Senior Traffic Engineer-(Construction Staging)

Company Description

Ready to take the next step in your career?Join Egis and be part of our exciting growth across Canada. As a member of our global team of 23,500+ engineers, architects, scientists and consultants, you'll help deliver some of the country's most impactful infrastructure, transportation, buildings and energy projects while building a career with global opportunities and local impact.

Job Description

Senior Traffic Engineering Specialist (Construction Staging) based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada provides technical leadership for traffic engineering, construction staging, and transportation planning assignments across municipal and highway infrastructure projects. The role supports multidisciplinary project teams through detailed design, traffic operations analysis, contract preparation, construction staging strategies, and transportation planning studies within regulated public-sector environments.

This position is responsible for overseeing traffic engineering deliverables from design development through tender, ensuring compliance with agency standards, policies, and contract documentation requirements. The role also contributes to transportation planning initiatives including environmental assessments, mobility studies, active transportation planning, and traffic operations assessments.

The ideal candidate is a licensed Professional Engineer with 15+ years of experience delivering traffic and highway engineering projects for municipalities and transportation agencies, combined with demonstrated project management, technical leadership, stakeholder engagement, and business development experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and professional development support to engineering and technical staff involved in traffic engineering and transportation projects.
• Perform and oversee quality control reviews of traffic engineering, transportation planning, and technical reporting deliverables.
• Ensure project teams apply current engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and contract documentation procedures throughout project delivery.
• Provide guidance and training related to contract tender package development, documentation, and submission processes.
• Lead traffic engineering activities associated with detailed design projects and infrastructure improvements.
• Manage the preparation and review of Traffic Operations Reports, Traffic Management Plans, Sign Inventory Reports, Staging Memoranda, and Roadside Safety and Guiderail Reports.
• Coordinate traffic engineering components of contract package deliverables from design development through tender submission.
• Complete and review traffic analysis, microsimulation, transportation modelling, and operational assessments using approved methodologies.
• Lead transportation planning and traffic engineering studies, including transportation master planning, mobility assessments, active transportation planning, and traffic operations investigations.
• Manage Transportation Impact Studies, transportation demand assessments, transit-related studies, parking evaluations, and traffic management planning assignments.
• Act as Project Manager for traffic staging projects, providing work planning, schedule management, resource coordination, budget oversight, and technical performance management.
• Participate in project scoping, fee proposal preparation, pursuit planning, and business development initiatives.
• Represent project teams during client meetings, stakeholder consultations, and public engagement activities.
• Maintain strong working relationships with clients, regulatory agencies, project partners, and internal technical teams.

Qualifications

Required

• University degree in Civil Engineering.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in traffic engineering, transportation engineering, highway engineering, or related infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated experience delivering detailed design assignments and technical engineering solutions.
• Strong knowledge of traffic engineering policies, regulations, guidelines, standards, and operational procedures.
• Experience supporting projects for the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO), municipalities, or comparable public-sector agencies.
• Experience managing technical project delivery, construction staging initiatives, and traffic management assignments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinate with clients and stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and technical review capabilities.
• Valid driver's license with access to a registered and insured vehicle.

Assets

• Experience leading Municipal Class Environmental Assessment projects.
• Experience managing Active Transportation Master Plans and Transportation Master Plans.
• Business development experience including client development, proposal preparation, and strategic pursuits.
• Advanced experience with traffic modelling and microsimulation studies.
• Experience supporting large-scale transportation corridor, highway rehabilitation, or municipal infrastructure projects.
• Exposure to public consultation programs and stakeholder engagement processes.
• Graduate-level education in transportation engineering, traffic engineering, or a related discipline.

Additional Information

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

This role is eligible for a referral bonus in line with the Referral Program.  If you have been referred, please provide the name of the employee who has referred you at the time of your application.

At Egis, we embrace innovation to tackle challenges and utilize AI in our recruitment process under stringent ethics and compliance policies and in alignment with our values of being a Responsible Company, a People First Company and a Creative Company. Committed to diversity, growth and collaboration, we may leverage AI to support the recruitment process.

Egis Canada is an equal opportunities employer offering a competitive salary and benefits to those with the skills suited to the needs of our clients. The salary range advertised may exceed the range based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.