Lead Stress Engineer

LEAD STRESS ENGINEER

LOCATION: 885 Dunsmuir St #1000, Vancouver, BC V6C 1N5

STATUS: Employee or Contractor

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services worldwide and strives to provide smart solutions for challenging projects. We are a diverse company, including individuals with expertise in science, research, engineering, construction, and information technology. Our strength is in collectively providing integrated services—delivering the best solutions to meet our clients' needs. With more than 27,000 employees, over 550 offices worldwide and $4.50 Billion annual revenue, we combine the resources of a global, multibillion-dollar company with local, client-focused delivery. Our commitment to safety is ingrained in our culture and at the forefront of every project. As part of the Tetra Tech family of companies, we are home to some of the best minds in the country, including nationally renowned subject matter experts. Whether we are contemplating the restoration of our environment or helping to revitalize our urban centers, we are thinking of clear sustainable solutions to resource management and infrastructure challenges.

Our Vancouver office is a multidisciplinary team of designers, technologists, and engineers. We specialize in small to mid-sized projects for clients across Canada. The types of clients we work for include:

• Heavy Industrial Facilities
• Pipelines and Pipeline Facilities
• Refineries and Processing Facilities
• Mineral Processing
• Municipal & Utilities
• Water treatment
• Energy Transition (CO2, Hydrogen, RNG, Renewables and associated minerals)

We are currently searching for a Lead Stress Engineer to join our team in Vancouver, BC. Lead Piping Stress Engineers are individuals who, as part of the mechanical engineering department technical group, are responsible for static and dynamic analysis of piping and pipe support systems; and providing other general and specialized technical support to Project Team Leaders.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensuring design work complies with all applicable local, provincial, federal and industry codes, regulations and standards, and is in accordance with company and client standards & procedures
• Static and dynamic stress analysis of piping systems for refineries, pipelines, power plants, and slurry transportation piping, including detailed specification of pipe support elements (guides, spring hangers, snubbers, and expansion joints)
• Pipeline sizing and wall thickness calculations including hot tap calculations (piping, tank, pressure vessel)
• Design and specification of piping components and pipe supports
• Preparing packages for registration with safety authorities
• Inter-discipline co-ordination during the development and implementation of design to ensure design interfaces and schedule dependencies are met.
• Senior Engineers are expected to work closely with other disciplines and share knowledge with less experienced colleagues within the company and with clients.
• Day-to-day management of assigned resources in order to complete project requirements
• Supervision and mentoring of 2-5 employees
• Ensuring that all project scope items are addressed and quality objectives met
• Ensuring project schedules and budgets are maintained and adhered to
• Visits to client sites for discussion and project co-ordination ranging from occasional (average one day a week) to frequent (average two to three days a week)
• Coordination with Team Leaders and Discipline Managers for technical support