Technical Manager - Municipal Roads & Civil Engineering

Parsons; Oakville; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Technical Manager for Municipal Roads & Civil Engineering in the Greater Toronto Region. The role leads the Roadway and Municipal Engineers and Design Specialists, guiding design, delivery, and construction support for a range of projects from rehabilitation to expansion.

The position emphasizes client engagement, project management, and adherence to municipal and regional standards. Flexible work options include office presence in GTA locations and remote work from home.

Qualifications

• Leadership and mentoring of Roadway and Municipal Engineers and Design Specialists.
• Strong client relationship management for municipal projects.
• Experience in transportation planning, design and management across GTA/Ontario.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and mentor a team of Roadway and Municipal Engineers and Design Specialists in design, delivery and construction support.
• Lead design development on diverse projects including rehabilitation and expansion of roads/highways.
• Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, and client communications to ensure successful outcomes.
• Engage in business development activities, proposal preparation and technical methodology development.
• Coordinate with other disciplines to deliver integrated transportation solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Client relationships

Project management

Transportation planning

Design engineering

Team leadership

Job description

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Job Description:

Technical Manager - Municipal Roads & Civil Engineering

Our team is focused on helping our provincial and municipal clients expand and improve their transportation systems through innovative solutions to their tough planning and design challenges. We are looking for an experienced Technical Manager with strong client relationships to add to our Infrastructure - (Roads and Highways) team in the Greater Toronto Region. You will have the flexibility to work from any of our offices in Toronto, Markham, or Oakville and remotely, from home.

Overview:

The Technical Manager in the Municipal Roadway group will play a pivotal role in advancing the growth of our Transportation Engineering practice in the Greater Toronto Region. This leadership position focuses on developing and executing our business plan in transportation planning, design and management for the various Regions and Municipalities around GTA, Ontario. The role requires a comprehensive understanding of Regional, Municipal and/or MTO standards, policies, and practices, Region and Municipalities delivery models for Critical Infrastructure Projects and client relationships. You will lead a team of Roadway and Municipal Engineers and Design Specialists, and work on a variety of multidisciplinary and low to high-complexity transportation and roadway projects, including rehabilitation, replacement, widening and/or expansion of roads and highways.

This fantastic opportunity is for someone who values teamwork, quality, and trust, and have demonstrated Project management experience, leading teams and municipal projects and will foster our roadway business growth within the group and the company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee, lead, manage, mentor, and contribute to a team of Roadway and Municipal Engineers and Design Specialists in the design, delivery, and construction support of roadway projects within the Municipal Roadway and Engineering group.
• Lead, mentor, and motivate a team of Roadway and Municipal Engineers and Design Specialists to deliver high-quality services and innovative solutions.
• Efficiently manage day-to-day operations of your team, including scheduling, assigning, and reviewing work to achieve project objectives and outcome measures and support the technical Director in developing the roadway group and business objectives.
• Lead and manage design development on a variety of projects, including functional studies, preliminary design and detail design and participate in providing technical inputs in conducting proposal and business development works.
• Lead and manage a variety of multidisciplinary and low to high-complexity transportation projects, including rehabilitation, replacement, widening and/or expansion of Regional and Municipal Roadways.
• Client Engagement as Project Manager on multiple projects and relationship building.
• Oversee, lead, manage, mentor and contribute to the project team for the successful completion of field investigations, geometric design, grading design, roadside safety design, drainage design, storm sewer design, pavement marking and signage design, complex construction staging design, traffic management, roadway modelling, quantity estimating, utility coordination, contract drawing preparation, contract document preparation using the Regional, municipal and MTO standards, policies, and practices, construction cost estimate development, scheduling, budgeting, invoicing, construction liaison, project management, and coordination with clients, agencies, stakeholders, and subconsultants.
• Coordinate with other technical disciplines across the organization to ensure integrated and comprehensive engineering solutions.
• Assist in business development activities, including proposal preparation, technical project methodology development, work programs, schedules, invoicing, Change Order, risk management and budgets.
• Prepare technical reports and documentation for clients and project management, ensuring technical excellence and quality assurance of project tasks and deliverables.
• Actively engaged in management of commercial and financial control of projects.
• Stay informed of trends, developments, and advancements in the transportation planning and design field to maintain technical competency and provide state-of-the-art services and advice to clients.
• Nurture and grow client and industry partner relationships to support business growth.
• Proven leadership and managerial skills to effectively supervise and develop professional, technical and support staff to promote individual professional development, grow