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Job Title


Senior Transit Project Engineer


Company : Stantec Consulting International Ltd.


Location : Edmonton, Alberta


Created : 2026-04-26


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

A career in transportation is more than bridges, roads, and rail. As we plan, design, and manage projects that move people and goods from Point A to Point B, we create connections that transform our communities. Every airport, road, bridge, port, or transit project is an opportunity to make communities safer, cleaner, and more resilient. Together, were making an impact around the world. If youre looking for a career that moves, join our team of professionals who are passionate about the future of transportation. Think of your career as a journey? Come pave the tracks to innovation with our Transit & Rail team and provide revolutionary options for safe, efficient, and affordable transit. Be a part of this changefrom the first mile to the last. Your Opportunity As a Senior Transit Project Engineer, you will play a key technical and delivery leadership role on complex transit and rail projects across Edmonton, Alberta, and Western Canada. Working within a multidisciplinary transit team, you will support publicsector clients such as the City of Edmonton, City of Calgary, TransLink, and Alberta Transportation & Economic Corridors in planning, designing, and delivering major transit infrastructure that improves regional mobility and community outcomes. You will contribute senior technical expertise across the full project lifecycle, from early planning and preliminary engineering through detailed design and construction support while working closely with project managers, discipline leads, and client stakeholders. This role blends handson technical leadership with project management support, client engagement, and mentoring of junior staff, making it wellsuited for an experienced engineer seeking to influence the successful delivery of highprofile transit programs. Your Key Responsibilities Provide senior technical leadership on transit and rail projects, including LRT, BRT, stations, corridors, and supporting civil infrastructure. Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design teams to deliver integrated, high-quality engineering solutions across all phases of project delivery. Oversee the preparation, review, and approval of technical deliverables, including drawings, reports, specifications, cost estimates, and construction support documentation. Support project management responsibilities by contributing to scope definition, work planning, schedule development, and budget tracking; proactively managing technical inputs to change control and ensuring alignment between engineering delivery and overall project objectives. Interface closely with project managers, project controls, and commercial teams to manage technical risk, interfaces, and integration issues across disciplines and systems. Serve as a senior technical point of contact with clients, supporting agencies such as the City of Edmonton, City of Calgary, TransLink, and Alberta Transportation & Economic Corridors. Identify and manage technical risks and integration challenges, including constructability, staging, adjacent development interfaces, and coordination with thirdparty stakeholders. Support constructability reviews, value engineering, and design optimization during preliminary and detailed design phases. Ensure all work complies with applicable codes, standards, owner requirements, and internal quality management and HSSE practices. Mentor and guide intermediate and junior engineers, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and highperforming team environment. Contribute to continuous improvement by applying lessons learned, promoting innovation, and supporting pursuit and business development activities as needed. Your Capabilities and Credentials Demonstrated experience managing transportation or transit projects for publicsector agencies. Strong understanding of project management fundamentals, including scope, schedule, budget, risk, and quality management. Proven ability to build and maintain positive client relationships; an established network with major transit agencies in Alberta is considered an asset. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical information clearly to clients and stakeholders. Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary and multiorganization project teams. Experience supporting business development and pursuit activities, including technical inputs to proposals, is preferred. Education and Experience Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or a related field. Minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in transportation or transit project delivery. Professional Engineer (PEng) license in Alberta, or eligibility and ability to obtain licensure within six months of hire. This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice. Pay Transparency Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for parttime roles will be prorated based on the agreed number of working hours per week. Benefits Summary Regular fulltime and parttime employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group taxfree savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, shortterm/longterm disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off. Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group taxfree savings account. The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements. #J-18808-Ljbffr