Transportation Engineer

Overview:

If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation, this opportunity is for you! As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen, you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

Your opportunity

In this position you will play a critical role on our transportation project team as we continue to grow.

At Dillon, we operate as one team nationally, however, this position will be based out of our London or Kingston office.

Responsibilities:

What your day will look like

• Lead the preparation of preliminary and detailed designs for freeways, urban and rural multilane and two-lane facilities, interchanges, and intersections
• Lead the preparation of technical reports, contract documentation, including contract drawings, construction specifications, tender quantity and cost estimates, and working day estimates
• Interact with clients, approval agencies, utility companies, contractors and other stakeholders, as required
• Provide support and oversight of junior staff working on transportation projects
• Interact regularly with project team members including engineers, planners, environmental scientists, engineering technologists and various support staff
• Continuous development of technical expertise on a variety of transportation engineering projects, including transportation master plans, environmental assessments, preliminary design, detailed design and construction phase services
• Contribute to municipal council and agency presentations

• Prepare estimates and project proposals
• Contribute to the leadership and growth of the Transportation group
• Contribute to the development of public and private sector client relationships and new business opportunities
• Travel to client locations and/or other Dillon offices for the purposes of executing your responsibilities, internal client relationship development, project research and project delivery

• Commit to self-development and ongoing learning and professional development
• Contribute to the career development of junior and intermediate staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring
• Contribute to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees

Qualifications:

• A degree in civil engineering
• Licensed to practice as a professional engineer in the province of Ontario, or eligible to be licensed within six months
• A minimum of 5 years' professional experience, preferably in the consulting industry
• Proven leadership and business development capabilities

Experience:

• Proven experience in environmental assessment, preliminary and detailed design of municipal and provincial transportation facilities. Experience with alternative project delivery models would be an asset
• Demonstrated abilities in leadership of multidisciplinary projects and teams
• In-depth understanding of business issues associated with consulting engineering and planning
• Proven skills in public and agency consultation
• Experience in the geometric design of highways, municipal roads and intersections
• Strong working knowledge of AutoCAD, Civil3D or Bentley OpenRoads would be an asset
• Exceptional communication (verbal and written) skills are essential

Why choose Dillon

Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, and are empowered to continually grow and develop.

We live our core values:

• Reliability: words that result in actions build trust;
• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
• Continuous development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
• Creativity: discover new possibilities;
• Courage: do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard;
• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences

In addition, we offer:

• Employee share purchase plan
• Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all full-time regular employees
• A competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Generous retirement savings plan
• Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions
• Flexible work hours
• Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs. We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
• Learning and Development opportunities
• As a knowledge-based business, the organic growth of our knowledge and skills occur through our work performance and roles. The creation and sharing of knowledge allows us to take local knowledge to scale, capture lessons learned through experience, and continuously improve service delivery. The development of self and others is an evident and measured core behaviour within our organization
• We use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how, mentoring to share lessons, advising to round out perspectives, and co-creation of knowledge through internal learning opportunities
• Focus on Innovation
• The ability to anticipate, examine, and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business performance. In our culture, people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to today’s problems and tomorrow’s opportunities
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
• A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees
• Wellness Subsidy
• Our employees can take advantage of wellness subsidy that can be put towards expenses for a variety of health and/or wellness related activities such as gym membership, purchase of home fitness equipment, yoga classes and dance classes

About Dillon

With over 25 offices and more than 1200 employees across Canada, Dillon offers a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure, protecting the environment, and developing communities.

Now operating for over 75 years, we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do. Dillon has been listed as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the past 17 years and has the distinction of having achieved Platinum Club member status in this program.

Employment Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Dillon:

Dillon is committed to the principles of employment equity, inclusiveness, and diversity within our organization. We strive to achieve a workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities and that respects and values differences.

Inclusion is more than a word to us, it is the way we choose to run our business.

Please connect with us if you require accommodation in the interview process. We would love to hear from you!