Senior Project Engineer -Transportation

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Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for a Senior Project Engineer - Transportation to join our growing Canadian Operations. To be successful, you must have a minimum of 10+ years of experience in transportation engineering, design and design coordination on large scale transportation projects including highways, roads, transit, and multi-modal infrastructure (LRT/BRT). The Senior Project Engineer will cooperate and work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, regional team leads across Ontario, Canada, North America and GHD’s global network.

Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• Leading and developing transportation engineering design for roadway, highway and freeway projects, and/or multi-modal corridors including median LRT/BRT
• Coordinating the preparation of civil deliverables, drawings and details from conception to final design in a 3D modelling environment such as Civil 3D, according to established standards and procedures for a wide variety of projects.
• Being able to lead a small team of engineers and/or designers to drive design phases and implement design standards on transportation infrastructure projects of high complexity.
• Mentoring and supervising junior and developing EIT’s and Technicians, fostering a team approach
• Reviewing and overseeing the preparation of models and drawings and working together with other Engineers and Designers to develop detailed drawings, quantities and various supporting documents including technical memos, specifications, contract documents etc. completing assignments with minimal guidance
• Collaborating with other engineering disciplines and design staff in the production of high-quality project deliverables
• Communicating with other discipline leads, designers, and project team members on a regular basis to ensure effective and timely flow of project information to meet scheduled deadlines. Ensuring that project design solutions are delivered to the highest standards and meet program and budgetary constraints
• Maintaining contact with sub-consultants, municipalities, utility companies and clients
• Overseeing the preparation of reports, and contract documents for review agencies, clients, and the public
• Working in various procurement environments such as Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build projects
• Adhering to GHD BIM and Quality standards and procedures and implementing compliance on project level
• Participating, when required, in advancement of GHD Standard Civil/Transportation Details including the promotion of changes and updates to tools and methods, assisting with training development and lessons learned exercises.
• Various opportunities for career development in either a design lead, design management, or project management role as well as potential future opportunities for direct supervision of staff

• Engineering Solutions Design:
  Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
• Engineering Standards Specification:
  Contribute to the analysis of information, the drafting of engineering standards and specifications, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
• Project Management:
  Deliver small- or medium-scale projects while working within an established program management plan.
• Process Design Engineering:
  Analyze information and specify the methods and process steps, as well as the plant, machinery, and equipment, required to design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes and process systems to deliver the end product within specified cost and…