Careers
Where does confidence come from?
Is it sourced from skill? Driven by success? Predicated on security?
At Smith + Andersen, we approach every project with absolute confidence, and the reason is simple: our employees. There’s no substitute for having a team of good, smart, hardworking people, and our offices across the country are where you’ll find some of the best.
At first glance, we’re a cohesive team of award-winning engineers, technologists, designers, CAD/BIM specialists, LEED APs, and tireless support staff (including best-in-class IT, marketing, HR, and accounting). But, if you look closer, you’ll see truly remarkable people – people who don’t back down from a challenge and, once they’ve overcome that challenge, share their recipe for success with others. Our unique culture – comprised of long-time leaders who expect more from their career, and new team members who aren’t afraid to step up – consistently produces innovative solutions to the industry’s newest and most interesting challenges.
Here’s the bottom line: we’re confident in our people, and we give them the tools to ensure they are confident in themselves.
Below are some great opportunities for you to empower yourself. We’re confident you’ll make the right decision…
Want to learn more about working at Smith + Andersen?
Check out the flyers below to find out more about our history, work, engagement, and benefits:
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Current Positions
The Calgary office of Smith + Andersen is currently seeking a Senior Electrical Project Manager. This position has opportunities for growth in the short term. While everyone else is focused on their individual tasks, you’ve mapped out a detailed plan to achieve the larger goals.
View full Senior Project Manager - Electrical postingThe Vancouver office of Smith + Andersen is seeking a Proposal Specialist. You have direct experience working on proposals and meeting tight deadlines. You’re not afraid to ask questions and have proven yourself by delivering quality submissions. You enjoy taking on new challenges and efficiently get work done. You are looking for an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven work environment, collaborating with multiple offices, departments, and clients to assist the firm with securing new and continued business.
View full Proposal Specialist postingSmith and Andersen is seeking a National BIM Manager preferably to work out of the Toronto office. Revit is a revolutionary design tool, and you are eager to champion this design tool to a national, respected team of designers and engineers. As our National BIM Manager, you will manage a team of talented BIM Specialists and Technicians, dedicated to developing, maintaining, and updating company-wide Mechanical Electrical Plumbing (MEP), and Information Communication and Automation Technology (ICAT) BIM standards, workflows, documentation, and templates.
View full National BIM Manager postingThe Toronto office of Smith and Andersen is currently seeking a Mechanical Project Manager. You’re all about prioritization. While everyone else is focused on their individual tasks, you’ve got an eye on the larger goals, and have a detailed road map for how to meet those goals. When others work with you, they know that deadlines won’t slip and details won’t get missed. As a natural leader, you’re happiest when everyone is moving in the same direction, and you never hesitate to step up and get others the answers they need.
View full Project Manager - Mechanical, Tenant postingThe Kelowna office of Smith and Andersen is currently seeking an Electrical Project Manager. You’re all about prioritization. While everyone else is focused on their individual tasks, you’ve got an eye on the larger goals, and have a detailed road map for how to meet those goals. When others work with you, they know that deadlines won’t slip and details won’t get missed. As a natural leader, you’re happiest when everyone is moving in the same direction, and you never hesitate to step up and get others the answers they need.
View full Project Manager - Electrical postingThe Footprint team is currently seeking an Associate level Commissioning Consultant for the Toronto office. A natural leader, you are capable of defining the strategy for a new business unit and overseeing the delivery of commissioning services for a national firm. You are a respected commissioning expert, and a go-to when it comes to industry best practices. Adept at verifying and documenting the performance of building systems to meet clients’ functional criteria, you are passionate about clearly defining and meeting the operational needs of a building.
View full Associate - Footprint postingThe Halifax office of Smith + Andersen is currently seeking an experienced Mechanical or Electrical BIM Technician. You are qualified in contributing to the design of building services and possess excellent Revit modelling skills. You are a team player who is highly motivated with great communication skills. You will work under the direct supervision of a project engineer or designer and will have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of projects including healthcare, commercial, residential, education, and many others.
View full BIM Technician - Mechanical or Electrical postingThe Halifax office of Smith + Andersen is currently seeking a Mechanical Designer. You’re a trained engineer with a passion for mechanical building services design. You never shy away from a load calculation, and have the skills to produce drawings in Autodesk Revit. You enjoy taking on new challenges, but you’re most excited when you can buckle down and efficiently get work done. You’re not afraid to speak up and ask tough questions, and you pride yourself on your friendly yet direct communication skills.
