Project Engineer, Transit

Overview

At Burnside the difference is our people. Our employees are our greatest asset and by encouraging continuous growth and supporting personal development our organization benefits from the increased skill and leadership capacity that results.

We are looking for a Project Engineer to join our Transit Group and deliver impactful transit and rail infrastructure projects across Ontario. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who thrives on leading design, collaborating across disciplines, and mentoring the next generation of professionals.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead civil design delivery of transit infrastructure projects such as new or redeveloped stations, rail corridor improvements, parking expansions, and large-scale design-build initiatives.
• Produce high-quality technical deliverables, including drawings, specifications, and design reports.
• Review cost estimates and ensure accuracy in quantities and budgets.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and specialists to deliver integrated, multi-disciplinary solutions.
• Support business development by contributing to proposals, scopes of work, schedules, and fee estimates.
• Mentor and guide junior and intermediate staff to help them develop their technical and professional skills.

What Success Looks Like

What You Bring

Why Choose Burnside?

Are you interested in working for an employer with a 5-decade track record of building a great reputation both internally with their staff and externally with their clients? The Burnside team is a supportive group of colleagues that work together to provide value and service to our clients, while extending care to each other. We know that our employees are our greatest asset, and thus we strive to provide a positive work / life balance.

We offer

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to valuing diversity in the workplace and we welcome resumes from all qualified candidates. Burnside will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the entire recruitment, assessment, and selection process, as required. If you are a person with a disability and require an accommodation during these processes, please contact our Human Resources department.

Company Profile – More about us :

Founded in 1970, R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited is a growing values-driven employee-owned multidiscipline engineering and environmental consulting firm with over 450+ staff. Our consistent commitment towards investing in technology advancements and training, in addition to encouraging and promoting professional development, has enabled our firm to meet our ongoing and stated goal of continual improvement.

We actively seek to develop relationships with a broad and diversified client base in the Public, Private and Indigenous sectors.We work on a variety of projects throughout Canada, with ten office locations in Ontario and one in Manitoba.

Burnside has expertise in many technical disciplines beyond our core civil engineering focus including air and noise, asset management, building sciences, environmental planning and ecology, GIS, hydrogeology, land development, landscape architecture, municipal drainage, solid waste, stormwater management, structures, transportation planning and design, water and wastewater and well drilling & diagnostics.

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