Senior Civil Engineer leading design and delivery of compliant civil infrastructure projects. Managing clients, inspections, project budgets, risks, standards, and tender responses in Vancouver.
About the role
- Lead civil engineer directing roadway design and multidisciplinary delivery for GHD, an engineering and environmental consultancy. Supporting transportation infrastructure projects across Western Canada.
Responsibilities
- Lead transportation engineering and roadway design assignments for highways, freeways, arterial roads, municipal roads, transit corridors, and other transportation infrastructure projects
- Lead the planning, development, and delivery of transportation engineering designs from concept development through detailed design
- Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams and provide technical leadership throughout project development and delivery
- Provide mentorship, technical guidance, and supervision to engineers, engineers-in-training, technicians, and designers
- Review and oversee engineering plans, profiles, cross-sections, quantities, technical memoranda, specifications, and contract documents
- Lead design coordination activities and ensure compliance with applicable standards, client requirements, and project objectives
- Collaborate with civil, structural, drainage, geotechnical, environmental, electrical, traffic, and other engineering disciplines
- Support project managers with project planning, scope development, schedule management, resource planning, and budget monitoring
- Support Design Managers and Project Managers in transportation infrastructure project planning, execution, and delivery
- Participate in client engagement, proposal development, project pursuits, fee preparation, and business development activities
- Contribute to delivery strategy, risk management, staffing plans, and project governance
- Maintain relationships with clients, municipalities, transportation agencies, utility companies, contractors, and subconsultants
- Support reports, technical studies, design submissions, and contract documentation
- Support Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build projects
- Ensure deliverables meet quality standards, design criteria, schedules, and budget requirements
- Contribute to continuous improvement, technical standards, best practices, workflows, training, and lessons learned
- Support Roads and Highways Team growth and junior staff career development
- Identify opportunities for technical excellence, innovation, and improved project delivery
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in BC or Alberta
- 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
- Familiarity delivering transportation projects for MTO, Metrolinx, municipalities, regional governments, or other transportation agencies
- Knowledge of Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, and alternative delivery models
- Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D, OpenRoads Designer, or comparable transportation design platforms
- Familiarity with BIM collaboration environments such as ProjectWise or Autodesk Construction Cloud
- Knowledge of contract preparation software including CPS, HiCo, or Builterra
- Exposure to major transportation projects involving highways, freeways, municipal roadways, transit systems, LRT, BRT, and multimodal corridors
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process
- Continued career development opportunities in Design Management, Project Management, Technical Leadership, and Team Leadership roles
- Diverse and inclusive workplace
- Equal opportunity employment
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