View full Designer - Mechanical postingThe Toronto office of Smith and Andersen is currently seeking a strong Mechanical Project Manager for our Building Assessment and Improvement Group. You’re a trained mechanical building engineer and a proven multi-tasker. You’ve applied your expertise to a variety of project types and sizes, and are particularly interested in the long-term impact of building revitalization measures.
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Engagement
A bunch of people-pleasers (in a good way).
At Smith + Andersen, community building is inherent in everything we do. We regularly consult on recreation centres, schools, courthouses, hospitals – the building blocks of the communities in which we live. So it only seems right that we be active participants in these communities. This participation isn’t forced – we simply employ great people who keep coming up with new ways to get involved in their cities and neighbourhoods.
Below are a few of the ways in which our employees are actively engaged with people in the cities where they work, live, and play. This list is always expanding, so if you see there’s an opportunity for community engagement that’s missing, it’s probably best if you join our team and champion the initiative yourself:
- Ride for Heart (Toronto, ON)
- Eyeglass and clothing drives (All Offices)
- Movember (All Offices)
- CIBC Run for the Cure (Calgary)
- Calgary Corporate Challenge
- “Heatwave” Beach Volleyball for Sick Kids Hospital (Toronto)
- Smith + Andersen’s Annual EcoJam Benefit Concert (Toronto)
- “Find Christmas Downtown” (Calgary)
- Annual Picnics (All Offices)
- “20 Minute Makeover” Community Clean-Up Day (Toronto, Calgary)
While our people are constantly looking for new ways to make the world a better place, we’re encouraging our people to further their careers. Smith + Andersen leaders are actively engaged on numerous boards and professional organizations across the country. We never settle for innovation within our own company - we’re ambassadors for innovation throughout the engineering industry.
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Benefits
Just in it for the perks (as well as a great career).
What if you could work with (and for) people you actually like? Smith + Andersen is a place for knowledge sharing – peers, leaders, and support staff consistently go out of their way to help each other out. And if that’s what’s happening on our projects, you can imagine what the atmosphere in each of our offices is like…
Or, if you’d rather read than imagine, here are a few reasons why it’s fun to come to work every day when you work for Smith + Andersen:
- The People. They’re the ones you would actually want to have lunch / coffee / drinks with.
- The Projects. We’re talking big, exciting buildings, public spaces, and infrastructure that improves the communities in which we live.
- The Growth. You can grow as much as you want here, and we try to provide additional opportunities for you to learn and connect with your peers (e.g., Revit Summits, Weekly Conclaves, etc.).
- The Connections. Like many other companies, we have newsletters, town halls, and a constantly evolving intranet, but what makes a difference are the connections you’ll make with professionals at every level (across the country).
- The Odd Break. It’s a little thing, but when you work as hard as our people do, you look forward to breaks. We have regular social activities (often organized by our employees), including bowling nights, ski days, escape rooms, picnics, weekly breakfasts, and sailing days. But for those who are just looking for a bit of reprieve during the week, we do give employees the option to take Friday afternoons off. Every week. All year long.
In addition to a fantastic workplace, we offer our employees a full benefits package which includes:
- Health care insurance
- Dental care insurance
- Basic life insurance (employee and dependent child)
- Long Term Disability
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (AD + D)
- Retirement Savings
- Vacation
- Personal Days Off
- Transit Subsidy Program
Co-Op Program
It takes a community to raise a co-op.
At Smith + Andersen, our co-op program isn’t “just another thing we do” – it’s an integral part of who we are as a company. We’re committed to providing a culture of knowledge sharing – a place where people aren’t afraid to ask questions, but also aren’t afraid to put up their hand when they have the answer.
We know this takes a special kind of person, which is why we’ve made great strides to ensure we regularly seek out and welcome the best and the brightest. Attending career fairs across the country, we conduct on-campus, candid interviews with considered candidates. Additionally, Smith + Andersen has formed strong partnerships with elite post-secondary institutions across the country, a list that starts with the following but is always growing:
- University of Waterloo
- University of Guelph
- University of Toronto
- University of Victoria
- University of British Columbia
- British Columbia Institute of Technology
As a co-op at Smith + Andersen, you will be mentored by leaders in the industry, but you’ll also be expected to challenge yourself. You aren’t seen as a “student” – you’re seen as a junior member of the project team. It’s a big commitment to join our program, but that commitment is definitely reciprocated.
Wondering just what kind of commitment you can expect? Approximately 20% of the Associates and Principals who lead our teams across the country came up through the Smith + Andersen Co-op Program.
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