Our client, a Canadian employee-owned engineering consulting firm, is seeking a Manager—Transportation Services to join their collaborative and dynamic leadership team out of either their Vaughan or Hamilton office. This is a permanent, full-time position, offering base compensation in the range $120-175k, plus a competitive vacation and benefits/total rewards package.
This position is responsible for leading a team on a wide range of transportation design, construction and planning projects, and multi-disciplinary assignments for both private and public sector clients including local and arterial roads, complete streets, active transportation facilities, roundabouts and protected intersections.
What you’ll be doing:
As a member of the Transportation Services team, the duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Maintain a positive working environment conducive to promoting teamwork, creativity, and positive morale.
- Oversee the day-to-day department operations to ensure a balanced workload and that work is performed within established project schedules and budgets.
- Ensures that all department goals, objectives and policies are effectively implemented
- Remain current with changing design, regulations and construction methodologies
- Provide overall project management duties and/or lead design efforts on some projects
- Work independently and lead the projects as part of a team to define the problem, establish the scope of work, prepare budgets and schedules, plan the work, and provide technical direction, oversight, rationale, and solutions.
- Coordinate and collaborate with the firm’s Hamilton, Vaughan, Ottawa and Kingston Offices, subconsultants, and other engineering disciplines.
- Liaise and build effective working relationships with clients, stakeholders and subconsultants.
- Partner with Human Resources on recruitment and selection, promotion, employee relations matters and performance management.
- Provide coaching, mentorship, guidance, quality control, support, and oversight of staff to complete various transportation planning and design tasks.
- Work with the Executive Vice President to develop and execute strategic growth of the Transportation group and business initiatives within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
- As a member of the GTHA leadership team, you will collaborate with fellow group managers and the Executive Vice President to expand the firm’s presence in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and strengthen its reputation as a leading provider of engineering services.
You should have:
- Degree in Civil Engineering (or related field) or 3-year Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology (or related field) or 2-year Diploma in Construction Engineering Technician
- Current Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) or Current Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T.) or Current Certified Technician (C.Tech.)
- 15 years or more of progressive engineering design experience including roadway design, active transportation, AODA considerations, and roadway safety.
- 10 years or more of providing effective mentoring to engineers, technicians, or designers. Previous management experience is considered an asset.
- Experience in schedule control, budget management, and risk identification and mitigation.
- Superior client and interpersonal skills, combined with strong team and leadership abilities.
- Highly proficient with the principles and practices of transportation engineering and especially processes, practices, and standards used in the design and construction of transportation infrastructure.
- Up to date knowledge in the trends and changes in transportation infrastructure design.
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills and the ability to balance diverse, changing, and conflicting priorities to meet short and long-term project milestones.
- Demonstrated experience with proposal and business development.
*Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.
Please email your resume to Claire Stone at cstone@recruitmentbydesign.com for consideration; we thank all applicants however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
