Structural Engineer – Industrial/Mining

Pop Quiz:Are you a resourceful, dynamic, and driven Structural Engineer with at least five years of experience in the design and construction of industrial/mining structures?Are you a natural leader with a personal vision, entrepreneurial spirit, and a big-picture mindset?Are you looking to expand your knowledge with the implementation of new codes and practices while working with an experienced team to deliver projects using collaborative technologies and innovative design approaches?Are you interested in helping clients develop, renew and maintain critical assets to facilitate resource extraction and fuel the northern Ontario economy? If you scored four for four, JLR has a home for you! We’ve opened a role in our Sudbury, Guelph, North Bay, or Timmins office for a talented, entrepreneurial candidate to work alongside exceptional people in JLR’s Structural group. JLR’s extensive and expanding client base provides our engineers with the opportunity to flex their technical muscle of a wide range of challenging projects.You’ll be supported by a Platinum Club member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies program, a 100% employee-owned firm that has a long-established reputation for quality services in multiple sectors, while you take on existing clients, develop new relationships and deliver world-class, innovative solutions that support industrial and mining market projects.JLR is a creative, tight-knit, and mentorship-focused community with unique opportunities for driven people with tenacity and spirit. Our organization is made up of diverse employee owners with specialized expertise in a wide range of disciplines. Joining the JLR team means joining a dynamic group of engineering, architecture, and planning professionals and support staff. You’ll have the opportunity to help establish new clients and partner with existing ones to develop insightful solutions and see projects through from inception to completion.If you’re innovative and collaborative, thrive when presented with new challenges, and are eager to take your career in new directions, then JLR is the right environment for you.Your Role:Choose your own adventure! Let’s talk about how your skills, experience, goals, and passions can find a home at JLR. Your role will include: Working and collaborating with an established, multidisciplinary, integrated technical team of engineers, architects, planners, and technologists.Supporting project teams in the completion of underground and surface infrastructure projects in support of our mining and industrial markets, from concept to completion.Completing feasibility studies, ranging from scoping-level studies to preliminary engineering and costing.Conducting building and structural condition assessments, feasibility studies, and detailed design for various assets on mine and industrial sites such as headframes, conveyor galleries, equipment access/foundations, and various underground and surface structures.Participating in the development of competitive proposals to secure new assignments.Assisting with the management of workload to ensure that project deadlines are met and final deliverables align with client expectations.Mentoring junior engineers and technologists.Developing into a Discipline Lead on multidisciplinary projects, taking leadership of the structural design team, driving the overall structural design, coordinating across all intersecting disciplines, taking responsibility for the budget and schedule of the structural deliverables, being responsible for the QA/QC processes, and stamping the final deliverables.Assisting senior staff with business development initiatives including managing and building client relationships, as directed by the Mining Market Chief and under the guidance of other senior staff. This requires regular check ins with clients, understanding broad client needs and expectations, understanding upcoming opportunities, managing the preparation of proposals, whether sole sourced or invited bid, and working with the multidisciplinary teams and the Market Chief to prepare competitive service offerings. Why Join Us?We live, work, breathe, sleep, and thrive in the communities we build. We love northern Ontario and the glorious bounty of the natural world, and we’re proud of our reputation and longevity in the National Capital and Kingston regions (and this year, we’re celebrating 50 years in Sudbury!). Furthermore, we’re growing our presence in southwestern Ontario and all along the great lakes of Ontario. You should also know: We’re 100% employee-owned with share ownership opportunities at all levels.Work-life balance is strongly encouraged, including flexibility with work hours and remote working (and you’ll benefit from remote working stipends to help offset the cost of setting up a productive home-work environment).We offer stable, long-term employment with opportunities for advancement based on merit, skill, and initiative and an open-door policy where communication is strongly encouraged.We foster a friendly, welcoming, and team-oriented atmosphere that encourages innovation and collaboration.We have an established depth of technical and support resources that can efficiently and effectively deliver small and large multidisciplinary projects.We provide a flexible career direction with opportunities to choose your own path and interesting and exciting assignments ranging in size and type.Our employees lead committees charged with creating action plans for ensuring our firm’s social responsibility, including: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee; Environmental Sustainability Committee; and Indigenous Action Plan Committee.We provide competitive salaries, reviewed annually.Health and dental benefits and RRSP/DPSP programs are offered immediately.Our merit-and-profit bonus program is our key to recognizing performance.We’re active in our communities, regularly participating in fundraising efforts and giving back to the places we call home. We’ve even been recognized by Chambers of Commerce, like in Guelph (winner of the 2023 Customer Service Award), Timmins (winner of the 2024 Best Place to Work Award), and Sudbury (finalist for the 2024 Best Place to Work Award).Extracurricular social events are provided so we can all have some fun along the way (biennial “Prom”, golf tournaments, sports teams, department lunches, summer BBQs, and much more).