Senior Transportation Engineer

Take your career to its next level and put your engineering skills and passion for creating more livable communities into action by joining WATT Consulting Group's collaborative Multi-modal Transportation Team as our next Senior Transportation Engineer

The Opportunity:

WATT has an opportunity for a motivated mid-career or senior level Transportation Engineer to join our team to lead a wide range of transportation planning engineering projects – from multi-modal plans for communities to site specific operational assessments – across Western Canada. This position would be located from our office in Edmonton, AB. For the right applicant, this position may also provide the opportunity to take on the role of practice lead depending on experience, skill set and desire.

As a Senior Transportation Engineer at WATT, you will have the opportunity to play a key role in a variety of traffic/transportation projects and help to continue to develop our practice. You will be involved in everything from multi-modal (active transportation) planning and design to safety, traffic operations, and impact assessments. Your primary focus will be to oversee and lead projects from start to finish, with the help of junior and technical team members. Additionally, you will provide transportation/traffic engineering expertise to your colleagues in both advisory and supportive capacities, contributing to a collaborative and integrated project approach.

If you share our vision for advancing sustainable transportation and have an aspiration to advance your career, join us in our mission to create thoughtful transportation plans and designs for thriving communities.

Why work for us:

• Positive workplace culture - We offer a competitive suite of benefits and programs, including an employer paid benefit plan (medical/dental/insurance), generous sick days and vacation time, Group Deferred Profit Sharing, Health Savings/ Tax Savings Account, performance bonuses and competitive salaries. WATT is a privately-owned firm that is proud to include employee ownership. 
• Workplace balance & flexibility - Whether you are a parent craving a schedule that works better for your family, need to support aging or ill family members, or an experienced senior professional looking to downshift, our workplace offers many flexible arrangements that can better blend work and your personal life.
• Collaborative leadership - Our organization believes strongly in diverse and collaborative leadership. Wherever possible we provide opportunities for all staff to be involved in shaping and improving the work we do, contributing to the development of our organization, and setting a course for the future.
• We walk (and bike) the talk - We are focused on creating safer, more sustainable, and livable communities and we take action in our own offices and regions. Our offices are centrally located and equipped to support travel to them on foot, by bike and e-scooter and by transit.
• Agility, innovation, and responsiveness – As a smaller mid-sized consulting company, we are proud of our ability to respond quickly to new ideas and opportunities, as well as challenges as they arise. We are a company of fun, warm, innovative and solution-focused individuals and we welcome (and invite) other like-minded folks to contribute to a more positive future together with us.

You will be responsible for:

• Ensuring the successful delivery of traffic/transportation engineering projects, including scheduling, budgeting, proposal writing, client communication, and compliance with corporate quality control processes.
• Leveraging your technical expertise in traffic/transportation engineering to provide clients with practical and effective solutions in the areas of transportation network analysis, multi-modal road safety, transportation impact assessments, active transportation, signal timing, modeling, and parking.
• Leading and supporting conceptual and functional design of transportation facilities such as transit exchanges, protected bicycle lanes, multi-use paths, intersections, and crosswalks.
• Collaborating with WATT team members by assisting other project managers, conducting peer-reviews, and mentoring junior staff.
• Representing WATT in client, community, council meetings and other public engagement activities, effectively communicating technical information.
• Writing clear and concise documentation for projects, including technical letters, memos, and reports.
• Supporting business development efforts by pursuing opportunities with past, current, and prospective clients and contributing to proposal preparation.
• Maintaining technical competency in transportation engineering and project delivery through active participation in ITE, TAC, or other professional organizations.
• Leading by example by working alongside others on our team to continuously improve our transportation practice and the value we deliver to our clients and communities.
• Short (one to two day) trips to project locations may be required.

What you bring to WATT:

• A registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or the ability to become a P.Eng. with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta within three (3) month of accepting the position. Limited license engineers (P.L. Eng.) with appropriate experience will also be considered.
• At least five (5+) or more years of traffic/transportation engineering experience.
• Project management/leadership skills and ability to support a growing and diverse practice.
• Technical skills to lead and support transportation master plans, active transportation planning and design, traffic operations and site analysis, traffic management plans for construction zones, signal timing, safety audits, and traffic modeling.
• Experience using capacity analysis and microsimulation software such as Synchro/SimTraffic required.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, as well as strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to mentor junior engineering staff and provide technical guidance when needed.
• PTOE or RSP certification is considered an asset.
• Working knowledge of key technical manuals from TAC, ITE, NACTO, and Provincial Manuals.
• A valid AB Class 5 or equivalent Drivers' License is required.