Structural Engineer

Work site environment

• Outdoors

Work setting

• Oil and gas industry

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Act as project or site supervisor for land survey or construction work
• Conduct feasibility studies, economic analyses, municipal and regional traffic studies, environmental impact studies or other investigations
• Conduct field services for civil works
• Conduct technical analyses of survey and field data for development of topographic, soil, hydrological or other information and prepare reports
• Develop construction specifications and procedures
• Establish and monitor construction work schedules
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate building and construction materials
• Interpret, review and approve survey and civil design work
• Monitor air, water and soil quality and develop procedures to clean up contaminated sites
• Plan and design major civil projects such as buildings, roads, bridges, dams, water and waste management systems and structural steel fabrications
• Prepare contract documents and review and evaluate tenders for construction projects
• Supervise technicians, technologists and other engineers and review and approve designs, calculations and cost estimates

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people
• 3-4 people