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Reporting to the Leader of Community Projects in the Transportation & Open Spaces division, the Senior Transportation Engineer will be part of a team that plans, optimizes, studies and designs our infrastructure investment to create inclusive, accessible, creative, and connected resilient communities. You will contribute to strategic program planning and management, corporate asks, leading complex projects, mentoring junior and intermediate teammates. As a project manager, you will be responsible for business cases, project initiation, feasibility studies, concept design, and preliminary design of capital projects. Your projects will take a user-focused, holistic, and multidisciplinary approach to advancing interchanges, major roadways, active transportation (pathway / 5A) routes, complete streets, open spaces, and connections for everyone to reach transit, recreation, schools and destinations across Calgary. You will be working in a team environment focused on achieving great city-building outcomes, and working in complex, non-standard urban environments is the norm. Primary duties include:

• Support program activities while managing complex projects including business cases, scope definition, design advancement, and budgets to achieve results aligned with business goals, community context and expectations, and corporate policies from initiation to handover to delivery teams.
• Negotiate and administer contracts, oversee consultants, ensuring projects meet requirements and stay on schedule, within budget, and aligned with the project vision; review and approve changes or extensions when necessary.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams, community organizations, businesses, and partners to deliver exceptional service and successful projects.
• Work with colleagues from across the corporation to develop strategic solutions, ensuring compliance with applicable standards and best practices, that improve the experience of Calgarians using public spaces.
• Represent projects at community events, public meetings, and other sessions to support project design and implementation.
• Respond to public, corporate, media and Council-related inquiries by presenting complex information in a succinct and approachable manner.
• Lead work in complex, unstructured situations, while managing risk.
• Provide technical mentorship to junior and intermediate staff and contribute to continuous improvement in planning practices.

Qualifications

• A degree in Transportation Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related Engineering field is required.
• You must have at least 8 years of relevant professional engineering experience obtained after receiving your P. Eng. designation and a current licensure as a Professional Engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) complete with practicing status OR licensure and practicing status by the first day of work. Click here for more details.
• Experience must include transportation planning and engineering, including:
  • Leading transportation studies.
  • Managing consultant teams and complex project scopes.
  • Applying transportation modeling, design, and evaluation tools.
  • Coordinating with internal and external interest holders.
  • Navigating political and regulatory environments.
• A master's degree will be considered an asset.
• Experience or certification in the following areas will be considered an asset: road safety, project management, public engagement, or roadway operations.
• Success in this role requires strong communication skills and an ability to work with external partners, Ward office staff, Councillors, and Calgarians.

Pre-employment Requirements

• Successful applicants must provide proof of qualifications.

Workstyle

• This position may be eligible to work from home for at least part of the time as one of several flexible work options available to City employees. These arrangements depend on the operational requirements of the role, employee suitability, and are subject to change based on operational needs and corporate direction.

Position and Pay Information

• Business Unit: Project Development
• Union: Exempt
• Position Type: 1 Permanent
• Compensation: Level P4E $138,475 - 173,094 per annum
• Hours of work: Standard 35 hour work week
• Days of work: This position works a 5-day work week with 1 day off in a 3 week cycle.
• Location: 800 Macleod Trail SE
• Audience: Internal/External
• Apply By: May 15, 2026
• Job ID: 314379