Bridge Engineering Lead

EXP is seeking a Bridge Engineering Lead to help expand our bridge and transportation structures practice in Western Canada. Based in Calgary, you will lead Alberta bridge assignments and work directly with Project Managers, Highway Engineers, and specialists in geotechnical, hydrotechnical, environmental, drainage, traffic, utilities, construction, and related disciplines.

The role combines technical leadership, project delivery, client support, mentorship, and practice development. It is intended for an experienced bridge engineer who wants meaningful authority and ownership while working within an established multidisciplinary transportation platform.

• Lead bridge and transportation structure assignments through planning, structural assessment, preliminary engineering, detailed design, tendering, rehabilitation, replacement, and construction support.

• Lead or oversee structural analysis, modelling, design calculations, drawings, condition assessments, field investigations, and rehabilitation strategies.

• Develop practical and constructible structural options that consider foundations, hydraulics and scour, durability, staging, traffic accommodation, lifecycle performance, and project risk.

• Prepare and review design criteria, technical reports, drawings, specifications, special provisions, quantities, cost estimates, and tender documentation.

   

• Coordinate bridge designs with highway geometry, grading, geotechnical, hydrotechnical, drainage, environmental, utility, right-of-way, traffic, electrical, and construction staging requirements.

• Provide early structural input during functional planning, corridor development, options evaluation, and constructability review.

• Provide bridge engineering support during tendering and construction, including technical inquiries, structural submittals, shop drawings, construction liaison, and contract administration support, as applicable.

• Participate in construction, post-construction, warranty, or bridge inspections where required by the assignment and consistent with the individual’s qualifications.

   

• Provide senior technical leadership and oversight for bridge and structural engineering deliverables.

• Perform and document Quality Control reviews of bridge design and tender deliverables.

• Coordinate responses to interdisciplinary, constructability, and independent review comments.

• Review and authenticate engineering work for which you accept professional responsibility and are competent to practice.

• Mentor junior and intermediate engineers, EITs, technicians, and designers, and support workload planning and assignment of technical tasks.

• Advance internal standards, design tools, lessons learned, and best practices for bridge design, assessment, rehabilitation, and construction support.

• Build and maintain relationships with provincial, municipal, contractor, and transportation sector clients.

• Support proposals, pursuits, technical approaches, schedules, budgets, fee estimates, and work plans.

• Help identify and pursue bridge design, rehabilitation, inspection, construction support, and multidisciplinary transportation opportunities.

• Represent EXP in client meetings, technical presentations, and industry activities.

• Help define team development and recruitment priorities as the Western Canadian bridge practice grows.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.

• Registered, or eligible for registration, as a Professional Engineer with APEGA, with the ability to take professional responsibility for Alberta engineering work.

• Minimum 15 years of progressively responsible bridge and structural engineering experience, including demonstrated leadership of bridge design assignments and multidisciplinary project delivery.

• Demonstrated experience in bridge analysis, design, rehabilitation, assessment, tender preparation, and construction support.

• Strong knowledge of CSA S6 and applicable Canadian bridge design standards and specifications.

• Demonstrated ability to lead complete bridge work packages and manage technical scope, quality, schedule, budget, risk, and multidisciplinary interfaces.

• Proficiency with bridge analysis software such as MIDAS, CSiBridge, SAP2000, or comparable tools.

• Strong technical writing, communication, mentoring, coordination, client service, and business development skills.

• Alberta TEC bridge experience (major bridges, standard bridges, bridge-sized culverts, retaining walls, and sign-support structures) is strongly preferred; comparable provincial transportation experience will also be considered.

• TEC Bridge Inspection and Maintenance (BIM) Class B or higher certification is considered an asset.

• Experience with contract administration and construction liaison support.

• Credentials or experience related to structural steel, welding, concrete, or precast/prestressed concrete fabrication and inspection.

• Knowledge of AASHTO or AREMA requirements where applicable to anticipated project work.