Senior Engineer, Projects

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Join to apply for the Senior Engineer, Projects role at Ontario Ministry of Transportation/ Ministère des Transports de l’Ontario

Are you a results-oriented professional with a passion for highway engineering projects? If so, bring your project management skills and transportation planning, design and construction knowledge to this exciting role.

About Us:

The Project Delivery Section is responsible for the delivery of many engineering services and products. Staffed by engineers, project managers, technicians and support personnel, the Project Delivery Section holds the primary responsibility for the design of highway rehabilitation, highway expansion, and safety related projects to meet current and future needs of the travelling public.

As a Project Engineer in the Project Deliver Section you will be focused on managing detail design and contract package preparation engineering assignments. The Project Engineer ensures construction contracts are delivered on time for tender in the scheduled construction year while also ensuring the proposed construction site is free of any encumbrances (e.g. utilities, archaeological sites, soil contamination, etc.) that could inhibit construction.

A Project Engineer uses foresight and judgement to proactively identify actions to be taken to successfully deliver projects, this includes identifying when to seek input from project team members, colleagues, senior staff and management. By progressing through increasingly complex projects, as well as formal and informal training opportunities, Project Engineers will be provided ample opportunity to master their project management and engineering skills.

In the Project Delivery Section the Project Engineer fulfils a dual role of being the Project Manager for multi-disciplinary project teams as well being the Highway Engineering specialist within the project team, as such, highway engineering knowledge and experience is imperative, including knowledge of geometric design of highways, design of active transportation facilities, and roadside safety analysis and design.

About the job

in this role, you will:

• Manage the timely delivery of complex planning and design projects undertaken both in-house and by external consultants

• Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary project teams for preliminary and detailed design of highway improvements

• Interact with ministry management, municipalities, external agencies and the public

• Provide engineering and technical advice and direction to design staff, management, consultants and construction staff

• Protect ministry interests on land development proposals adjacent to transportation corridors

What you bring to the team

Mandatory requirements

• You are a Professional Engineer, licensed with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).

• The positions require the successful candidates to have a valid class G driver's licence or equivalent. The offer of employment is conditional upon the successful candidates providing proof that they have a valid driver's licence upon being hired.

Technical Knowledge:

• Knowledge theories, principles and practices of civil engineering related to highway engineering to provide engineering, technical and administrative guidance on transportation in-house and external consultant projects.

• Working knowledge of related fields including geotechnical, pavement design, structural, drainage, surveys, electrical, traffic, construction practices

• Knowledge of consultant management principles and procedures to coordinate and oversee the acquisition, monitoring and evaluation of service providers in the delivery of engineering assignments.

• Knowledge of related legislative acts such as Environmental Assessment Act, Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act and Drainage Act to ensure adherence of designs.

Communication, Presentation and Relationship-Building

Skills:

You have:

• Communication and presentation skills to make presentations and represent the ministry on engineering and technical matters.

• Relationship-building skills to establish…