Civil Designer - Power and Transmission

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Job Description

Stantec’s Energy & Resources Civil Delivery Center is seeking a Civil Designer to support the development of coordinated civil design deliverables across a broad portfolio of projects. In this role, you will support civil modeling and drawing production for site, earthworks, drainage, utility, and linear infrastructure design and coordinate civil design information across related disciplines.

This role requires a detail-oriented designer who can develop coordinated civil models, drawings, and design deliverables under the direction of engineers and senior designers; manage assigned tasks within established budgets and schedules; and apply Stantec and client drafting, design, and quality standards. You will regularly collaborate with engineers, designers, and technical specialists across North America and Stantec’s Global Delivery Center to support efficient, high-quality project delivery.

Your Opportunity

For this requisition, we are specifically seeking candidates with experience supporting civil design for Power & Transmission projects, including substations and/or transmission infrastructure, primarily in support of an ongoing BC Hydro transmission and distribution program. In this role, you will develop civil models and drawings for site grading and earthwork, drainage, site access, underground duct banks, foundation coordination, oil containment, security fencing, vehicle access, and other civil tasks as required. You will coordinate closely with the electrical, structural, and geotechnical disciplines to produce practical, constructible, and reliable designs that support grid modernization, renewables integration, and the expansion of power delivery infrastructure.

This focus reflects the primary need for this requisition, but it does not define the full scope of the role. As part of the Civil Delivery Center, you will also have opportunities to support a broad range of Energy & Resources projects, including mining, oil and gas, dams and hydropower, renewables, and related infrastructure. We work to align assignments with business needs and your areas of interest.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Follow safe work practices and comply with Stantec and client health, safety, security, and environment (HSSE) policies and procedures; ensure applicable safety codes, regulations, and guidelines are addressed through appropriate design.

• Prepare and revise civil models, drawings, plans, profiles, sections, details, quantities, and other design deliverables using AutoCAD Civil 3D and related tools.

• Develop substation and transmission civil design deliverables, including yard grading and earthwork, drainage and stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, site access, surfacing, transformer containment, perimeter security, and related site civil works.

• Lay out underground electrical infrastructure, including duct banks, cable trenches, vaults, manholes, service boxes, junction boxes, utility crossings, and equipment foundations, while coordinating interfaces with grounding, structural foundations, buried services, and equipment access requirements.

• Support utility conflict assessments, field verification, utility locating, as-built reviews, and coordination with utility owners, municipalities, transportation authorities, and other stakeholders.

• Support the design of site layouts, grading, drainage, roads, utilities, earthworks, and other civil infrastructure under the direction of engineers and senior designers.

• Coordinate design information with electrical, structural, geotechnical, survey, and other project disciplines, and identify conflicts or missing information for resolution.

• Check models and drawings for accuracy, completeness, constructability, and compliance with project, client, utility owner, and CAD standards; incorporate review comments and support QA/QC processes.

• Complete assigned tasks within established scope, budget, and schedule requirements and maintain organized project files in shared project environments.

• Support field investigations and post-design and construction-phase services, including RFIs, contractor inquiries, shop drawings, field changes, and preparation of record drawings, as required.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Working knowledge of civil design and drafting concepts for site development, grading, drainage, roads, earthworks, utilities, and related infrastructure.

• Experience supporting substation and/or transmission line civil design, including typical power delivery civil deliverables and their interfaces with electrical, structural, and geotechnical disciplines.

• Working knowledge of utility and client-specific design standards, with the ability to adapt civil deliverables to owner drawing, numbering, and documentation requirements. Utility experience is preferred; specific experience with BC Hydro is an asset.

• Proficiency with Autodesk AutoCAD and Civil 3D, including surfaces, grading, alignments, profiles, corridors, pipe networks, cross-sections, quantities, coordinate systems, file referencing, data shortcuts, and civil model management.

• Ability to read and interpret survey data, plans, specifications, design criteria, engineering sketches, utility standards, and other technical documentation.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, designers, and multidisciplinary project teams across offices and geographies.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and PDF review tools such as Bluebeam or Adobe Acrobat.

• Experience with ProjectWise, Autodesk Forma, ArcGIS, Global Mapper, Navisworks, AutoTURN, Carlson, or similar software is an asset.

• Clear written, verbal, and graphic communication skills, with strong attention to detail and organization.

• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally for field and project work is preferred.

Education and Experience

• Technical diploma, associate degree, or certificate in Civil Engineering Technology, Computer-Aided Design and Drafting, or a related field. Equivalent combinations of education and relevant experience may be considered.

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant civil design and drafting experience using AutoCAD Civil 3D.

• Experience producing coordinated civil design models and construction drawing packages for multidisciplinary projects.

• Experience supporting power, utility, substation, transmission, or distribution projects is preferred.

Office Location and Schedule

• This role is open to Stantec offices in Western Canada; you must reside in Canada and be legally eligible to work here.

• Typical office environment working with computers.

• The role will primarily support work delivered on Pacific Time, and candidates must be able to align their working hours accordingly.

• This role is preferably based in a Stantec office or follows a hybrid schedule combining office and remote work.

• A full-time work-from-home arrangement may be considered for the right person.

• Occasional field work may include exposure to the elements, including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required of the employee, and other duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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