Creating the safe, sustainable municipal infrastructure that makes Toronto so livable is the responsibility of our Engineering & Construction Services (ECS) Division, which provides specialized engineering design and construction services to Toronto Water, Transportation Services, Solid Waste Management Services and other City of Toronto Divisions, Agencies, Boards and Commissions and external clients such as the development industry, utility companies and other public agencies.

 

As a Senior Engineer in the Bridges and Expressways section, you’ll provide project management, technical expertise, and engineering knowledge on the planning, design, and construction of the City’s most complex and critical bridge infrastructure projects. You will use your extensive experience and highly developed ability to plan, organize and co-ordinate large, complex projects in some of the City’s most congested and complicated locations.

 

With your extensive technical knowledge, understanding, and application of the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (CHBDC, -CSA-S6), MTO Structural Manual, and other applicable standards and industry practices, overseeing and evaluating the work performance of external service providers with respect to quality, timelines, cost and completion of required tasks will be an integral part of this senior role.

 

The Bridges, Structures & Expressways Asset Management unit provides asset management services for the City’s bridge, culvert, and retaining wall inventory through inspection, budgeting, programming, and coordination. The unit oversees the City's inspection program in accordance with the Province of Ontario's regulated Ontario Structure Inspection Manual (OSIM) and provides input to the development of the Transportation Services Capital Program to address rehabilitation, reconstruction and expansion needs for the City's bridges, structures and expressways. The unit is called upon to address emergency events and to provide technical expertise and recommendations to client divisions’ operations impacting their infrastructure.

 

 

Full project management accountabilities

Leading by example, you’ll manage a variety of assigned engineering projects, with responsibility for project management of ongoing or annual City-wide engineering programs, special projects, engineering proposals, Capital Works Program, best practices and other program development and new initiatives. This will see you directing multi-disciplinary project team staff, and mentoring other professional engineers and technical personnel, to meet deadlines and ensure effective teamwork and communication, high standards of work quality and organizational performance, and continuous learning, while controlling expenditures within budget. You’ll assist in preparing capital and operating budgets, perform site inspections and assessments of changed conditions on construction projects, ensure compliance within guidelines by acting as a signing authority, finalize contract payments and implement quality control/quality assurance for construction. You may be required to facilitate complex cost-sharing arrangements for the construction of municipal infrastructure.

 

Driving technical innovation and continuous improvement

Recognized for keeping current with technological developments in the field of engineering, you’ll conduct research into your assigned area, ensuring that it takes into account developments within the field, corporate policies and practices, legislation and initiatives by other levels of government. Equipped with this up-to-date knowledge, you’ll provide specialized design services and technical advice and expertise to support varied units, devising new approaches and assessing the application of alternative delivery models for capital construction projects, applying existing criteria in new ways, and drawing conclusions from comparative situations. The Division will also rely on you to formulate recommendations based on your analysis of continuous improvement and control measures for quality, efficiency and effectiveness of services, and your review of new technologies for utilization in existing or future service requirements.

Managing stakeholder expectations and communications

An effective communicator – verbally and in writing – at all organizational levels, able to effectively convey technical information in a user-friendly manner, you’re adept at working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, contractors, colleagues, elected officials, consultants, and other internal and external clients and stakeholders. These skills will enable you to represent the Division at meetings with the public, stakeholders and Councillors, and act as a technical specialist at project and organizational meetings with varied stakeholders. You’re also well prepared to establish and maintain linkages to other units in the City to co-ordinate input and ensure effective partnerships.

 

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Among the other strengths you bring to the role of Senior Engineer will be the following key qualifications:

1. Completion of post-secondary education degree or diploma in civil and/or structural engineering or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
2. Extensive experience in the application of the principles of civil and structural engineering and of materials and methods of construction, rehabilitation and upgrading. Good working knowledge of foundation, roadway design, environmental and construction practices is an asset.
3. Extensive project management experience from inception to implementation, including planning, design and construction of public works infrastructure.
4. Considerable experience in developing reports, RFPs/proposals and presentations.
5. Considerable experience in client management and communicating with a diverse group of stakeholders.
6. Registration with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), or licensing as a professional engineer in good standing in another Canadian engineering association with the ability to obtain a P.Eng. license with PEO.

 

You bring extensive knowledge of legislation, including the Occupational Health and Safety Act and its regulations for construction projects, along with knowledge of asset management principles, including data collection, analysis and estimating. You’re also known for your ability to read, interpret, and report on engineering plans and drawings, specifications, correspondence, reports and other documents in a timely manner, conduct studies, surveys and research, develop effective solutions to engineering issues, initiate and lead technical studies and projects, and plan and prepare reports and recommendations.

Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, is a major Canadian city along Lake Ontarios northwestern shore. It's a dynamic metropolis with a core of soaring skyscrapers, all dwarfed by the iconic, free-standing CN Tower. Toronto also has many green spaces, from the orderly oval of Queens Park to 400-acre High Park and its trails, sports facilities and zoo.