Transportation Technologist

Responsibilities

What your day will look like

Technical Project Work

• Complete preliminary and detailed designs for freeways, urban and rural multilane and two-lane facilities, interchanges, and intersections for MTO and local municipalities
• Prepare technical reports, design drawings, design quantities, and contract documents
• Interact with clients, approval agencies, utility companies, contractors and other stakeholders, as required
• Provide support and oversight of junior staff working on transportation projects
• Interact regularly with project team members including engineers, planners, environmental scientists, engineering technologists and various support staff

Business Development

• Contribute technical expertise to business development activities including responding to requests for proposals, preparation of proposals and statements of qualifications
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of strong client relationships
• Business travel to other Dillon offices upon request

Learning & Development

• Commit to self-development and ongoing learning and professional development
• Input to the career development of junior staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring
• Contribute to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees

Qualifications

What you will need to succeed

• A diploma in civil engineering technology
• Certified as a . or eligible within six months
• A minimum of five years' professional experience, preferably in the consulting industry
• Demonstrated aptitude for, and interest in, business development

Experience

• In-depth knowledge in preliminary and detail design work of municipal and provincial transportation facilities
• Experience in the geometric design of highways, municipal roads and intersections
• Experience with highway design software including InRoads and Civil3D
• Proven experience and in-depth technical knowledge and capabilities in highway/transportation design including policies, regulations, guidelines and operational procedures

Compensation:

$75,000 - $110,000

Dillon is including the salary range that we in good faith believe may offer for this position. It will be dependent on the successful applicant’s education, experience, and skills, in addition to internal equity and geographic region. Dillon reserves the right to pay outside of the posted range, contingent on factors unrelated to an applicant’s gender or other status protected by provincial and/or federal law.

Why choose Dillon

Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, and are empowered to continually grow and develop.

We live our core values:

• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
• Continuous Development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
• Creativity: discover new possibilities;
• Courage: do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard;
• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences;
• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust.

In addition, we offer:

• Employee share purchase plan
• Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.
• A competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Generous retirement savings plan
• Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions
• Flexible work hours and hybrid working options
• Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs. We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and hybrid work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
• Learning and Development opportunities
• As a knowledge-based business, we use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how, mentoring to share lessons, advising to round out perspectives, and co-creation of knowledge through internal learning opportunities.
• Focus on Innovation
• The ability to anticipate, examine, and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business performance. In our culture, people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to today’s problems and tomorrow’s opportunities.
• Employee and Family Assistance program
• A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.
• Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership
• Our employees can take advantage of reduced annual membership fees.
• Wellness SubsidyOur employees can take advantage of a wellness subsidy that can be put towards expenses for a variety of health and/or wellness related activities such as gym membership, purchase of home fitness equipment, yoga classes and dance classes.