Senior Engineer, Design and Standards

Apply By: Friday, September 11, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

Standards and Contracts Branch, Highway Design Office

City:

Kingston, London, North Bay, St Catharines, Thunder Bay, Toronto

Your engineering skills and specialized knowledge of highway design and contract standards will make you a valuable team member of the Highway Design Office.

You will provide expert technical advice and undertake projects and investigations related to highway planning, design and engineering on a wide variety of provincial highways ranging from some of the busiest and most complex highways in the world to rural and remote low volume roads.

The Highway Design Office (HDO) is part of the Standards and Contracts Branch within the Ministry of Transportation. HDO is the ministry's technical authority for highway design standards, specifications, policies, and guidelines, and manages key provincial systems and services including the Ontario Provincial Standards Specifications (OPSS), Technical Consultation Portal (TCP), and Technical Publications (Tech Pubs).

As a member of HDO, you will have the opportunity to influence transportation infrastructure across the entire province, working at the intersection of engineering, policy, innovation, and public service. The office provides technical leadership in areas such as highway geometric design, drainage and hydrology, roadside safety, climate change adaptation, active transportation, landscape architecture, value engineering, standards development, digital modernization. Staff collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, municipalities, consultants, industry experts, and other government agencies to develop and implement solutions that shape how Ontario's highways are planned, designed, and delivered.

This position offers exposure to high-impact provincial initiatives, opportunities to provide technical leadership and expert advice, and the chance to contribute to standards, policies, guidelines, research, innovation, and continuous improvement initiatives that support a safe, sustainable, and resilient transportation system for Ontarians.

In this position, you will:

• provide expert advice on geometric design and roadside safety design and products
• develop new highway design, geometric and roadside safety standards and the improvement of existing standards
• develop design aids such as templates, tables and software systems and coordinate the documentation and implementation of new highway design and roadside safety standards
• manage project teams and lead the evaluation and selection of technical consultants and administer consultant assignments
• investigate, review and analyse geometric features and roadside safety devices at accident locations

• You are licensed with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) or You currently have accreditation as a Professional Engineer in a Canadian Province or Territory, and you will obtain a Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) license as a condition of accepting this position.
• You possess a valid driver's license or equivalent, as recognized by the province of Ontario.

• advanced knowledge of theories and practices of highway design and engineering, with a specialization in geometric design and/or roadside safety design
• good knowledge of MTO design practices and processes including CDED, design criteria and engineering memorandum
• knowledge of technologies and innovations in the highway design and roadside safety field to analyze, evaluate and substantiate data and reports
• knowledge of evaluation principles to plan and conduct evaluation studies in the development, improvement and implementation of highway design, drainage and roadside safety standards, policies and procedures
• good knowledge of specification and policy development and documentation
• good knowledge of project management, consultant management, and the ministry's organization, programs, policies and administrative procedures

• strong written communication skills required to prepare reports, directives, manuals, policies, specifications, engineering memorandum and training
• strong oral communication skills to plan objectives solicit input, deliver recommendations, provide expert advice and deliver training
• strong interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships at all levels within and outside the provincial government

• You possess analytical skills to assess changes to external factors, such as vehicle designs to determine their compatibility with geometric design and roadside safety standards
• You have the ability to evaluate geometric, drainage and safety features of highways to create data and reports
• You have strong analytical skills to evaluate problems, engineering data, recommendations, and determine related implications to suggest alternatives and identify cost effective and practical…