinating between the Client and Design-Builder, and the COWI geotechnical team.

The position will require solid project management and technical skills and will provide opportunities to grow and develop leadership skills.

The position will be based in COWI’s North Vancouver or Surrey, BC office, and a significant portion of the time is expected to be spent in the Client’s project office, located in downtown Vancouver.

Coordinate the work of the geotechnical and seismic team for COWI as part of the FRTP project

Collaborate closely with the Client, Owner’s Engineer Team, Design-Builder, Designer,



and other Stakeholders during the design development

Contribute specialized skills to the FRTP project and other assigned projects, ensuring adherence to quality systems and effective communication with internal and external stakeholders

Perform & review engineering analyses and design with a focus on seismic analysis and soil-structure interactions for retaining walls, foundations, underground structures, and marine structures

Classify, interpret, and characterize ground conditions from geotechnical data for the design of different structures, including retaining walls, foundations, underground structures, and marine structures

Contribute to production, review ,and approval of design deliverables such as technical memoranda, geotechnical design reports, geotechnical interpretative reports, and construction drawings

Provide input in digital delivery and information management of various projects from conception through to completion

Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. A Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, or Rock Mechanics

A minimum of 15 years’ experience working with project design in carrying out engineering and seismic analysis and design of foundations, tunnels, caverns, and underground structures in the Architectural/Engineering/Construction industry

Basic knowledge of typical BIM and parametric design software, such as, AutoCAD, Dynamo, Grasshopper, etc., and design software,



such as RS2/3, SWEDGE, UNWEDGE, DIPS, UDEC, FLAC/FLAC3D, Plaxis 2D/3D, Sofistik, etc.

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.

Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We invest in our people’s professional and personal well‑being.

Flexible working arrangement

Full time hires get minimum 4 weeks vacation to start

Floating holiday to celebrate employee diversity

Top-up parental and childbirth recovery leave

Annual Fitness spending account. Personal and Career development fund

Parking or public transit allowance

Extended Health coverage with 100% of premiums paid by us

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

STD, LTD, AD&D;, and Life Insurance

Frequent social events

128,000 to $198,000 for the North Vancouver office only. Get to know us even better at our website, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, COWI complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

📌 Design Management Lead (Surrey)
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