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Job Description:

Ready to put your project engineer expertise to work on marquee projects that will change the fabric of our communities? Would you enjoy being involved on a wide variety of engineering tasks on large scale, complex projects? Parsons is now hiring a Senior Engineer for our roads and highways portfolio of projects. 

Parsons extensive experience in this field, combined with your advanced project and engineering knowledge, will propel your career forward with opportunity to lead teams.  We need our engineers to be versatile, enthusiastic to work in highly flexible, team oriented environment and who have exceptional communication, analytical and leadership skills.  Senior Engineers often manage small and medium size projects in it’s entirety or subtasks of larger projects or studies in accordance with contractual obligations. Senior Engineers are responsible for the technical excellence of the engineering functions of the project including coordination of technical disciplines and providing technical direction to junior and intermediate staff.  With greater experience this position would lead to taking on greater client facing roles,  leading our design teams to provide high quality design submissions to our clients and management of Municipal and Provincial projects.

Responsibilities:

• Develops the scope of engineering work, schedules, and budgets for assigned project elements, and monitors progress to meet schedule and budget requirements. 
• Identifies and documents changes in scope. Assists in determining the scope of procurement work, schedules, and budgets for assigned projects. 
• Coordinates the utilization of interdisciplinary technical personnel on the project with other Project Engineers, designers and technical staff.  Coordinates the assignment of personnel from technical support groups within the company.
• Assists the Project Manager in planning, directing, supervising, and controlling the execution of technical, fiscal, and administrative functions of the project or study. 
• Assists in determining the technical skills and staff hours required for successful completion of the project.
• Ensures client criteria and scope are met by all engineering disciplines. 
• Potential to work and engage with clients
• Management sub consultants
• Support Project Managers and Senior Management in commercial and financial control of projects
• Expedites distribution of action items following discussions/meetings with the client and Project Manager.
• Prepares technical reports and documentation of activity for the client and project management.
• Obtains, analyzes, and circulates technical and contractual information to project disciplines.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
• Provides technical guidance to junior and intermediate staff on the use of relevant roadway design manuals including (but not limited to) TAC manual, OTM manuals, AASHTO standards, MTO design supplements, OPSDs, OPSS, and municipal standards.
• Provides technical to junior and intermediate staff on the use of roadway design software such as Civil 3D, OpenRoads Designer, Microstation, Projectwise to develop design packages for our clients. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in these software packages to prepare design packages including the necessary skills to be able to perform corridor modeling through the use of assemblies in Civil 3D and/or templates in OpenRoads Designer.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• 8+ years of related roads and highways engineering experience, or a broad general engineering background is required
• Professional registration with PEO
• Potential to perform in a lead capacity (i.e. highways/civil lead)
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Familiarity of industry practices and regulations are required
• Must also possess a thorough knowledge of current technology and be able to select and apply appropriate engineering software for use on project
• Experience on MTO and/or municipal roadway projects is a must
• Experience managing teams and junior staff.

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what's next!

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for indigenous peoples, women, individuals with disabilities, and visible minorities.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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