Senior Transit Project Engineer

Overview

As a Senior Transit Project Engineer, you will provide technical leadership on complex transit and rail programs across Western Canada, guiding projects from planning through construction. You’ll work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, efficient, and integrated transit infrastructure for public-sector clients. The role emphasizes technical mentorship, client engagement, and aligning engineering delivery with project objectives. This is an opportunity to shape major transit programs and contribute to regional mobility and community outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• health, dental, and vision plans
• wellness program
• retirement savings plan
• employee stock purchase program
• paid time off
• tuition reimbursement

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership on transit and rail projects (LRT, BRT, stations, corridors, civil infrastructure)
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design teams to deliver integrated engineering solutions
• Oversee preparation, review, and approval of technical deliverables (drawings, reports, specs, cost estimates)
• Support project management: scope definition, planning, schedules, budgets; manage technical inputs to change control
• Interface with project managers, controls, and commercial teams to manage technical risk and interfaces
• Act as senior technical point of contact with client agencies (City of Edmonton/Calgary, TransLink, Alberta Transportation)
• Identify and manage technical risks and integration challenges (constructability, staging, third-party interfaces)
• Support constructability reviews, value engineering, and design optimization
• Ensure compliance with codes, standards, and internal HSSE practices
• Mentor junior engineers and foster a collaborative, high-performing team
• Contribute to continuous improvement and pursuit/business development activities

Key requirements

• Demonstrated experience managing transportation or transit projects for public-sector agencies
• Strong understanding of project management fundamentals (scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality)
• Proven ability to build and maintain client relationships; established Alberta transit network is an asset
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for client/stakeholder presentations
• Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary, multi-organization teams
• Experience supporting business development and pursuit activities; technical inputs to proposals preferred
• Professional Engineer (PEng) license in Alberta, or eligibility to obtain within six months of hire
• Minimum 12 years of progressive experience in transportation or transit project delivery

• Leadership and mentorship
• Collaborative teamwork
• Clear communication
• Transit project delivery (LRT, BRT)
• Multidisciplinary design coordination
• Technical deliverables review (drawings, reports, specs)

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