Regional Highway Lead – Greater Toronto Region

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Job Description:

Regional Highway Lead – Greater Toronto Region

We’re reinventing our Greater Toronto Civil infrastructure team. Come be a part of our culture of empowerment and collaboration in the Highway unit. Parsons is a recognized firm in the planning and design of transportation projects in the Region. We are respected by our clients as an organization with strong technical skills, solid project delivery and excellent performance.

What You’ll Be Doing

We are looking for a seasoned Regional Highway Lead to grow our business in the GTA.  A candidate with hands-on project management experience for at least three to five large Ministry of Transportation (MTO) detailed design highway widening and/or interchange modification projects can shape this position and the group to a model they know is successful.  In this role, you will oversee and manage the overall civil design team on both conventional and design/build projects for MTO highway programs. And play a key role in growing our business with the MTO.  We are currently working for the MTO on highway improvement projects and want to take advantage of the relationship to move into more highway design projects with the agency.  Supported by a strong design team the Regional Highway Lead will be managing design projects upon award. 

The position can be based in one of our four major offices, with a 100% remote option available for the right candidate.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field

• 15 + years of experience delivering major/significant MTO projects

• Hands-on project management experience for 3 to 5 large MTO detailed design highway widening and/or interchange modification projects

• Registered Professional Engineer

• Proven background of leading multidisciplinary design teams on challenging, high-profile projects

What Optional Skills You’ll Bring

• Project management experience for MTO Environmental Assessment and preliminary design projects

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Not Applicable/None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 75 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in diverse, collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see new possibilities.

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!

The position may require a COVID vaccination or an approved accommodation/exemption for a disability/medical condition or religious belief as required by customer requirements and some cases federal, state, provincial or local mandates.

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.

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