Electrical Technologist - Traffic Signal

Systra; Toronto; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA Canada is seeking a Lighting/Signal Design Engineer to contribute to the successful design, production, coordination and management of Lighting/ signal design projects.

You will develop lighting systems designs in AutoCAD and Civil 3D such as layout, single line diagrams, wiring schematics, photometric layouts, grounding details, prepare and review wire sizing, voltage drop and conduit capacity calculations.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience in Illumination Design / Traffic Signal Design.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or college diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology.
• Proficient in Civil 3D or AutoCAD.

Responsibilities

• Preparing engineering drawings using CAD software and supporting calculations.
• Designing traffic signalization and street lighting systems for municipal or provincial projects.
• Reading and interpreting engineering drawings and specifications.
• Generating drawings in various formats for approval and use by project stakeholders.
• Understanding electrical distributions systems to design and modify drawings.
• Performing project administration functions including drawing distribution and coordination with stakeholders.
• Maintaining project information, drawings, files, spreadsheets, and records.
• Attending design and project coordination meetings as required.
• Summarizing parts and materials from available literature and databases.
• Performing subdivision inspections for assumption reviews.
• Performing contract administration functions including tender, award, quantity review, completion, and assumption work.
• Working occasional evenings or weekends to meet deadlines.
• Performing miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

Illumination Design / Traffic Signal

Autodesk AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Electrical Engineering Technology diploma

Tools

Civil 3D

AutoCAD

Job description

SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures. SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway.

Understand better who we are by visiting www.systracanada.com.

Context

In this role you will contribute to the successful design, production, coordination and management of Lighting/ signal design projects. You will develop lighting systems designs in AutoCAD and/or Civil 3D such as layout, single line diagrams, wiring schematics, photometric layouts, grounding details, prepare and review wire sizing, voltage drop and conduit capacity calculations. You will also be responsible for coordinating utilities for electrical infrastructure and transportation-related design and construction projects along with preparing technical reports, tender items, and providing field support such as commissioning and site inspections.

Missions/Main Duties

• Preparing engineering drawings using computer-aided design software and supporting calculations and documentation.
• Designing traffic signalization and street lighting systems for municipal or provincial projects.
• Readingandinterpretingengineeringdrawingsandspecifications.
• Generatingdrawingsinvariousformatsforapprovalandusebyprojectstakeholders.
• Understandingelectricaldistributionsystemstodesignandmodifydrawings.
• Performingprojectadministrationfunctionssuchasdrawingdistributionandmanagement,coordination,andcommunicationwithprojectstakeholders.
• Maintainingprojectinformation,drawings,files,spreadsheets,andrecords.
• Attendingdesignandprojectcoordinationmeetingsasrequired.
• Summarizingpartsandmaterialsfromavailableliteratureanddatabases.
• Performingsubdivisioninspectionsforassumptionreviews.
• Performingcontractadministrationfunctionsincludingtender,award,quantityreview,completion,andassumptionwork.
• Workingoccasionaleveningsorweekendstomeetdeadlines.
• Performingmiscellaneousjob-relateddutiesasassigned.

Profile/Skills

• 3 to 5 years experience focused on Illumination Design / Traffic Signal Design
• Bachelor degree on Electrical Engineering or College diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology
• Proficient in Civil 3D or AutoCAD.

Salary Range - CAD 70,000 - 85,000

SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values applications from all and offers employment equity based on the merits and abilities of candidates and personnel.

Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.

We use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment platform (iCIMS) for tasks like resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all applications are reviewed by a human recruiter, and final decisions are made by our hiring team.

For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact [e-mail].

Workplace Type

Remote