Senior Engineer, Infrastructure Projects

Requisition ID: 23470  
Department: Infrastructure & Water Services Dept. 
Service: Infrastructure Services 
Branch: Design & Construction Municipal Branch 
Employment Type: 1 Full-time Permanent and 3 Full-time Temporary (up to 2 years) 
Work Hours: 35.00 hours per week
Affiliation: CIPP/CIPP 
Salary Information: $102,307.66 - $124,480.72  annually (2025 rates of pay)
Location: 100 Constellation, Nepean  
Job Category: Planning and Infrastructure; Engineering 
Application Close: 05/11/2026
JOB SUMMARY

The mandate of Infrastructure Services is to implement city-building priorities – from planning and delivering infrastructure projects, to managing infrastructure assets and investments.

You manage total project delivery using in-house and/or external resources for major infrastructure construction and rehabilitation projects, including roadways, transitways, structures, sewers, water mains, pumping stations, treatment works, drainage works, lighting, solid waste/landfill sites, cycling facilities, traffic calming, transit improvements, streetscaping and related underground utilities.

You are responsible for all phases of the project delivery, from project inception through consultant selection (where applicable), public consultation, pre-design, detailed design, approvals, tendering, and award, to construction. 

You monitor, track and report on project status, approve all project expenditures, arrange all project related testing, and handle commissioning/turnover to operating branches. Assignments involve major or multiple projects that are highly complex, of multi-million dollar value, frequently having numerous stakeholders and may require extensive public consultation and environmental assessment and may extend over multiple years. 

You also: participate in project identification, prioritization and planning; organize the conduct of environmental impact assessment and other studies and all stages of the project lifecycle; contribute to the review/development of department engineering standards; and carry out other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Completion of 4 year degree in Engineering or Applied Science

Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in the planning, design and construction of municipal infrastructure, including a minimum of 5 years of project management experience

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES

Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)

KNOWLEDGE

Engineering planning, design, operations and construction/rehabilitation of municipal structures, infrastructure and utilities 

Related federal, provincial and engineering legislation, regulations, standards, codes and by-laws pertaining to environmental impact assessment, building, fire, health and safety, construction process 

Processes for conducting and analysing environmental impact assessments

Principles of project management, including cost containment/control and reporting

Process for developing Request for Qualifications & Requests for Proposals, including acceptance, review and selection of consulting engineers

Processes for tendering and contracting work

Computer applications in an engineering environment pertaining to municipal design, project management, spreadsheet, word processing, e-mail and use of the Intra-Internets

Protocols for responding to senior management/councillor inquiries, conducting public consultation and preparing reports, briefing notes, other communiqués

Must possess the training, experience and knowledge to organize the work and its performance

Must be familiar with all applicable health and safety legislation, have knowledge of any potential or actual danger to health or safety in the work place, and have knowledge of appropriate actions to be taken in order to ensure the health and safety of staff in accordance with applicable legislation and city policies and procedures 

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Manage concurrent complex, multi-million dollar and often highly sensitive projects and bring the projects to completion according to schedule and within budget

Manage activities of technical staff, consultants, contractors, and co-ordinate activities with other levels of governments and external agencies/utilities

Prepare formal RFQ’s and RFP’s; review, analyze and recommend acceptance of proposals from consulting engineering firms

Communicate effectively orally and in writing to internal councillor inquiries and inquiries/complaints from the general public and to present technical material in formats conducive to various audiences

Identify and recommend the solutions to health and safety issues and problems to ensure the safety of employees and contractors and to mitigate loss/project downtime

Conflict management, influence, resolution and negotiation skills

Thorough, self-motivated and reliable

Organized and attentive to detail

Exhibit tact, discretion and sound judgment

Able to deal with contentious issues and situations

Analytical

Effective interpersonal and presentation skills

Team player

Leadership, initiative, motivation and creativity

Flexible and able to deal with elected officials, representatives from all levels of government, the public, consultants/contractorsAble to multi-task and prioritize

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Language Requirement: English oral, reading, writing

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We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. 

The City of Ottawa promotes the principles of diversity and inclusion and adheres to the tenets of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from members of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women and non-binary persons, persons of all ethnic origins, religions, sexual orientations, classes, gender identities and expressions. 
Candidates are encouraged to self-identify as a member of one or more designated employment equity groups in the self-identification questionnaire.

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