Employment

Structural Forensic Engineer

A building's structural integrity has been compromised. They want to know why. The answer matters. You can be a part of figuring it out. 

Sintra Engineering is a forensic engineering firm serving insurance and legal clients in Alberta with offices in Edmonton and Calgary. We aren't your typical engineering firm and forensic engineering isn't your typical engineering practice. How does a typical work day of investigating buildings, analyzing evidence, and trying to figure out exactly what happened sound to you?

Our firm is looking for an engineer to join our Property Loss group in Edmonton. The position would involve investigating structural failures and other building deficiencies including building envelope issues and reporting to insurance and legal clients.


You:
  • Are a mature, well-organized, self-motivated professional.
  • Enjoy solving technical puzzles using a combination of observation, deductive reasoning, and engineering first principles.
  • Are capable of communicating your findings in clearly written reports
  • Have a desire for new challenges and responsibility
  • Have a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and registered as a P. Eng. in Alberta./li>
  • Have 4 to 7 years of working experience in an engineering related field.
  • Are familiar with commercial and residential building construction.
  • Are comfortable managing client relationships through the life of a file and have excellent communication skills.

The job would entail:
  • Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team investigating the technical aspects of insurance or legal related losses. The primary focus will be in the area of residential and commercial structure investigation issues.
  • Resolving the puzzles that surround these incidents.
  • Managing your own projects from start to finish including technical and financial aspects.

We offer:
  • A strong corporate culture based on collaboration, respect, effective communications, teamwork, and continuous learning.
  • An excellent compensation package that includes a competitive salary, minimum of three weeks holidays per year, extended medical, dental, life insurance, employer matching RRSP plan, and profit sharing.
  • The opportunity for you to have a dramatic effect on the performance of the company acting as a trusted advisor to our clients.

If the idea of a career in forensic engineering intrigues you, please forward a resume and cover letter to careers@sintraeng.com.

No phone calls please.