This is your opportunity to take on a multifaceted role that blends technical expertise with policy leadership. Bring your leadership and technical expertise to a position where you'll guide design teams and engineering consultants on complex, high-impact transportation projects. This is your opportunity to lead, innovate, and make a difference in how people and communities stay connected.
Join us for an information session on
June 16, 2026, from 12:00 to 12:30 PM, where you will have the opportunity to learn more about the job, the team, and the branch
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Meeting ID: 238 672 612 333 678
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Video ID: 117 036 935 3
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If you can't make it - no problem. Attendance at the session is optional and will have no impact on hiring decisions.
In this position, you will:
- Initiate and manage a variety of medium to complex preliminary and detailed design highway improvement projects;
- Acquire and administer engineering consultants;
- Direct the activities of multi-disciplinary staff on transportation projects, monitoring work outputs and technical soundness to ensure project goals are obtained;
- Liaise and work with ministry staff, senior management, stakeholders, agencies, municipalities, developers, consultants and the public; and
- Resolve planning and engineering issues.
- You have knowledge of civil engineering theories, principles, and practices related to transportation planning, highway engineering design, and construction.
- You have knowledge of geotechnical and structural design, to develop, analyze and recommend engineering designs for complex transportation projects.
- You can interpret and apply functionally-related provincial and federal legislation, ministry policies, procedures and standards to assess the accuracy and completion of proposals and designs, contract drawings and documents.
- You have well-developed leadership skills to assign and schedule work and to lead multi-disciplinary teams to successful results.
- You have proven oral and written communications skills to write reports and present proposals, recommendations and provide evidence.
- You have proven effective interpersonal and relationship management skills to resolve problems, formulate agreements and maintain effective working relationships with engineering consultants, external agencies, senior government officials, and the public.
- You have project management skills and experience to manage medium to complex projects, including acquisition and management of consultants.
- 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.
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.
Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:
- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy
