Transportation Planning Engineer

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We are currently seeking an experienced Transportation/Planning Engineer to join our Transportation practice in Calgary. This position offers the opportunity to work with a multi-disciplinary team of professionals to deliver highway and roadway designs.

Your Role:

• Partake/lead project delivery for transportation infrastructure planning
• Deliver roadway and transit strategic, concept, and functional planning as well as design projects encompassing all stages of planning/design, in line with client expectations, timeliness, budgets, and Tetra Tech quality standards
• Lead, coordinate, and participate in multi-disciplinary planning for complex urban transportation infrastructure projects
• Lead initiatives related to: urban interchange and arterial roadway planning and functional design, with connections to high standard roadways, municipal urban road design and complex intersections, interchanges analysis
• Complete preliminary and detailed designs using Autodesk Civil 3D for transportation (roads and highways) projects
• Complete senior level design reviews on transportation projects with multi-disciplinary components
• Coordinate project design teams involved in transportation planning and design work
• Prepare transportation engineering reports
• Assist with and coordinate the development of proposals
• Development of accurate scopes of work, cost estimates, project plans, schedules, and deliverables for high quality project execution
• Provide guidance and mentoring to other team members
• Liaise with all discipline team members, subconsultants, clients, and other stakeholders/agencies
• Build and maintain functional relationships with existing and potential clients
• Participate in business development activities for the Transportation practice
  
  

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• Minimum of 15+ years related experience in highway geometric design on transportation projects and experience carrying out municipal roadway designs. Complex urban interchange experience considered an asset
• Must be registered (or eligible for registration) with APEGA
• Design-Build and P3 design experience considered an asset
• Proven experience with TAC and Provincial Geometric Design Standards and Guidelines
• Proven experience with Autodesk Civil 3D design software
• Proven capabilities in writing proposals, reports, and other technical documents
• Background/understanding of traffic modeling software and analysis outputs
• Working experience with bridge design and construction considered an asset
• Possess a strong ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with staff and clients
• Excellent verbal and written communication, time management skills
• Proven experience with municipal transportation projects a must
• Previous transit and LRT planning, design and construction experience considered an asset
• Experience or aptitude for meeting timelines and budgets, proposal writing, client development, and other skills appropriate to consulting
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to work well as a part of a team
• Results-driven and career-focused individual, who thrives off success and growth of the company and culture