Ottawa Highway Design Lead – Multidisciplinary Projects

Egis in Canada; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Egis Canada is seeking an experienced MTO Highway Design Lead based in Ottawa, Ontario. You will manage multidisciplinary highway and bridge design projects for the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, providing technical leadership and ensuring compliance with standards.

Ideal candidates have 10–15 years in transportation engineering within a consulting setting, P.Eng., and strong skills in planning, design oversight, and stakeholder coordination.

Qualifications

• University degree in Civil Engineering.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
• 10 to 15 years of progressive experience in highway design and project management.
• Experience delivering highway and transportation projects within a consulting engineering environment.
• Strong knowledge of Highway and Transportation Engineering principles, policies, regulations, guidelines, and procedures.
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary highway and bridge design assignments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Project Manager and Highway Design Lead for multidisciplinary highway and bridge design projects delivered for MTO.
• Lead planning, design, coordination, and delivery of freeways, highways, interchanges, intersections, and related infrastructure.
• Provide technical leadership and design oversight across all project stages and constructability concerns.
• Ensure designs comply with MTO standards, specifications, manuals, and QA/QC requirements.
• Coordinate preparation, review, and submission of design packages, drawings, reports, specs, and deliverables.
• Coordinate interfaces across highway, structural, drainage, utilities, traffic, electrical, geotechnical, environmental disciplines.
• Partner with MTO, municipalities, utilities, contractors, consultants, and project partners.
• Monitor scope, schedule, budget, risks; implement corrective actions as needed.
• Mentor engineers and designers; provide technical guidance.
• Support proposal development, work planning, and fee estimates.
• Identify and manage technical and delivery risks.

Skills

Project management

Highway design

Stakeholder coordination

Analytical thinking

Team mentorship

Education

University degree in Civil Engineering

Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)

Job description

Egis Canada is seeking an experienced MTO Highway Design Lead based in Ottawa, Ontario. You will manage multidisciplinary highway and bridge design projects for the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, providing technical leadership and ensuring compliance with standards.

Ideal candidates have 10–15 years in transportation engineering within a consulting setting, P.Eng., and strong skills in planning, design oversight, and stakeholder coordination.