Senior Transportation Designer

EXP; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Transportation Designer, where your expertise will shape the future of multi-modal transportation projects across Western Canada. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead engineering design tasks throughout the project life-cycle, from conceptual design to construction. You will mentor junior staff, influence team growth, and collaborate with a diverse group of professionals dedicated to creating innovative solutions for the built environment. If you're passionate about enhancing communities and thrive in a dynamic environment, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in transportation/transit/infrastructure design.
• Strong technical design background with local agency standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering design tasks for transportation projects from conceptual to final design.
• Mentor intermediate and junior designers in transportation design.

Skills

Leadership

Technical Design

Communication Skills

Project Management

Mentoring

Education

Diploma or Bachelor of Science in Engineering/Sciences

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Revit

MicroStation

Inroads

MS Office

PowerPoint

MS Project

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Job description

Senior Transportation Designer

Edmonton, AB, Calgary AB, Burnaby BC, or Abbotsford BC

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Senior Transportation Designer

Due to an expansion of transportation infrastructure work across Western Canada, EXP is looking for a Senior Transportation Designer for our office’s infrastructure division. The respondent will work on various projects and act as a member of the transportation infrastructure team, focusing on multi-modal transportation and infrastructure projects across Western Canada. This role will involve safety studies, multi-modal roadway planning, aviation design, bridge and highway design, transit design, site civil design, design review, and construction oversight.

This role will have the responsibility to help grow the team, mentoring intermediate and junior members of staff, helping them reach their own full potential. This role will report directly to the VP Transportation for Western Canada and be directly involved with the transportation leadership team, influencing how the team grows and develops into the future.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

• Leadership role, assisting the VP of Transportation Western Canada with divisional strategic planning and growth.
• Perform and lead engineering design tasks for transportation and infrastructure projects across the entire project life-cycle from conceptual design to final design, construction, and commissioning.
• Develop design of multi-modal transportation projects as per applicable/regional design standards.
• Develop plans, specifications, quantities, and cost estimates as part of the preparation of both project tender packages and proposals.
• Prepare final bid packages, design-build packages, and project construction documents.
• Possess in-depth knowledge of current design software tools including Revit, AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation, and Inroads.
• Mentor and develop intermediate and junior designers in transportation and associated infrastructure design.
• Lead and coordinate design activities between staff, across EXP internal divisions along with subcontractors, and clients.
• Perform technical analyses and reviews of transportation and infrastructure projects.
• Manage day-to-day activities of projects including interdivisional coordination, technical review, and other related activities.
• Support the Transportation division in preparing reports, plans, and studies.
• Support the Transportation division with client relationships and business development in developing proposals, presentations, and client development plans.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What your experience looks like

• A passion for the built environment and supporting the development of better places for people to live and work and communities to grow and develop.
• Diploma level or Bachelor of Science in Engineering/Sciences, preferably in infrastructure, civil, or transportation engineering.
• In-depth knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D and/or Revit.
• 8+ years of experience.
• Strong technical design background in transportation/transit/infrastructure design.
• Experience with local City and County agency standards and projects.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Proficient in MS Office, PowerPoint, MS Project, and InDesign. Photoshop & Illustrator a plus.