Kingston, ON | St Catharines, ON | Toronto, ON | London, ON | North Bay, ON | Thunder Bay, ON • Full time
Are you a results-oriented professional with a passion in leading a diverse team delivering major highway engineering projects including new highway alignment projects? If so, bring your project management skills and specialty transportation planning, design and construction knowledge to this exciting role.
OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:
We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.
We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation.
What can I expect to do in this role?
In this position, you will:
• Manage a variety of planning, preliminary and / or detailed-design highway improvement projects, delivered by both in-house and outsourced resources utilizing alternative delivery models. • Liaise and work with ministry staff, senior management, internal stakeholders, external agencies, municipalities, developers, consultants and the public • Lead / coordinate project teams • Direct and supervise assigned staff. • Acquire, administer and evaluate engineering and construction service providers. • Lead public consultation programs. • Resolve planning and engineering issues
How do I qualify?
Mandatory
• You are a Professional Engineer, licensed with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) • The position requires the successful candidate to have a valid class G driver's licence or equivalent. The offer of employment is conditional upon the successful candidate providing proof that s/he has a valid driver's licence upon being hired.
Project Management and Leadership Skills:
• You have project management skills to manage projects, including acquisition and management of service providers. • You have well-developed leadership skills to assign and schedule work
Interpersonal, Relationship-Building and Communication Skills:
• You have proven oral and written communications skills to write reports and present proposals, recommendations and provide expert evidence. • You have proven effective interpersonal and relationship management skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, senior officials and the public.
Technical Knowledge:
• You have thorough knowledge of theories, principles and practices of civil engineering related to highway engineering • You have working knowledge of related fields including geotechnical, pavement design, structural, drainage, surveys, electrical, traffic, construction practices • You have knowledge of alternative delivery methods, such as Construction Manager General Contractor (CMGC) and Public Private Partnership type contracts.
Analytical, Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills:
• You have sound analytical skills and good judgement to assess and recommend solutions to problems in terms of applicable legislation, engineering quality, economic benefit and environmental impact. • You have demonstrated problem solving and decision-making skills
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