Who are we looking for?

Our EDO (Engineering Design Organization) is seeking a Utilities Designer with strong experience in Civil 3D to support the planning and design of utility infrastructure relocations for transit and civil projects. The successful candidate will work closely with engineers, project managers, and other designers to produce high-quality utility layouts and conflict coordination drawings. This role can be based out of one of our Southern Ontario offices: Whitby, Waterloo, Mississauga, Markham, Kingston or St. Catharines.

The Transportation Group within GHD Canada works with Provincial, Regional, and local municipal transportation agencies, as well as select contracting partners, on large scale projects across the whole Transportation spectrum of highways, roads and bridges, transit and multi-modal infrastructure, and transportation planning. Our team provides integrated transportation services throughout the project lifecycle from initial policy, transportation economics and business case advice, through concept, environmental assessment, detailed design, construction administration and asset management support services.

Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• Prepare detailed utility design drawings using AutoCAD Civil 3D , including plan and profile views, cross-sections, and utility relocations.
• Support the development of utility relocation strategies for transit corridor projects.
• Review and process SUE reports, prepare utility conflict matrices, and coordinate with SUE providers on additional SUE investigation needs.
• Assist in clash detection and resolution between utilities and other civil elements.
• Perform the relocation designs of municipal and/or private third-party utilities in civil infrastructure transit projects.
• Prepare Composite Utility Plans, utility relocation plans, 3D models for utilities and other engineering drawings and specifications.
• Maintain drawing standards and ensure compliance with applicable codes and client requirements.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders (e.g., municipalities, utility companies) to gather design inputs, resolve conflicts and ensure timely flow of information between multiple parties.
• Participate in design reviews and contribute to technical discussions.
• Support project documentation, including quantity take-offs and design reports.
• Track and monitor progress of multiple parties involved in various subsurface utility engineering field works and utility relocation design and construction works.

Responsibilities

• Data Collection and Analysis: Collate and analyze data using preset tools, methods, and formats. Involves working independently.
• Solutions Analysis: Interpret data and identify possible answers. Involves navigating a wide variety of processes, procedures, and precedents.
• Applications Software Maintenance: Monitor, identify, and correct more complex software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software.
• Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Operating Machine or Equipment: Operate complex systems, adjusting processes to optimize quality and productivity. Also responsible for carrying out new product trials and for generating solutions to complex inefficiencies.
• Design and Conceptualization: Produce multiple concepts and prototypes to design digital products/services.
• Product and Solution Development: Define and deliver products and services that meet customer needs by selecting the best possible approaches available within established systems.
• Operational Compliance: Identify, within the team, instances of noncompliance with the organization's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these instances and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Quality Assurance Testing: Select the appropriate complex tests or tests from a specified range and carry out using specialized methods and equipment; validate and interpret test data to verify that specifications are met and/or to identify remedial actions required to ensure conformance or suitability.

What you will bring to the team:

• Diploma or degree in Civil Engineering Technology or related field.
• Min. 5 years of experience in utility design, preferably in transit or municipal infrastructure.
• Proficiency in using corridor and pipe network modules in AutoCAD Civil 3D is required.
• Knowledge of Bentley software such as Microstation as well as other software such as Navisworks andREVIT are also considered assets.
• Familiarity with utility coordination processes and third-party utility standards (e.g., hydro, telecom, gas).
• Able to performs complex design tasks on projects with understanding of multidisciplinary environment by collaborating with team members from other disciplines for necessary inputs
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a positive attitude.

Assets:

• Experience working on Metrolinx or other large-scale transit projects.
• Knowledge of Ontario utility permitting processes and standards.
• Exposure to BIM workflows or 3D coordination tools.
• Has EIT status or working towards P.Eng designation is an asset.

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As a diverse and inclusive organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, GHD will provide reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process.