Temporary Works Engineer H/F

VINCI Construction Grands Projets Canada, a subsidiary of VINCI Construction Grands Projets, part of the VINCI Group, construction worldwide leader, specialized in the design and construction of major civil engineering and building works in Canada is hiring a

Temporary Works Engineer

What is the project?:

The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station refurbishment program involves designing and building a new deep-water intake in Lake Ontario to improve the plant's cooling system. 

What you will do:

As Temporary Works Enginner, you will support the Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) in the planning, coordination, and control of all temporary works throughout the project lifecycle.

Temporary Works Design Coordination

• Coordinate with third-party designers, ensuring temporary works designs are delivered on time, comply with project procedures, and align with constructability requirements.
• Review, check, and technically challenge external designs to ensure: Assumptions are correct and validated. Load paths, capacities, materials, and construction sequences are appropriate.Designs are practical, safe, and suitable for the planned works.
• Ensure design risks, limitations, and constraints are clearly identified, communicated, and understood by the construction team.
• Assist the TWC in ensuring appropriate Temporary Works Categories and levels of design check are assigned.
  

Technical Assurance & Design Validation

• Verify that temporary works designs meet applicable standards (e.g., BS 5975 principles, project specifications, provincial requirements, and relevant structural codes).
• Confirm that design deliverables include all required documents, such as calculations, drawings, design risk assessments, installation requirements, and inspection instructions.
• Engage with designers to resolve discrepancies, clarify design intent, and support value-engineering where appropriate.
  

Construction Support, Inspection & Site Integration

• Collaborate closely with the Temporary Works Inspector(s) and the construction team to ensure temporary works are:
• Built exactly as per approved design;
• Understood in terms of limitations, tolerances, sequencing, and inspection requirements.
• Conduct technical briefings for supervisors, forepersons, and inspectors to ensure safe and correct implementation of temporary works.
• Review site conditions to ensure they remain consistent with design assumptions (e.g., ground conditions, loadings, access constraints).
  

Risk, Safety, and Procedure Compliance

• Support the application of the Temporary Works Procedure and ensure adherence to internal controls and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to risk assessments, method statements, and temporary works briefing documents.
• Immediately escalate unsafe conditions, incorrect installations, or deviations from design to the TWC and site management.
  

• Degree in Civil / Structural engineering and/or Mechanical Engineering
• 3-10 years experience in the civil construction industry with large infrastructure projects and significant exposure to Temporary Works
• Ontario Professional Engineer (ideally both civil & mechanical, or one of the two with experience in the other)
• Possesses of a formal health and safety qualification (e.g. NCSO, IOSH or CRST or CRSP or a Construction Certificate)
  Formal TW Co-ordination training.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to planning and take pragmatic approaches to problem resolution
• A good listener and agile communicator with a practical view of safety and an understanding of others needs/requirements
• Team-oriented with the ability to self-motivate

Why us?

What do we have to provide:

• Annual gross compensation ranging from CAD 70,000 to CAD 85,000 depending on experience and profile;
• 4 vacation weeks & 3 emergency/sickness days paid;
• Annual bonus;
• Group Health Insurance (premium participation including virtual health care system);
• Career development opportunities;
• A cosmopolite and inclusive work environment;
• Attractive and challenging project.
  About VINCI Construction Grands Projets Canada:
  Subsidiary of the VINCI Group, VINCI Construction Grands Projets Canada is involved in large-scale construction and civil engineering projects in Canada. The headquarter of VINCI Construction Grands Projets Canada is based in Montréal, Québec. We are currently involved in three major construction projects in Ontario valued at several billion Canadian dollars.

Entity

As part of a lineage of 100-year-old companies whose names are associated with impressive achievements worldwide, VINCI Construction Grands Projets possesses end-to-end expertise in the creation of complex infrastructure. Throughout the world, VINCI Construction Grands Projets designs and builds major civil engineering structures (tunnels, bridges, dams, liquefied natural gas storage tanks, road and rail infrastructure) and buildings (skyscrapers, shopping centres, hotels, major industrial facilities, nuclear power plants, etc.). As a complement to the company's high level of expertise, its consummate engineering skills, and expert project management abilities, VINCI Construction Grands Projets practises a policy of involvement at the local level wherever it operates, partnering with local firms and companies, enabling it to deploy wide-ranging yet modular solutions. These solutions, including technical assistance, turnkey projects, and maintenance programs, respond to the many different needs of a broad range of private- and public-sector clients.