Engineering Associate - Early Professional Experience Required

Environment, Conservation and Parks | Environnement, Protection de la nature et Parcs; Toronto; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel opportunities

Relocation assistance

Professional development

Job summary

Ontario Public Service’s Ministry of Transportation is offering an Engineering Associate position for early-career professionals pursuing P.Eng. designation, with rotations across Ontario locations such as Kingston, London, North Bay, North York, St. Catharines, Thunder Bay, and Toronto.

You will gain the remaining 12–18 months of experience toward PEO licensure under mentorship, taking on progressively challenging projects in design, construction and asset management.

Qualifications

• CEAB-accredited engineering degree or PEO-recognized program prior to 2024.
• Be within 12–18 months of applying for P.Eng with PEO; meet other requirements.
• Valid driver’s license or equivalent as recognized in Ontario.

Responsibilities

• Gain the remaining 12–18 months experience required for P.Eng accreditation.
• Progress in your career while taking on increasingly challenging projects.

Skills

Geotechnical

Traffic management

Transportation

Structural

Construction

Materials engineering

Education

CEAB accredited engineering degree

Recognized by PEO list (pre-2024)

Job description

Apply By:Monday, October 26, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

Engineering Associate - Early Professional Experience Required

Transportation Infrastructure Management Division, Design and Engineering Branch and Standards and Contracts Branch and Major Highways Projects Division

City

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

Jump-start your engineering career at the Ministry of Transportation by taking pride in strengthening Ontario, its places, and its people!

About the program

Please note: This opportunity is designed for early-career engineering professionals who graduated more than two years ago and are progressing toward their P.Eng. designation. This is not a new graduate role.

Whether in Thunder Bay located on the north shore of Lake Superior, under the protective watch of the Sleeping Giant, nestled by Lake Nipissing in North Bay , in London , nick-named Forest City for its 7 million trees, in Canada's first capital of Kingston , in St. Catharines , nick-named Garden City or in Toronto , a part of the multicultural and diverse neighbourhoods of Canada's largest city, numerous opportunities are available.

The ministry provides exciting opportunities for goal-orientated, proactive problem-solvers, seeking rewarding engineering careers, working with leading edge technology, and making meaningful contributions towards the planning, design, engineering, construction, asset management and maintenance and operation of Ontario's provincial transportation infrastructure.

We offer formal and informal learning and development opportunities where you will be working exclusively in Engineering Project Delivery supporting in-house or outsourced project management, preliminary design and detail design functions under the supervision and mentorship of professional engineers.

About the job

In this position, you will:

• Gain the remaining 12-18 months experience you require to obtain your Professional Engineering accreditation.
• Progress in your career while taking on increasingly challenging projects.

NOTE

• This position requires regular independent business travel within a region, to various job sites, and potentially across the province for professional development, meetings and training.
• Work-related travel expenses, and if required, assignment specific relocation costs and temporary living expenditures will be covered by the Ministry of Transportation for the duration of the rotational assignment and in accordance with the Ontario Public Service's Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses Directive.

Please Note

We are offering positions at different locations across the province determined based on operational needs. Please indicate below in the pre-screening questions which location(s) you are applying for.

Mandatory requirements

• You must have completed a bachelor's degree in an engineering program accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) or a bachelor's degree on Professional Engineers Ontario's Recognized Programs List prior to 2024, supplemented by having completed a technical exam program (if required) prior to submitting your job application for this position.
• This degree will have provided you with knowledge in geotechnical, traffic management, transportation, structural, construction and/or materials engineering specialties to qualify for the technical and educational requirements for professional licensing with Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO).
• You must be within 12-18 months of applying for your P. Eng license with PEO, on track to meet all PEO's application requirements , except for the full experience requirement.
• A valid driver's license or equivalent as recognized by the province of Ontario.

Analytical, Problem-Solving Skills and Judgement

• You are able to interpret data from a variety of sources, apply design, and resolve problems that arise during construction.
• You are able to contribute to the development of innovative design, construction staging and foresee adverse impacts of designs.
• You are able to analyze relationships among several parts of a problem or situation and make causal links.
• You are able to draw on your own experience, knowledge, and expertise to provide the best response in a critical or urgent situation.

Communication Skills

• You have oral communication and active listening skills to explain complex policies, procedures and techniques, to help ensure information is understood.
• You have written communication skills to accurately document information and prepare reports.
• You have written and oral communication skills to prepare and present presentation material related to the engineering aspects of a project.

Relationship Management Skills

• You are able to develop and maintain harmonious relationships, with diverse internal and external clients and respond in an appropriate and professional manner.
• You are able to establish mutual trust and credibility with colleagues and team members.
• You are able to support team successes and work to resolve issues or concerns by promoting the expression of diverse points of view.

Organizational Skills

• You can set work priorities and allocate your own time and that of other resources to achieve project objectives.
• You are able to monitor progress towards deliverables and make specific changes in own work processes to meet business objectives and/or improve performance.

Concern for Quality and Standards

• You have integrity to ensure your actions are consistent with organizational values, policies and codes of conduct.
• You are able to monitor and evaluate work quality and processes against policies, standards and regulations.

Technical Knowledge

• You have knowledge in geotechnical, traffic management, transportation, structural, construction and/or materials engineering specialties.

Don't meet every qualification?

If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

• diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• accessibility
• Anti-Racism Policy

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Language requirements and assessment: All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.