Pavement Design and Evaluation Officer

**Back to search results**- **Pavement Design and Evaluation Officer**:

- **Job ID**:

- 236874
- **Posting status**:

- Open
- **Organization**:

- Ministry of Transportation
- **Division**:

- Transportation Infrastructure Management Division, Design and Engineering Branch, Geotechnical Section
- **City**:

- Thunder Bay
- **Position(s) language**:

- English
- **Job term**:

- 1 Permanent
- **Job code**:

- 60105 - Pavement Design/Eval Officer
- **Salary**:

- $1,419.16 - $1,745.92 Per week*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.
- Are you looking for a unique opportunity to demonstrate your pavement management, evaluation and design expertise? If so, consider bringing your talent to our multi-disciplinary team.

**About the job**: In this challenging position, you will:

- prepare recommendations regarding the planning, design, construction and maintenance of highway facilities
- supervise engineering service provider assignments
- carry out on-site investigations and prepare reports
- analyse and evaluate field and laboratory test data
- provide technical information and advice to staff, service providers, stakeholders and special interest groups
- evaluate pavement conditions and develop maintenance/rehabilitation strategiesPlease note: fieldwork and occasional overnight travel is a requirement of this position.

**What you bring to the team**:

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Mandatory requirements**:

- **Technical knowledge**: You have:

- Knowledge of the theory, principles and practices of pavement investigation, testing and design, to analyze problems and identify solutions
- Knowledge of highway construction and maintenance to provide cost effective solutions related to construction issues
- Knowledge of geotechnical engineering materials (soils, asphalt) to identify pavement and material problems and provide recommendations to ministry staff and consultants- ** Essential skills**: You have:

- Ability to analyze a problem by identifying critical factors, research, define causes, define possible solutions, and select best solution
- Listening, speaking, writing, working cooperatively in a team environment, to promote the effective delivery of multi-disciplinary projects
- Ability to work effectively both individually and in teams to negotiate resolve, advise, report and present technical and administrative information
- Ability to assist in the administration and supervision of consultants by preparing and administering contracts, assessing deliverables and rating performance, to effectively deliver projects without delay- **How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: 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- **Additional information**:

- Friday, December 12, 2025 11:59 pm EST
- **Position details**:

- 1 English Permanent, 615 James St S, Thunder Bay, North Region- **Compensation group**:

- Ontario Public Service Employees Union
- **Work hours**:

- Schedule 3
- **Category**:

- Maintenance and Trades
- **Posted on**:

- Friday, November 28, 2025
- **Note**:

- The information that you provide for the purpose of this competition and the results from this competition may be used to fill other positions. These positions may be of various tenures, including short-term assignments. Your information and the results from this competition will be retained for the purpose of filling vacancies in accordance with the applicable collective agreement or policy provisions.
- T-MT-236874/25- **How to apply**:

- Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.-
- Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.-
- Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.-
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