Senior Transportation Project Manager

About the Role

The day‑to‑day responsibilities span project management, design, business development, and professional growth. You will lead transportation engineering projects, produce technical reports, manage contracts, and coordinate stakeholder consultations, while also preparing estimates, maintaining key client relationships, and identifying new opportunities. Continuous learning, mentorship of junior staff, and active participation in professional associations are also expected. • Manage transportation engineering projects and multidisciplinary teams. • Lead preparation of technical reports, studies, and environmental assessment documentation. • Develop contract drawings, specifications, tender quantities, and cost estimates. • Oversee stakeholder consultation programs and deliver municipal and agency presentations. • Communicate regularly with clients, control project budgets, and ensure successful delivery. • Prepare project estimates and proposals to support business development. • Maintain and grow the MTO client relationship. • Identify and pursue new business opportunities in collaboration with peers. • Contribute to the leadership of the Transportation Facilities Group. • Travel for project meetings and to other Dillon offices as required. • Mentor junior and intermediate staff through coaching, training, and technical direction. • Participate actively in professional associations and committees. • Offer employee share purchase plan, comprehensive health benefits, and retirement savings. • Provide student‑loan repayment matching, flexible/hybrid work hours, and wellness subsidies. • Supply Goodlife Fitness corporate membership and Employee & Family Assistance Program.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸project management
• ▸technical reports
• ▸contract development
• ▸stakeholder consultation
• ▸client communication
• ▸business development

What You Bring

Are you someone with strong leadership and technical capabilities who enjoys building relationships and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders? As a thought leader, trusted advisor, and problem solver, you thrive in an entrepreneurial, innovative environment. Excellent communication skills and business acumen allow you to succeed in our fast‑paced, agile organization. Successful candidates will hold a civil engineering degree and be a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario, with at least 15 years of relevant experience. Proven leadership, business development ability, and familiarity with the MTO environmental assessment and design processes are essential. Strong project management, public consultation, and communication skills, along with proficiency in Microsoft and Google tools, are required. • Hold a civil engineering degree and Ontario professional engineer licence. • Bring at least 15 years of relevant engineering experience. • Demonstrate proven leadership and business development capabilities. • Experience with MTO environmental assessment processes and provincial facility design. • Skilled in public and agency consultation and multidisciplinary team leadership. • Proficient with Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel and Google Suite.

Requirements

• ▸professional engineer
• ▸15 years
• ▸leadership
• ▸mto ea
• ▸public consultation
• ▸microsoft teams

Benefits

Dillon’s Highways Discipline is hiring a Senior Transportation Project Manager to join a multidisciplinary team of engineers, planners, and scientists. The role offers the chance to work on new and exciting projects while delivering a fully integrated customer experience. Positions are available in Toronto, Guelph, Kitchener, Oakville, Windsor, Chatham, Hamilton, London, Kingston, and Ottawa, with flexible work hours to support work‑life balance. The salary range for this role is $110,000 to $160,000 per year, based on education, experience, and geographic location. Dillon is a 100 % employee‑owned firm that values achievement, continuous development, creativity, courage, inclusiveness, and reliability. Employees benefit from a competitive compensation package, comprehensive health coverage, retirement savings, student‑loan repayment matching, and flexible, hybrid work arrangements. Additional perks include an employee share purchase plan, corporate Goodlife Fitness membership, wellness subsidies, and an Employee and Family Assistance Program. Learning and development are supported through coaching, mentoring, advising, and internal knowledge‑co‑creation. Innovation is encouraged, with resources to explore new technologies and AI tools that enhance performance while all hiring decisions remain human‑driven.

Work Environment

Hybrid