Building Performance Engineer/EIT
Permanent - Full Time $62,000 - $75,000 / yearJob Overview
Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc. (RWDI) is a global climate and performance engineering consulting firm that helps its clients redefine what’s possible by overcoming design and operational challenges, while minimizing environmental, user, and resource impact. With deep technical expertise across a broad range of services, we drive success on ambitious building, industry, and infrastructure projects.
We are a values-based organization, which means everything we do relates back to our three core values: innovation, integrity, and integration. So, when we look for new people to join our team, alignment to these values is a vital piece of our people puzzle. Here’s what this looks like:
- You push the boundaries of what’s possible.
- People know they can rely on you to follow through on your commitments.
- You believe that when a group of people come together, they can achieve more than any one person could alone.
If this sounds like you and you’re ready to join an award-winning organization and work alongside renown technical and exceptionally innovative colleagues, RWDI is the place for you.
Position Details:
RWDI is hiring a Junior Engineer/EIT for the Building Performance team in the Guelph office.
Key Responsibilities
This entry level role includes but is not limited to:
- Plan and coordinate all technical aspects of assigned projects
- Solve challenging building design problems involving solar, stack effect, and indoor/outdoor ventilation design
- Consult with engineering, architectural and industrial clients
- Conduct data collection, computational simulations, analysis, post-processing, interpretation, and documentation of engineering results
- Consulting with engineers and architects to answer technical questions
- Writing technical project reports that present methodology, results and recommendations
- Providing advice on technical problems and follow the appropriate QA/QC procedures
- Assist with the preparation of proposals, marketing materials and/or technical papers
- Working under the general supervision of senior staff with considerable latitude for the exercise of independent judgement
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
We are accepting applications from candidates with the following qualifications:
- A recent graduate of a post-secondary engineering or engineering related program incorporating studies in fluid dynamics and/or building science.
- A strong understanding of the fundamental physics of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer
- Demonstrated initiative, independent problem-solving methods/capabilities, exceptional coordination and communication skills
- Experience simulating complex systems with simplified models
- An ability to work in a fast-paced consulting environment with minimal supervision while multi-tasking to meet deadlines
- An aptitude for working in a highly collaborative, team environment
Preference will be given to candidates with the following experience:
- Knowledge of building code and ASHRAE standards, curtain wall, fenestration, or HVAC systems in residential or commercial applications
- Experience interpreting and working with architectural, structural, or mechanical drawings
- Calculating/estimating inputs for both fluid and heat transfer boundary conditions
- Generating meshes for and running Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations with standard tools (e.g. Star CCM+, Open FOAM, etc.)
- Presenting results in a clear and concise manner
- Advanced level Microsoft Excel capabilities
- Programming/scripting experience (Python, C++, C#, VBA)
- Experience working within open-source operating systems (Linux)
- Competency with cloud/cluster computing
If you possess 80% of the qualifications listed, please apply since you may have additional skills that would align well with this role.