Senior Municipal Engineer (3-Year Term)
Top Benefits
About the role
Posted On
February 27, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Ends On
March 22, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Job Posting ID 26E-18 North Bay is a beautiful, safe and diverse community. Nestled between two of Northeastern Ontario’s most beautiful lakes, the City offers a perfect blend of opportunity and easy living. Servicing a regional catchment area of 112,000 people, this progressive city of 52,662 residents is conveniently located just three and a half hours from Toronto and Ottawa. North Bay attracts and retains businesses within a variety of sectors. With a new state-of-the-art Regional Health Centre, coupled with two world-class post-secondary institutions, North Bay’s workforce continues to expand. North Bay’s diverse business community, abundant amenities, and progressive opportunities for growth make the city an ideal place for investment and a leading community of progressive growth and development.
The Corporation of The City of North Bay (“The City”) is accepting applications for the position of Senior Municipal Engineer. This opportunity is a new temporary full-time position with a three‑year term.
The Senior Municipal Engineer, reporting to the Senior Capital Program Engineer, leads the planning, design, and delivery of municipal capital infrastructure projects, including both linear and vertical assets. The incumbent is also responsible for implementing and advancing the City’s Road Safety Strategy, ensuring initiatives are data driven, collaborative, and aligned with broader transportation and public safety objectives. As a technical leader within the Engineering Department, the Senior Municipal Engineer ensures that all work adheres to municipal standards, provincial legislation, and industry best practices.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead the planning, design, and delivery of municipal capital projects, overseeing internal teams and external engineering consultants
- Manage full project execution, including scope, schedule, budget, risks, quality, tendering, contract changes, and regulatory approvals
- Provide technical leadership and coordination, including mentoring staff, sealing engineering designs (P.Eng.), engaging with stakeholders, and preparing reports to Council
- Lead the implementation of the City’s Road Safety Strategy, overseeing day‑to‑day program delivery, data‑driven safety analysis, and coordinated execution of road‑safety initiatives
- Coordinate internal and external partners, including Police, Public Works, Planning, School Boards, and agencies, while supporting working groups, integrating safety into capital projects, and responding to resident safety requests
- Prepare reports and performance updates, track and evaluate safety programs, and champion a positive traffic‑safety culture grounded in Vision Zero and Safe System principles
- Review subdivision and site plan submissions for compliance with legislation, standards, and municipal requirements, coordinating with external agencies to secure development approvals and support agreement preparation
- Manage development‑related financial and infrastructure components, including evaluating cost estimates, setting security deposits, and negotiating cost‑sharing and oversizing arrangements with developers
- Support capital planning and long‑term forecasting by maintaining infrastructure inventories, analyzing asset condition and performance data, and identifying risks and priority needs for maintenance, renewal, and replacement
- Coordinate inspection programs, investigative studies, and infrastructure modelling, and review development proposals to ensure alignment with city‑wide infrastructure capacity, sustainability, and future asset management requirements
- Serve as a key liaison for interdepartmental coordination, external agency approvals, and public communications while ensuring regulatory compliance, timely information sharing, and transparent engagement with stakeholders, utilities, partner agencies, and the community throughout all stages of municipal infrastructure projects
Key Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
- A professional engineer’s licence (P.Eng.) as granted by Professional Engineers Ontario
- Minimum ten (10) years’ experience in the engineering field
- Demonstrated Project Management experience
- Effective oral and written communication and interpersonal skills to present and interact with various levels of the internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrated relationship management, time management, facilitation, and negotiation skills
- Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, such as word processing and spreadsheet development
- Legally entitled to work in Canada
The Following Will Be Considered As Assets
- Previous municipal engineering experience
- Demonstrated abilities with municipal infrastructure (linear and vertical), stormwater management principles, and computer analysis techniques for sewer, water, and stormwater management systems
- Asset management experience
- Traffic and road safety experience
Hours of work: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday (35 hours/week). Periodically, there may be a requirement to work outside of regularly scheduled hours.
Environment: Non-Union
The 2026 annual salary range for this non-union position is $98,279- $137,842 . We offer an employer paid comprehensive benefit package including Health and Dental Benefits, and Life, Long-Term Disability, and AD&D Insurance, as well as an Employee Assistance Program. The City of North Bay is an Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) Employer. For more information on the benefits of a defined benefit pension plan please visit https://www.omers.com/
Qualified individuals interested in being considered for this position are requested to submit a resume and covering letter in one PDF document via email to: staffing@northbay.ca no later than 11:59 p.m., March 22, 2026. Please identify the Posting ID: 26E-18 in the subject line. While we appreciate the interest of all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under the City of North Bay’s Accessibility Policy. We encourage applicants to make their needs known to Human Resources in advance.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
About City of North Bay
“To enhance the quality of life in the community, through the delivery of municipal services, in an equitable, efficient and effective manner.”
North Bay is a caring community of energetic, high-spirited people. Festivals, attractions and a wide range of special event activities blend with the natural attractions of the area. The combination of lush forests, spring-fed water and clean air creates a healthy environment for working, living and raising a family. Safe, friendly, well-planned neighbourhoods also make coming home a pleasure in North Bay.
