Senior Engineer, Civil and Guideway

City of Ottawa; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 102,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Ottawa is seeking a Senior Engineer to manage the Rail Construction Program's infrastructure projects. The role involves overseeing design processes and ensuring compliance with municipal standards, supporting the transformation of Ottawa’s Light Rail Transit systems. Candidates should possess a degree in engineering, substantial experience in municipal projects, and a Professional Engineer license.

Qualifications

• Completion of 4-year degree in Engineering or Applied Science.
• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in municipal infrastructure.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of civil and guideway infrastructures for Light Rail Transit projects.
• Undertake design and review processes ensuring compliance with standards.
• Manage project risks and resolve issues for timely delivery.

Skills

Project Management

Engineering Design

Budgeting

Public Consultation

Conflict Resolution

Education

4-year degree in Engineering

Job description

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Requisition ID: 17968
Department: Transit Services Dept.
Service: Rail Construction Program Service
Branch:Rail Infrastructure Branch
Employment Type: 1 Full-time Temporary-Up to 2 years
Work Hours: 35.00hours per week
Affiliation: CIPP
Salary Information: $102,307.66- $124,480.72 annually (2025 rates of pay)
Location:Gillin Building,141 Laurier Avenue
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Engineering
Application Close:20/06/2025

JOB SUMMARY

The mandate of the Rail Construction Program is to transform, develop, grow, and sustain Ottawa’s Light Rail Transit Systems as a component of the City of Ottawa’s overall transportation and mobility strategy. The Senior Engineer will help to manage the City of Ottawa’s oversight of the Stage 2 Light Rail Transit (LRT) multimillion dollar P3 project.

The Senior Engineer will be responsible for managing the delivery of the civil & guideway infrastructures for Confederation Line East and West and the Trillium Line South extensions. Responsibilities include:

•Undertaking design and review process, ensuring designs are in accordance with applicable Codes, Standards and Project Agreement requirements
•Facilitating design-review process with multi-discipline internal and external subject matter experts and other stakeholders
•Managing and liaising with City and external asset owners for NMI (New Municipal Infrastructures) and 3rd party new infrastructures documentation and hand-over review process
•Managing City and 3rd party asset owners (AMS, MTO, NCC, etc.) design-review comments and coordinating the proponent for comment resolution process
•Managing issues, risks, and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery
•Managing and assisting in reviewing non-compliance reports (NCR) with internal and external subject matter experts
•Assisting in public consultations regarding civil & guideway concerns
•Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Completion of 4 year degree in Engineering or Applied Science

Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in the planning, design and construction of municipal infrastructure, including a minimum of 5 years of project management experience

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES

Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)

KNOWLEDGE

• Engineering planning, design, operations and construction/rehabilitation of municipal structures, infrastructure and utilities
• Related federal, provincial and engineering legislation, regulations, standards, codes and by-laws pertaining to environmental impact assessment, building, fire, health and safety, construction process
• Processes for conducting and analysing environmental impact assessments
• Principles of project management, including cost containment/control and reporting
• Process for developing Request for Qualifications & Requests for Proposals, including acceptance, review and selection of consulting engineers
• Processes for tendering and contracting work
• Computer applications in an engineering environment pertaining to municipal design, project management, spreadsheet, word processing, e-mail and use of the Intra-Internets
• Protocols for responding to senior management/councillor inquiries, conducting public consultation and preparing reports, briefing notes, other communiqués
• Must possess the training, experience and knowledge to organize the work and its performance
• Must be familiar with all applicable health and safety legislation, have knowledge of any potential or actual danger to health or safety in the work place, and have knowledge of appropriate actions to be taken in order to ensure the health and safety of staff in accordance with applicable legislation and city policies and procedures

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Manage concurrent complex, multi-million dollar and often highly sensitive projects and bring the projects to completion according to schedule and within budget
• Manage activities of technical staff, consultants, contractors, and co-ordinate activities with other levels of governments and external agencies/utilities
• Prepare formal RFQ’s and RFP’s; review, analyze and recommend acceptance of proposals from consulting engineering firms
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing to internal councillor inquiries and inquiries/complaints from the general public and to present technical material in formats conducive to various audiences
• Identify and recommend the solutions to health and safety issues and problems to ensure the safety of employees and contractors and to mitigate loss/project downtime
• Conflict management, influence, resolution and negotiation skills
• Thorough, self-motivated and reliable
• Organized and attentive to detail
• Exhibit tact, discretion and sound judgment
• Able to deal with contentious issues and situations
• Analytical
• Effective interpersonal and presentation skills
• Team player
• Leadership, initiative, motivation and creativity
• Flexible and able to deal with elected officials, representatives from all levels of government, the public, consultants/contractorsAble to multi-task and prioritize

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Language Requirement:English oral, reading, writing
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We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

The City of Ottawa promotes the principles of diversity and inclusion and adheres to the tenets of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from members of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women and non-binary persons, persons of all ethnic origins, religions, sexual orientations, classes, gender identities and expressions.
Candidates are encouraged to self-identify as a member of one or more designated employment equity groups in the self-identification questionnaire.

The City of Ottawa provides accommodation to applicants during all parts of the hiring process, upon request. If contacted to proceed to the selection process, please advise us if you require any accommodation.

Accessible formats and communication supports are available upon request. Please contact the Employee Service Centre at 613-580-2424 extension 12211 or via email at [e-mail] .