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Senior Roadway Design Engineer

  • Edmonton, AB
  • Hybrid
  • Posted Oct 15, 2026
  • 1 position

$106,000–$159,000 / year

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Employment type
Full-time
Experience level
Lead · 10+ years
Minimum education
Bachelor’s degree
Posting language
English
Working hours
40 hours per week

Job summary

The Senior Roadway Design Engineer will lead municipal roadway and infrastructure projects by performing detailed calculations, model creation, and drawing production. They are responsible for ensuring technical accuracy, managing project documentation, and coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams to meet quality and schedule objectives.

Job details

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together. Role description: Arcadis is seeking a Senior Roadway Design Engineer, to join our Mobility Advisory group in western Canada. We are looking for an experienced Transportation Design Engineer to help shape the future of municipal roadway, active transportation, linear infrastructure, and transit projects across the Western Canada. This role will offer the opportunity to lead meaningful, visible projects that improve communities and move people more safely and sustainably. Working with a collaborative, multi‑disciplinary team, this role will apply deep municipal roadway design expertise to deliver technically robust, constructible solutions. Responsibilities span detailed calculations and model creation through drawing production, plans, section details, specifications, and engineering reports. Role accountabilities: In this role you will provide transportation engineering design and technical expertise with a clear focus on municipal roadway projects, taking responsibility for detailed calculations, model creation, and drawing production while developing plans, cross-sections, pavement and curb details, associated engineering reports, and contract specifications for a wide variety of infrastructure works. You will prepare conceptual, preliminary, and detailed cost estimates and rigorously review project documents prior to issue to verify scope, presentation, and technical accuracy. Also ensuring compliance with municipal standards, constructability, and procurement readiness. The role involves coordinating the delivery of technical designs to meet cost, schedule, and quality objectives by producing full design packages and working closely with other engineering disciplines and technical specialists to integrate roadway design with utilities, drainage, traffic control, and environmental requirements while meeting stakeholder and municipal criteria. This position requires applying a working knowledge of stormwater analysis and design together with strong interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills; you will be task-oriented, committed to high-quality work and attention to detail, and able to work independently and effectively within diverse project teams to deliver reliable, constructible municipal roadway solutions. Qualifications & Experience: * Bachelor's University Degree in Civil or Transportation Engineering * P.Eng in Alberta * 8-15 years of municipal infrastructure and roadway design experience at increasing levels of responsibility * Experience with integrating new civil infrastructure with existing infrastructure will be an asset * Proficiency with AutoCAD and Civil 3D for design purposes is required Why Arcadis? We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together. You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you. Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy. Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. The salary range for this position is $106,000 - $159,000. The base salary represents Arcadis’ hiring range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as location, skills, experience, and qualification for the role. #LI-AL5

What you’ll do

The Senior Roadway Design Engineer will lead municipal roadway and infrastructure projects by performing detailed calculations, model creation, and drawing production. They are responsible for ensuring technical accuracy, managing project documentation, and coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams to meet quality and schedule objectives.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Civil or Transportation Engineering and possess a P.Eng designation in Alberta. The role requires 8-15 years of relevant municipal design experience and proficiency in AutoCAD and Civil 3D.

Listed skills

  • Technical Reporting · Preferred
  • Project management · Preferred
  • AutoCAD · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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  • Roadway design
  • Civil engineering
  • Transportation engineering
  • Municipal infrastructure
  • AutoCAD
  • Civil 3D
  • Stormwater analysis
  • Project management
  • Technical reporting
  • Cost estimation
  • Infrastructure design
  • Active transportation
  • Transit projects
  • Constructability review
  • Stakeholder coordination
  • Roadway Design
  • AutoCAD Civil 3D
  • Curiosity
  • Analytical Skills
  • Production Planning
  • Procurement
  • Constructability
  • Stormwater Management
  • Sustainable Design
  • Transport Engineering
  • Traffic Control
  • Coordinating
  • Detail Oriented

Job areas

  • Engineering
  • Construction
  • Transportation
  • Consulting
  • Environmental & Sustainability
  • Roadway Design Engineer
  • Manufacturing Process Engineer
  • Industrial and Production Engineers
  • Manufacturing Engineers
  • Industrial Engineers

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