Senior Municipal Engineer (3-Year Term)
Top Benefits
About the role
Posted On
February 27, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Ends On
March 22, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Job Posting ID 26E-18 North Bay is a beautiful, safe and diverse community. Nestled between two of Northeastern Ontario’s most beautiful lakes, the City offers a perfect blend of opportunity and easy living. Servicing a regional catchment area of 112,000 people, this progressive city of 52,662 residents is conveniently located just three and a half hours from Toronto and Ottawa. North Bay attracts and retains businesses within a variety of sectors. With a new state-of-the-art Regional Health Centre, coupled with two world-class post-secondary institutions, North Bay’s workforce continues to expand. North Bay’s diverse business community, abundant amenities, and progressive opportunities for growth make the city an ideal place for investment and a leading community of progressive growth and development.
The Corporation of The City of North Bay (“The City”) is accepting applications for the position of Senior Municipal Engineer. This opportunity is a new temporary full-time position with a three‑year term.
The Senior Municipal Engineer, reporting to the Senior Capital Program Engineer, leads the planning, design, and delivery of municipal capital infrastructure projects, including both linear and vertical assets. The incumbent is also responsible for implementing and advancing the City’s Road Safety Strategy, ensuring initiatives are data driven, collaborative, and aligned with broader transportation and public safety objectives. As a technical leader within the Engineering Department, the Senior Municipal Engineer ensures that all work adheres to municipal standards, provincial legislation, and industry best practices.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead the planning, design, and delivery of municipal capital projects, overseeing internal teams and external engineering consultants
- Manage full project execution, including scope, schedule, budget, risks, quality, tendering, contract changes, and regulatory approvals
- Provide technical leadership and coordination, including mentoring staff, sealing engineering designs (P.Eng.), engaging with stakeholders, and preparing reports to Council
- Lead the implementation of the City’s Road Safety Strategy, overseeing day‑to‑day program delivery, data‑driven safety analysis, and coordinated execution of road‑safety initiatives
- Coordinate internal and external partners, including Police, Public Works, Planning, School Boards, and agencies, while supporting working groups, integrating safety into capital projects, and responding to resident safety requests
- Prepare reports and performance updates, track and evaluate safety programs, and champion a positive traffic‑safety culture grounded in Vision Zero and Safe System principles
- Review subdivision and site plan submissions for compliance with legislation, standards, and municipal requirements, coordinating with external agencies to secure development approvals and support agreement preparation
- Manage development‑related financial and infrastructure components, including evaluating cost estimates, setting security deposits, and negotiating cost‑sharing and oversizing arrangements with developers
- Support capital planning and long‑term forecasting by maintaining infrastructure inventories, analyzing asset condition and performance data, and identifying risks and priority needs for maintenance, renewal, and replacement
- Coordinate inspection programs, investigative studies, and infrastructure modelling, and review development proposals to ensure alignment with city‑wide infrastructure capacity, sustainability, and future asset management requirements
- Serve as a key liaison for interdepartmental coordination, external agency approvals, and public communications while ensuring regulatory compliance, timely information sharing, and transparent engagement with stakeholders, utilities, partner agencies, and the community throughout all stages of municipal infrastructure projects
Key Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
- A professional engineer’s licence (P.Eng.) as granted by Professional Engineers Ontario
- Minimum ten (10) years’ experience in the engineering field
- Demonstrated Project Management experience
- Effective oral and written communication and interpersonal skills to present and interact with various levels of the internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrated relationship management, time management, facilitation, and negotiation skills
- Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, such as word processing and spreadsheet development
- Legally entitled to work in Canada
The Following Will Be Considered As Assets
- Previous municipal engineering experience
- Demonstrated abilities with municipal infrastructure (linear and vertical), stormwater management principles, and computer analysis techniques for sewer, water, and stormwater management systems
- Asset management experience
- Traffic and road safety experience
Hours of work: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday (35 hours/week). Periodically, there may be a requirement to work outside of regularly scheduled hours.
Environment: Non-Union
The 2026 annual salary range for this non-union position is $98,279- $137,842 . We offer an employer paid comprehensive benefit package including Health and Dental Benefits, and Life, Long-Term Disability, and AD&D Insurance, as well as an Employee Assistance Program. The City of North Bay is an Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) Employer. For more information on the benefits of a defined benefit pension plan please visit https://www.omers.com/
Qualified individuals interested in being considered for this position are requested to submit a resume and covering letter in one PDF document via email to: staffing@northbay.ca no later than 11:59 p.m., March 22, 2026. Please identify the Posting ID: 26E-18 in the subject line. While we appreciate the interest of all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under the City of North Bay’s Accessibility Policy. We encourage applicants to make their needs known to Human Resources in advance.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
About City of North Bay
“To enhance the quality of life in the community, through the delivery of municipal services, in an equitable, efficient and effective manner.”
North Bay is a caring community of energetic, high-spirited people. Festivals, attractions and a wide range of special event activities blend with the natural attractions of the area. The combination of lush forests, spring-fed water and clean air creates a healthy environment for working, living and raising a family. Safe, friendly, well-planned neighbourhoods also make coming home a pleasure in North Bay.