Intermediate Civil Engineer- Transportation

Job Description

We're looking for an Intermediate Civil Engineer - Transportation to join our growing Canadian Operations. This position will be based in our Whitby office, with opportunities for candidates located in Mississauga, Toronto, Markham, Waterloo, or St. Catharines. As part of the Civil Roads and Highways Team within our Design Delivery Organization (DDO), you will contribute to the design and delivery of transportation infrastructure projects throughout Ontario.

To be successful in this role, you will have at least six years of experience in the design and engineering of transportation infrastructure projects. You will bring strong technical capabilities in roadway design, grading and drainage design, municipal servicing, and transportation engineering design for a variety of highway, roadway, transit, and municipal infrastructure projects. You will work closely with multidisciplinary project teams, technical leads, designers, and regional teams across Ontario, Canada, North America, and GHD's global network.

In an ever-changing world, it requires creativity and innovation to stay ahead. We're seeking the curious, those who are stimulated by fresh thinking and a desire to shape our communities in new, positive ways. As part of a truly global team, working on complex and rewarding projects, you'll be at the forefront of driving change. See what the power of commitment can do for you.

Join us as we strive to create a sustainable future for our communities and the world we live in. Become part of our global network of skilled engineers, scientists, auditors, planners, and environmental specialists, all working together to leave this world better than we found it. Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• Developing civil and transportation engineering designs for roadway, highway, transit, rail, multimodal corridor, site grading, drainage, and municipal servicing projects.
• Preparing conceptual and detailed designs for new roads, highway improvements, roadway reconstruction, transit facilities, and linear infrastructure.
• Preparing transportation and civil engineering drawings, plans, profiles, sections, details, quantities, and supporting design documentation for transportation infrastructure projects.
• Supporting the development of roadway, grading, drainage, municipal servicing, and transportation infrastructure designs from concept through detailed design.
• Applying applicable codes, guidelines, and standards, including transportation geometric design guidance, Ontario Provincial Standard Specifications, Ontario Provincial Standard Drawings, and client-specific requirements.
• Supporting the preparation of technical memoranda, reports, specifications, scopes of work, cost estimates, schedules, and contract documents.
• Coordinating designs and providing technical direction to junior engineers, engineers-in-training, technicians, and design staff.
• Reviewing drawings, plans, and engineering deliverables for technical quality, standards compliance, constructability, and multidisciplinary coordination.
• Collaborating with civil, structural, drainage, geotechnical, environmental, electrical, and other engineering disciplines to produce high-quality project deliverables.
• Communicating regularly with project managers, technical leads, designers, and project team members to support the timely flow of information and achievement of project deadlines.
• Maintaining effective working relationships with clients, municipalities, transportation agencies, utility companies, subconsultants, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
• Interpreting geotechnical, hydrological, survey, and other technical information required to advance civil and transportation designs.
• Supporting transportation projects delivered through procurement models such as Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build.
• Contributing to project planning, design coordination, schedule development, budget monitoring, and the management of project deliverables.
• Supporting project managers and design leads with project planning, coordination, schedule development, and project delivery activities to gain exposure to project leadership responsibilities.
• Participating in design coordination meetings with clients, stakeholders, and multidisciplinary teams to develop communication, leadership, and project management skills.
• Assisting with the planning and coordination of engineering work packages, design reviews, and…