Senior Transportation Engineer Project Manager (Transportation Infrastructure – Highways & Field Services | MTI Focus)

Are you someone with strong leadership and technical capabilities Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders Are you a thought leader a trusted advisor and a problem solver 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

Dillons Transportation Field Services Discipline is seeking a Senior Transportation Engineer / Project Manager to fill an existing vacancy within our multidisciplinary team of professionals. You will have the opportunity to work on new and exciting projects while providing clients with a fully integrated and superior customer experience.

At Dillon we operate as one team. The successful candidate can be based at any one of our following offices: Brandon MB or Winnipeg MB.

We offer flexible work hours to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

Project Management and Delivery (Design Construction)

• Lead and manage the delivery of transportation infrastructure projects in Manitoba with a primary focus on MTI assignments and additional work for municipalities (including the City of Winnipeg) and other clients as required.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight across project stages including condition assessments feasibility studies functional/preliminary design detailed design tender preparation and contract/construction administration.
• Manage project scope schedule budget and risk; oversee resourcing forecasting and project controls to meet internal and client expectations.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams (transportation municipal structural environmental planning and technical staff) to deliver coordinated high-quality outcomes.
• Provide senior technical input and quality oversight for transportation design elements including highways interchanges arterial roadways intersections roundabouts multi-use trails transit corridors all-season roads and related infrastructure.
• Support and lead construction-phase services including construction liaison/advisory and construction observation (where applicable) including issue resolution stakeholder coordination and front-line communication with the project team.
• Engage directly with clients agencies utilities municipalities and project stakeholders acting as a trusted advisor and maintaining strong relationships throughout project delivery.
• Maintain strong working knowledge of provincial and municipal standards regulatory requirements and best practices relevant to transportation infrastructure in Manitoba.

Business Development

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities with a focus on growing and maintaining MTI and municipal client relationships.
• Lead and contribute to proposal submissions (e.g. RFPs/RFQs) including scope schedule resourcing fee development and interview support.
• Support strategic account management through client engagement understanding upcoming needs and positioning Dillon for future work.
• Travel to project sites and other Dillon offices as required.

Leadership & Development

• Provide technical direction coaching and mentorship to engineers technologists and field staff including supporting performance and career development.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by strengthening internal processes templates and quality practices across design and field services.
• Contribute to Dillons profile through participation in professional associations and committees.

• Degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited university.
• Professional Engineer (.) licensed in Manitoba (Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba) or eligible for registration.
• 10 years of progressive professional experience preferably with an emphasis on transportation infrastructure projects in Manitoba and/or within the consulting industry.
• Proven leadership capabilities and demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated project management expertise (scope/schedule/budget) and business development contributions.

• Proven experience as a project manager delivering transportation infrastructure projects through functional/preliminary design detailed design tendering and contract administration (MTI experience is a strong asset).
• Strong understanding of the geometric design of highways municipal roads interchanges and intersections.
• Demonstrated experience in stakeholder engagement including public and agency consultation.
• Strong understanding of consulting business fundamentals (project financial performance client service risk management and team leadership).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including proposal/report writing and client-facing presentations.
• Familiarity with MTI specifications procurement procedures and construction methodologies is considered an asset.

Why choose Dillon

• We live our core values:

  • 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 its hard;
  • Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences;
  • Reliability: words result in actions that build trust.
  
  

  In addition we offer:

  • Employee share purchase plan
  • Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.
  • A competitive compensation package
  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Generous retirement savings plan
  • Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions
  • Flexible work hours and hybrid working options
  • 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 and hybrid work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
  • Learning and Development opportunities
  • As a knowledge-based business 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 our culture people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to todays problems and tomorrows opportunities.
  • Employee and Family Assistance program
  • A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.
  • Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership
  • • • Our employees can take advantage of reduced annual membership fees.
  • Wellness Subsidy
    • • Our employees can take advantage of a 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

Dillon is a proudly Canadian employee-owned professional consulting firm specializing in planning engineering environmental science and management. We partner with clients to provide committed collaborative and inventive solutions to complex multi-faceted projects. With over 25 offices and more than 1100 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 Canadas Best Managed Companies for 19 years in a row and has the distinction of being a Platinum Club member in this program.

Health & Safety at Dillon

Prospective employees are expected to fully align with Dillons core commitment to Health & Safety. This includes active ongoing engagement with our Health & Safety processes and platform and the active ongoing identification and reporting of health and safety hazards.

Employment Equity Diversity & Inclusion at Dillon

Dillon is committed to employment equity and an inclusive diverse workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities. If you require accommodation during the interview process please let us know. We look forward to hearing from you.

Technology enablement and the use of AI at Dillon

We invest in modern technologies to enable continuous improvement across the organization. Please be advised that Dillon Consulting utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) assisted tools to support parts of our recruitment process to increase efficiency and fairness. While AI supports this process all hiring decisions are made by our human recruiting team. By applying you acknowledge and consent to this use.