Senior Roadway Engineer: Transportation Design Lead

GHD; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 102,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

GHD is seeking a Senior Roadway Engineer to join our growing Canadian Operations. This role will be based in the Whitby office, with opportunities for candidates in Mississauga, Toronto, Markham, Waterloo, St. Catharines, or Ottawa.

You will lead roadway engineering assignments and coordinate multidisciplinary teams across Ontario. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of transportation design experience, a P.Eng.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• P.Eng. designation in Ontario.
• 10+ years contributing to the design, coordination, and delivery of transportation infrastructure projects.
• Strong technical leadership in roadway, highway, freeway, municipal roadway, or transportation infrastructure design.
• Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams and mentor technical staff.
• Expertise in preparing and reviewing engineering drawings, technical reports, specifications, contract documents, and design submissions.
• Strong understanding of transportation engineering principles, roadway geometric design, roadside safety requirements, TAC guidance, OPSS standards, and MTO requirements.
• Knowledge of project delivery processes, resource planning, scheduling, budgeting, and execution strategies.
• Strong quality management skills, including design reviews, quality assurance, and quality control processes.
• Excellent communication, leadership, stakeholder engagement, and organizational skills.
• Ability to lead multiple projects and work effectively within a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead transportation engineering and roadway design for highways, freeways, arterial roads, municipal roads, transit corridors, and other transportation infrastructure projects.
• Leading the planning, development, and delivery of transportation engineering designs from concept development through detailed design.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary project teams and providing technical leadership throughout project development and delivery.
• Providing mentorship, technical guidance, and supervision to engineers, engineers-in-training, technicians, and designers.
• Reviewing and overseeing the preparation of engineering plans, profiles, cross-sections, quantities, technical memoranda, specifications, and contract documents.
• Leading design coordination activities and ensuring compliance with applicable standards, client requirements, and project objectives.
• Working collaboratively with civil, structural, drainage, geotechnical, environmental, electrical, traffic, and other engineering disciplines to deliver coordinated project solutions.
• Supporting project managers with project planning, scope development, schedule management, resource planning, and budget monitoring.
• Supporting Design Managers and Project Managers in the planning, execution, and delivery of transportation infrastructure projects, including scope management, schedule development, resource planning, and budget monitoring.
• Leading design coordination efforts across multidisciplinary teams while developing the skills and experience required for future Design Manager or Project Manager responsibilities.
• Participating in client engagement, proposal development, project pursuits, fee preparation, and business development activities.
• Contributing to project delivery strategy, risk management, staffing plans, and project governance activities to broaden exposure to project management functions.
• Maintaining effective working relationships with clients, municipalities, transportation agencies, utility companies, contractors, and subconsultants.
• Supporting the preparation and review of reports, technical studies, design submissions, and contract documentation for review agencies and clients.
• Supporting projects delivered through procurement models such as Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build.
• Ensuring that project deliverables meet established quality standards, design criteria, schedules, and budget requirements.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives related to transportation engineering standards, best practices, technical workflows, training, and lessons learned.
• Contributing to the growth and development of the Roads and Highways Team and supporting career development opportunities for junior staff.
• Identifying opportunities for technical excellence, innovation, and improved project delivery across transportation infrastructure projects.
• Various opportunities for continued career development in Design Management, Project Management, Technical Leadership, and Team Leadership roles within GHD's Transportation business.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring staff

Multidisciplinary coordination

Engineering documentation

Communication skills

Project planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

P.Eng. designation in Ontario

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

OpenRoads Designer

ProjectWise

Autodesk Construction Cloud

CPS

HiCo

Builterra

Job description

GHD is seeking a Senior Roadway Engineer to join our growing Canadian Operations. This role will be based in the Whitby office, with opportunities for candidates in Mississauga, Toronto, Markham, Waterloo, St. Catharines, or Ottawa.

You will lead roadway engineering assignments and coordinate multidisciplinary teams across Ontario. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of transportation design experience, a P.Eng.