civil engineer
Title posted on CivicJobs.ca - Lead Senior Engineer
Posted on June 01, 2026 by Employer details Metro Vancouver
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Lead Senior EngineerPosition Status: Full-Time RegularDepartment: Liquid Waste ServicesEmployee Group: ExemptLocation: 4515 Central Boulevard, BurnabySalary Range/ Wage Rate: Management / Leadership, Level M3B ($138,719.13 - $163,194.52 annually) (2024 wage rates) Our Liquid Waste Services Department is seeking a Lead Senior Engineer who will (Lead and develop a team of engineering staff while overseeing budgets, projects, consultants, and contracts, ensuring work meets organizational standards and contributing to strategic planning, technical guidance, and stakeholder collaboration. You are a professional engineer with strong technical, leadership, and project management capabilities, and a proven track record of delivering complex projects, managing contracts and budgets, and resolving challenging technical and operational issues. You demonstrate excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with experience leading teams, building relationships, and driving results in a dynamic environment. The Lead Senior Engineer reports to the Division Manager, Sewer & Drainage Technical Services. This role: Provides leadership to a team of professional engineers and technical staff responsible for complex and varied engineering, project management and technical work. Accountable for budget administration, preparation and reporting. Monitors and controls spending ensuring the effective and efficient expenditure of allocated funds. Develops and reviews RFQ?s, RFP?s and tenders, working with Purchasing to ensure the timely award of contracts. Contributes to the preparation of long range financial plans and provides input to strategic initiatives. Provides guidance on technical issues, corporate policies, and project management and ensures work is undertaken in conformance with corporate standards and policies. Makes independent decisions and recommendations within broad policies and mandates and uses judgment and ingenuity to devise practical and economical solutions. Develops or provides input to technical standards, policies and procedures in accordance with corporate objectives. Sets group standards considering all relevant information such as applicable design codes, specifications and previous experience. Makes decisions and/or recommendations on hiring engineering and technical consultants based on workload, costing, scheduling, expertise, and other factors. Oversees work carried out by multi-disciplinary consultants and contractors, including reviewing and providing direction on design, construction and contract administration. Ensures work is undertaken in conformance with corporate standards and policies, and meets the requirements of the project. Prepares and reviews a range of written material including reports, recommendations, technical memoranda and technical specifications. May deliver presentations for various audiences including the public as required. Supervises, directs and motivates staff monitoring performance towards division, department and corporate objectives; ensures staff adhere to workplace conduct and purchasing policies. Leads, coaches, mentors and develops staff recognizing the importance of leadership, supervisory and technical training; develops and sustains a flexible workforce encouraging staff to pursue opportunities that complement their skills and experience. Works collaboratively with staff to resolve complex technical, design, operational, or interpersonal issues staff encounter while doing their work. Facilitates information sharing among staff to transfer knowledge and experience and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the team. Establishes effective working relationships with various outside agencies as well as other internal departments. Works collaboratively with departmental staff to deliver on strategic initiatives. Upholds Metro Vancouver?s reputation through positive and forthright dealings with other organizations and members of the public. Understands t- Location Burnaby, BC
- Work location On site
- Salary$138,719.12YEAR annually
- Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
- Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies 1 vacancy
- Source CivicJobs.ca #113808
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