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Alston is committed to developing and maintaining our team of dedicated, qualified and engaged personnel. Our staff are our most valuable resource and a key reason for our success. Fostering an atmosphere where people want to come to work and where they enjoy what they do allows us to provide the high quality services and products for which we are known.

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Alston selectively hires individuals who are looking for a career, rather than just a job and develops long-term relationships with all of our team members. Our employees are motivated people who want to continually improve their work experience and enhance the service we provide to our clients. We are looking for people who take pride in their work, want to learn and are seeking to grow both professionally and personally.

On our part, we foster an informal and friendly work environment and culture. Management is accessible to all levels of staff, and teamwork is valued above self-promotion, training and continuing education are available to everyone and employee development is a priority upon hiring. We provide the opportunity to work on a variety of projects for various clients by assigning resources on a project specific basis. We offer a compensation package that is amongst the best in the industry.

Alston takes great pride in the fact that the majority of our staff has been a part of the Alston family for more than a decade.

If you would like to join our team, please submit your detailed resume for consideration to alston.associates@alston.ca.

Due to the volume of resumes received we will only respond to successful candidates. Thank you for your interest.

Building Sciences Leader – Toronto Office

Alston Associates, the geotechnical division of Terrapex Environmental Ltd., is searching for an experienced Building Sciences Engineer to start up, develop and manage a Building Sciences Division, and expand the overall services provided by the Terrapex/Alston Team.

The successful candidate will be able to provide building sciences services on a variety of projects, working out of our existing office in Toronto, and will be able to preform the following tasks:

- Building envelope inspection and testing for residential, commercial and industrial buildings (roofing, curtain wall and balcony, windows and skylights, cladding, air & vapor barrier, sealants, waterproofing, damp proofing, precast, structural steel, fireproofing, etc.);
- Building Restoration and Condition Assessment;;
- Reserve Fund Studies;
- Due diligence building condition surveys;
- Construction Audits and Performance Audits;

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

- establishing and managing a Building Sciences Division;
- providing field inspection and testing services;
- preparation of technical proposals and reports;
- recruiting and training intermediate junior Building Sciences staff;
- training geotechnical and environmental staff to carry out building sciences testing and inspection;
- development and maintenance of client relationships; and
- managing staff and resource allocation within the Building Sciences Division.

Requirements and Experience:

- degree from an accredited university in Building Sciences or Civil Engineering;
- registered as a Professional Engineer with Professional Engineers Ontario;
- a minimum of 10 years of diverse building sciences experience;
- strong technical and project management skills;
- superior verbal and written communication skills; and
- valid Driver’s License.

Successful candidate will also possess:

- Entrepreneurial spirit with previous business development experience;
- Energetic, self motivated, results-oriented go-getter;
- Composed, confident demeanour, comfortable in a variety of settings (e.g. clients, contractors, technical staff, executives);
- Flexible, responsive can-do attitude, with willingness to take on wide scope of responsibilities to build Building Sciences business;

Salary: Dependent on experience, education and performance. Group benefits package, group RRSP plan.

Start Date: Flexible

Please email resumes to Vic Nersesian at v.nersesian@alston.ca.
While we appreciate the interest of all applicants only those candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted.

Geotechnical Engineer – Ottawa Office

Alston Associates, the geotechnical division of Terrapex Environmental Ltd., is searching for an intermediate Geotechnical Engineer to provide geotechnical engineering services on a variety of projects including transportation, land development, terrain, residential/commercial/industrial projects, and material inspection and testing services in the Ottawa region, working out of Terrapex’s branch office in Ottawa.

The position will report to the Vice President of Alston in Toronto. Technical and administrative support will be provided by Alston geotechnical staff in Toronto, and by the Terrapex Office Branch Manager in Ottawa. The successful candidate will be responsible for:p>

- preparation of technical proposals and reports;
- management and performance of geotechnical investigations;
- laboratory testing of soils and granular materials;
- providing field inspection and testing services;
- training junior geotechnical engineering staff as the office grows;
- assisting in the maintenance and development of client relationships in the Ottawa area.

The successful candidate must have the following skills and qualifications:

- - - - degree from an accredited university in Geological, Geotechnical, or Civil (geotechnical option) Engineering;
      - registered or eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer with Professional Engineers Ontario;
      - a minimum of 5 years of diverse geotechnical engineering and inspection and testing experience;
      - strong technical and project management skills;
      - good oral and written communication in addition to administrative skills;
      - valid Driver’s License; and
      - knowledge of local geotechnical conditions and the regional market.

Experience in environmental engineering and the ability to speak French would be assets.