Civil Engineer/ Dam Safety Engineer

Description

• Participate in dam safety inspections by regulatory authorities.
• Direct changes to project operations if necessary to ensure the safety of Brookfield Renewable’s dams and appurtenant facilities under emergency circumstances.
• Manage a variety of contract technical personnel to perform facility safety assessments, studies, and evaluations to ensure safe and reliable performance of Brookfield Renewable’s dams.
• Overseeing the preparation of routine dam safety technical studies and reports by engineering staff and consultants such as: annual surveillance data reports, periodic survey data reports, and other monitoring reports (DSSMP & DSSMR), Dam Safety Assessments including Part 12d inspection reports, and other periodic technical reports as required.
• Conduct periodic dam safety training.
• Provide technical oversight and review analyses and design by third party consultants and internal engineering that relate to dam safety and civil infrastructure, including:
• Review and approve of any modification to Brookfield Renewable’s dams or appurtenant facilities which might impact their safety.
• Interface with federal (FERC), and state dam safety regulatory authorities.
• Assists the Senior Dam Safety Engineer with regular reporting to the Director, Asset management, VP of Operations, Regional COO North American Operations, and the Chief Dam Safety Engineer on the status of the dam safety program implementation including identification of key areas of dam safety risk and actions being taken to mitigate the risk.
• Participate in periodic dam safety audits conducted by the Chief Dam Safety Engineer.
• Review and approval of Emergency Actions Plans.
• Overseeing preparation of non-routine dam safety technical studies and reports by engineering staff and consultants, such as: structural analyses, gravity and slope stability analyses, geotechnical/seismic analyses, and hydrology and hydraulics studies.
• Manage the timely review, and any necessary follow-up action as required, of all surveillance and monitoring data to assure the safety of the dams.
• Identify and recommend improvements to existing civil infrastructure to ensure public safety and extend the useful life of the facilities including participating in periodic reviews of the Dam Safety Action Plan.
• Conduct inspections according to schedule and oversee the surveillance and monitoring program in order to maintain dam safety.

Requirements

• Knowledge of and experience with FERC or State Dam Safety Programs, including FERC Engineering Guidelines, FERC Part 12D Dam Safety Inspections, Potential Failure Modes Analysis and Risk Analysis is preferred but not required.
• Strong engineering, analytical and problem-solving skills in combination with the ability to effectively communicate complex issues, situations, recommendations, and opinions.
• Strong organizational, planning and prioritization skills requiring office and field work.
• Professional Engineer (PE) License or ability to obtain within 1 year.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in civil engineering.
• Knowledgeable and experience with the FERC or State dam safety programs, best practices, codes, and regulations including the design, construction, inspection, analysis and maintenance of dams and other hydraulic and conveyance structures is preferred but not required.
• Excellent computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office products
• Minimum five (5) years of engineering experience with the design, inspection or construction of civil engineering projects as a consultant, owner or contractor.
• Possess strong conviction as it relates to their expertise.
• Broad knowledge and experience with civil engineering and proficient in either Hydrology and Hydraulics, Structural or Geotechnical Engineering and design codes, standards and practices.
• Be innovative, self-directed, organized, independent, and able to collaborate in a team environment.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance