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Job Description Roles: Senior Mechanical Engineer Location: Burnaby, BC Duration: 2026/07/13 - 2027/07/13 (12 Months) Max INC Rate: $96.11/ Max T4 Rate: $79.43/ General Description The E4 - Engineer is a professional engineer or geoscientist who applies engineering knowledge to provide engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services for medium complexity projects and/or operations safely, with quality, within budget, and on time. Experience and Role Accountabilities A minimum eight (8) years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent. Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgement to perform tasks including developing designs, analyzing and resolving problems, and interpreting engineering specifications on medium complexity and scope assignments for BC Hydro projects and operations

Assist project or operations management to meet safety, cost, quality, and time objectives by proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending payment for work completed by contractors, preparing progress reports, coordinating work schedules and other similar tasks. Resolve highly technical and unusual design and field engineering problems by conducting independent studies and analysis, exercising independent judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs to support successful operations and/or project completion at BC Hydro. Participate in BC Hydro's engineering practice by conducting independent studies and analysis, contributing to the development of technical standards, exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs, and making decisions related to methods and designs as well as providing guidance and advice to other engineering professionals to develop future capability at BC Hydro.

Important Notes Prior to commencement on assignment, the selected candidate must have their own sole practitioner, or the use of their firm's, Permit to Practice with EGBC. EGBC Registrants provided to BC Hydro through this assignment shall work under BC Hydro's Professional Practice Management Plan, Quality Management Pillar. The Registrant shall apply their own or their firm's Permit to Practice Number to work that is Sealed by the Registrant.

Retention and preservation of all project documentation produced by the Registrant during their contract with BC Hydro will be retained by BC Hydro to satisfy EGBC Bylaws. Education and Skills Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers & Geoscientists BC or with another jurisdiction and eligible for registration as such with Engineers & Geoscientists BC. BC Hydro uses a Digital Sign and Seal Technology

You may be required to subscribe to a digital seal technology service offered by Notarius. Intermediate English skills for professional environment, written and spoken. Familiarity with CAD systems and drawing standards.

Ability to use standard industry design/analysis software. Intermediate MS Office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). Additional Experience and Role Accountabilities Experience drafting for generation station Mechanical systems.

All the required Experience and Role Accountabilities shall relate to Autodesk and other CADD applications drafting work experience. Support the creation and revision of engineering drawings associated with Mechanical engineering works for BC Hydro Station Mechanical System projects. Use a variety of computer-aided drafting, modeling and parametric design applications to depict work in two and three dimensions and manage drawings using a computerized drawing records management system.

Use drawings for site preparations and layouts, facility construction, and electrical infrastructure design and installation including details of equipment, assemblies, and components. Create customized drawings for non-standard engineering and design projects. Perform work according to BC Hydro CADD standards.

Perform some calculations. Additional Education and Skills Experience doing computer aided drafting/design (CADD) for a utility or a similar industry. Successful completion or working towards the completion of the introductory course - BC Hydro Electrical System.

Must Haves Must have great time management skills. Must have great relationship management skills and work well in a team environment. Must have 8 years experience with HVAC and Fire Protection design.

Expert experience with AutoCAD. Valid Class 5 driver's license in good standing. Nice to Haves Experience with Diesel Genset specification / design is an asset.

Experience with Revit / Inventor an asset.