Senior Transit Project Engineer

A career in transportation is more than bridges, roads, and rail. As we plan, design, and manage projects that move people and goods from Point A to Point B, we create connections that transform our communities. Every airport, road, bridge, port, or transit project is an opportunity to make communities safer, cleaner, and more resilient. Together, we’re making an impact around the world. If you’re looking for a career that moves, join our team of professionals who are passionate about the future of transportation. Think of your career as a journey? Come pave the tracks to innovation with our Transit & Rail team and provide revolutionary options for safe, efficient, and affordable transit. Be a part of this change…from the first mile to the last. Your Opportunity As a Senior Transit Project Engineer, you will play a key technical and delivery leadership role on complex transit and rail projects across Edmonton, Alberta, and Western Canada. Working within a multidisciplinary transit team, you will support public‑sector clients such as the City of Edmonton, City of Calgary, TransLink, and Alberta Transportation & Economic Corridors in planning, designing, and delivering major transit infrastructure that improves regional mobility and community outcomes. You will contribute senior technical expertise across the full project lifecycle, from early planning and preliminary engineering through detailed design and construction support while working closely with project managers, discipline leads, and client stakeholders. This role blends hands‑on technical leadership with project management support, client engagement, and mentoring of junior staff, making it well‑suited for an experienced engineer seeking to influence the successful delivery of high‑profile transit programs. Your Key Responsibilities * Provide senior technical leadership on transit and rail projects, including LRT, BRT, stations, corridors, and supporting civil infrastructure. * Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design teams to deliver integrated, high‑quality engineering solutions across all phases of project delivery. * Oversee the preparation, review, and approval of technical deliverables, including drawings, reports, specifications, cost estimates, and construction support documentation. * Support project management responsibilities by contributing to scope definition, work planning, schedule development, and budget tracking; proactively managing technical inputs to change control and ensuring alignment between engineering delivery and overall project objectives. * Interface closely with project managers, project controls, and commercial teams to manage technical risk, interfaces, and integration issues across disciplines and systems. * Serve as a senior technical point of contact with clients, supporting agencies such as the City of Edmonton, City of Calgary, TransLink, and Alberta Transportation & Economic Corridors. * Identify and manage technical risks and integration challenges, including constructability, staging, adjacent development interfaces, and coordination with third‑party stakeholders. * Support constructability reviews, value engineering, and design optimization during preliminary and detailed design phases. * Ensure all work complies with applicable codes, standards, owner requirements, and internal quality management and HSSE practices. * Mentor and guide intermediate and junior engineers, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high‑performing team environment. * Contribute to continuous improvement by applying lessons learned, promoting innovation, and supporting pursuit and business development activities as needed. Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week. Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off. Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account. The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Provide senior technical leadership and delivery oversight for complex transit and rail infrastructure projects across Western Canada. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality engineering solutions while managing project scope, budget, and client stakeholder relationships.

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Civil or Transportation Engineering and a minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in transit project delivery. Candidates must hold or be eligible for a Professional Engineer (PEng) license in Alberta.

• Health insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Wellness program • Health care spending account • Wellness spending account • Group registered retirement savings plan • Employee stock purchase program • Group tax-free savings account • Life insurance • Accidental death & dismemberment insurance • Short-term disability plan • Long-term disability plan • Emergency travel benefits • Tuition reimbursement • Professional membership fee coverage • Paid time off

• Project managementPreferred

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• Transit engineering
• Rail engineering
• Project management
• Technical leadership
• Multidisciplinary team coordination
• Civil infrastructure design
• Constructability review
• Value engineering
• Risk management
• Client engagement
• Mentoring
• Budget tracking
• Schedule development
• Stakeholder management
• Engineering design
• Quality management

• Engineering
• Transportation
• Construction
• Consulting
• Management & Leadership

Minimum education

Bachelor’s degree

Minimum experience

10+ years

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week