Job Description
Location: Burnaby, BC
Reports to: Program Manager, Transportation
Job Posting#: 174
Application Deadline: Friday, March 13, 2026
Reporting to the Program Manager, Transportation, the Transportation Electrical Co-op Student is primarily responsible for designing and drafting streetlighting and traffic signals infrastructure. This role is open to students available for an 8, 12, or 16-month term starting in May 2026
Applications should include a short cover letter and current transcript.
Responsibilities:
Assist in the design of Streetlighting and Traffic Signal infrastructure for land development, municipal, and provincial projects in a variety of jurisdictions.
Learn to interpret and apply relevant Streetlighting and Traffic Signal standards across multiple municipalities.
Drafting streetlighting and traffic signal drawings using AutoCAD.
Participate in weekly team meetings to ensure project deadlines are met.
Review 3rd party drawings such as civil, architectural, landscape, and on-site electrical to coordinate and eliminate design conflicts.
Conduct Field Reviews of new installations.
Review as-built markups to ensure substantial compliance with the original design and completing Record Drawings.
Create various tools to standardize and streamline processes for the team within Excel.
Other duties as required by senior engineering staff, including contract administration.
Qualifications:
Successful completion of at least one year of an engineering program at an accredited university or college (electrical or civil preferred)
Experience with AutoCAD and Microsoft Office 365 Suite
Familiarization with AGI32 and IES/TAC lighting standards would be an asset.
Additional Assets:
Great interpersonal skills with the ability to develop business relationships conducted in a professional manner.
Strong collaborative skills and willingness to liaise with other roles (project managers, designers, drafters, materials and construction vendors, survey, and marketing) to ensure projects are accurate, compliant, on-time and on budget.
Demonstrated problem-solving ability, self-motivation, and drive for improvement.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities concurrently.
Salary Range: $23.00 – $27.00 per hour
ABOUT US
Primary Engineering and Construction Corporation (Primary) is a growth-oriented industry leader providing professional electrical engineering and construction services and specializing in emerging marketplaces in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan.
We offer design and design/build services for all types of electric utility distribution infrastructure to a wide variety of clients including electric utility companies, developers, builders, commercial and industrial businesses, oil companies, government, and private contractors. Our devotion to excellence has attracted some of the best young professional minds to our company.
Primary is the proud recipient of EHRC's Workplace Culture Innovator Award, recognizing our commitment to fostering a health, inclusive, and positive work environment.
Primary is recognized
by The Career Directory
for excellence in graduate recruitment.
GOOD PEOPLE committed to progress
Primary is committed to growing the careers of our people. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to determine their career path and fulfill their ambitions. Our people are genuine, honest, accountable and full of entrepreneurial spirit.
We work hard, see the big picture, are always ready and willing to adapt, and always strive to be better than we were yesterday. We take pride and ownership in everything we do, and most of all, we do it as a team.
HEALTH & SAFETY
The safety and well-being of our people, our clients, and our communities is our top priority in any work we do and is never comprised. Safety is one of the core values that every member of our team understands and lives by, and we ensure this through communication, education and participation. Our safety goal has always been zero incidents, and we work together through every project to achieve that goal.
Safety is ingrained in every project and each task our employees and contractors complete, whether in the office or onsite. Primary has developed effective workplace health and safety management programs designed to reduce and eliminate the number of work-related injuries, leading to a safety track record well above industry average. We are also diligent in selecting the companies we work with, choosing only those with a safety standard as high as our own.
Reports to: Program Manager, Transportation
Job Posting#: 174
Application Deadline: Friday, March 13, 2026
Reporting to the Program Manager, Transportation, the Transportation Electrical Co-op Student is primarily responsible for designing and drafting streetlighting and traffic signals infrastructure. This role is open to students available for an 8, 12, or 16-month term starting in May 2026
Applications should include a short cover letter and current transcript.
Responsibilities:
Assist in the design of Streetlighting and Traffic Signal infrastructure for land development, municipal, and provincial projects in a variety of jurisdictions.
Learn to interpret and apply relevant Streetlighting and Traffic Signal standards across multiple municipalities.
Drafting streetlighting and traffic signal drawings using AutoCAD.
Participate in weekly team meetings to ensure project deadlines are met.
Review 3rd party drawings such as civil, architectural, landscape, and on-site electrical to coordinate and eliminate design conflicts.
Conduct Field Reviews of new installations.
Review as-built markups to ensure substantial compliance with the original design and completing Record Drawings.
Create various tools to standardize and streamline processes for the team within Excel.
Other duties as required by senior engineering staff, including contract administration.
Qualifications:
Successful completion of at least one year of an engineering program at an accredited university or college (electrical or civil preferred)
Experience with AutoCAD and Microsoft Office 365 Suite
Familiarization with AGI32 and IES/TAC lighting standards would be an asset.
Additional Assets:
Great interpersonal skills with the ability to develop business relationships conducted in a professional manner.
Strong collaborative skills and willingness to liaise with other roles (project managers, designers, drafters, materials and construction vendors, survey, and marketing) to ensure projects are accurate, compliant, on-time and on budget.
Demonstrated problem-solving ability, self-motivation, and drive for improvement.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities concurrently.
Salary Range: $23.00 – $27.00 per hour
ABOUT US
Primary Engineering and Construction Corporation (Primary) is a growth-oriented industry leader providing professional electrical engineering and construction services and specializing in emerging marketplaces in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan.
We offer design and design/build services for all types of electric utility distribution infrastructure to a wide variety of clients including electric utility companies, developers, builders, commercial and industrial businesses, oil companies, government, and private contractors. Our devotion to excellence has attracted some of the best young professional minds to our company.
Primary is the proud recipient of EHRC's Workplace Culture Innovator Award, recognizing our commitment to fostering a health, inclusive, and positive work environment.
Primary is recognized
by The Career Directory
for excellence in graduate recruitment.
GOOD PEOPLE committed to progress
Primary is committed to growing the careers of our people. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to determine their career path and fulfill their ambitions. Our people are genuine, honest, accountable and full of entrepreneurial spirit.
We work hard, see the big picture, are always ready and willing to adapt, and always strive to be better than we were yesterday. We take pride and ownership in everything we do, and most of all, we do it as a team.
HEALTH & SAFETY
The safety and well-being of our people, our clients, and our communities is our top priority in any work we do and is never comprised. Safety is one of the core values that every member of our team understands and lives by, and we ensure this through communication, education and participation. Our safety goal has always been zero incidents, and we work together through every project to achieve that goal.
Safety is ingrained in every project and each task our employees and contractors complete, whether in the office or onsite. Primary has developed effective workplace health and safety management programs designed to reduce and eliminate the number of work-related injuries, leading to a safety track record well above industry average. We are also diligent in selecting the companies we work with, choosing only those with a safety standard as high as our own.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Transportation Electrical Co-op Student position is now open for candidates interested in the Mechanic Jobs sector. This role in Burnaby offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Mechanic Jobs is a plus.
