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About the Role

Lead highway engineering assignments and contribute to the growth of our transportation practice across Ontario. This role focuses on technical expertise and project leadership, delivering preliminary and detailed design assignments for MTO transportation projects, and supporting client relationships, proposals, and business development activities.

Responsibilities

Lead the highway engineering components of MTO transportation projects from functional studies, preliminary design through detailed design and construction administration.
Act as the technical lead for highway assignments, ensuring project requirements, milestones, budgets and quality objectives are achieved.
Manage highway engineering design for multidisciplinary projects involving the rehabilitation, replacement, widening and expansion of highways and freeways.
Coordinate engineers, designers, technical specialists, subcontractors and other project team members across multidisciplinary assignments.
Support the Project Manager in liaising with MTO and other stakeholders, maintaining effective communication and resolving technical and project-related challenges.
Support the development of project plans, schedules, budgets, resource requirements and risk management strategies.
Proactively identify potential technical and project risks and develop practical solutions to minimize delays, cost impacts and rework.
Coordinate and Monitor to the successful completion of field investigations, geometric design, grading design, roadside safety design, drainage design, storm sewer design, pavement marking and signage design, complex construction staging, traffic management, roadway modelling, quantity estimating, utility coordination, contract drawing preparation, contract document preparation, construction cost estimate development and construction liaison activities.
Integrate MTO active transportation plans and standards into project designs.
Prepare and review technical reports and client documentation, ensuring technical excellence and quality assurance of project tasks and deliverables.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and design specialists.
Contribute to business development activities, including proposal preparation, project methodology development, work programs, schedules and budgets.
Participate in client meetings, presentations and discussions supporting long-term MTO and provincial transportation relationships.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, with experience in transportation or highway engineering.
Professional Engineer designation and registration with Professional Engineers Ontario P.Eng.
10 or more years of relevant experience in highway or transportation engineering and project management.
Solid experience in MTO preliminary and/or detailed design.
Strong knowledge of MTO standards and policies, as well as the transportation infrastructure needs of the province.
Advanced knowledge of highway engineering theories, principles, legislation, regulations and technology, including highway design, construction, maintenance, traffic operations, contract delivery and oversight.
Experience acting as a technical lead or project engineer on multidisciplinary transportation projects.
Excellent written and verbal communication, coordination, organizational and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage simultaneously multiple assignments and coordinate deliverables within established schedules and budgets.
Experience with other transportation agencies or public-sector transportation clients is considered an asset.

Skills

Highway engineering
Project management
MTO project and design experience
Technical leadership
Multidisciplinary project coordination
Client relationship management
Proposal development
Business development
Geometric design
Grading design
Roadside safety design
Drainage design
Storm sewer design
Pavement marking and signage design
Construction staging
Traffic management
Roadway modelling
Quantity estimating
Utility coordination
Contract drawing preparation
Contract document preparation
Construction cost estimate development
Construction liaison
MTO active transportation plans and standards integration
Technical report preparation
Client documentation
Technical guidance
Mentorship
Communication
Coordination
Organization
Problem-solving

Location

Eastern Canada Region
Ontario

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
10 or more years of relevant experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Salary/Compensations

$129,100 - $179,100

Benefits

Health
Vision
Dental
Employer paid provincial care premiums
Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP)
Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)
Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Life insurance
Paid time off
Sick leave
All province observed holidays off
Gym membership discounts

About the Company

Parsons is a global company that designs and delivers critical infrastructure connecting and protecting communities. They work in collaborative teams to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure, focusing on projects that improve communities, enhance quality of life, promote economic growth, increase mobility, and boost sustainability and resiliency. They foster an innovative culture that empowers employees to achieve their full potential.

Equal Opportunity

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for indigenous peoples, women, individuals with disabilities, and visible minorities.