Technical Design Lead- Transportation Services

Hamilton or Vaughan; both offices are hybrid

Status

New

Description

Our Client is a growing multi-disciplinary employee-owned engineering firm, in business for over 47 years, building on a solid track record of success by maintaining a commitment to “make communities better through teamwork, quality solutions and inspiring the next generation.”  Our core values guide the way we run our business: 

Passion: We are inspired to achieve the goals of our clients, colleagues, and company.

Integrity: We embrace honesty, trustworthiness, and thoughtfulness through our actions and behaviours.

Respect: Through listening and understanding we demonstrate the value we hold for our clients, colleagues, and peers.

Care: We put our clients, colleagues, and peers first.

Role

Our Client is seeking a self-motivated Technical Design Lead – Transportation Services Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) to join the collaborative and dynamic team working out of either our Vaughan or Hamilton office. This position is responsible for technical expertise on project teams that may include design or engineering for 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.   

Responsibilities

As a member of the Transportation Services team, the duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Providing expert consultancy within their area of expertise, serving as key expert on project teams.

• Developing and delivering leading-edge technologies and services.

• Working in partnership with a project manager as the key technical expert on the project team, collaborating to define the problem, establishing the scope of work, preparing budgets and schedules, planning the work, and providing technical direction and oversight.

• Responsible for overseeing the technical quality of all deliverables – on time, within budget, and to the client’s satisfaction.

• Developing and promoting technical solutions and playing a critical role in proposal pursuits, marketing, and business development efforts with responsibility for content marketing, project positioning, and proposal technical content development.

• Driven to advance and develop the overall expertise within the company through knowledge transfer.

• Overseeing the technical components of project reports and proposals.

• Providing overall project management duties and or lead design efforts on some projects

• Work with the Manager of Transportation Services to develop and execute strategic growth of the Transportation group in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

Qualifications

• 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.)

• 8+ years of progressive engineering design experience including roadway design, active transportation, AODA considerations, and roadway safety.

• 2+ years of demonstrated expertise in relevant area of engineering focus as a Senior Project Engineer.

• 3+ years of providing effective mentoring to engineers, technicians, or designers.

• Demonstrated expertise in Transportation design and engineering.

• 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.

• Exceptional organizational and time management skills and the ability to balance diverse, changing, and conflicting priorities to meet short and long-term project milestones.

• Up to date knowledge in the trends and changes in transportation infrastructure design.

• Demonstrated experience with proposal and business development. Demonstrated experience with proposal and business development.

*Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.

Benefits & Compensation

• Competitive salaries and reward opportunities

• Company matched RRSP contributions

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision care, disability, and life insurance

• Hybrid work option available

• Flexible vacation

• Unique vacation opportunities

• Maternity and Parental leave top-up

• Professional Association Fees

• Active Social Committee and corporate social events

• Employee led committees; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the RCI Women in Engineering Group

• Employee-owned firm with potential for future share purchases

• Extensive training and development opportunities, including monthly lunch and learns, formal training courses and conferences and seminars

• Diverse experience opportunities afforded, and pursuit of projects related to your interests

• Exposure to a variety of work with varied scope, scale, and complexity

• Be part of a management team with direct input on the growth of the company

• Working with a diverse team with a wide range of experience and expertise

• Salary Range $120,000 - $160,000 (salary is commensurate with skills and experience)

Date Posted

2026 - 02 - 10

How to Apply

Please send your resume in confidence to jfontyn@nlcrecruiting.ca

We thank you for being interested, however only those that are a close match to criteria will be contacted.