Position Title: Manager – Transportation Services Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area
Employment Type: Permanent
Robinson Consultants Inc. is a growing multi-disciplinary employee-owned engineering firm, in business for over 47 years, we are building on our solid track record of success by maintaining our commitment to “make communities better through teamwork, quality solutions and inspiring the next generation.”
Our core values guide the way we run our business:
Passion: We are inspired to achieve the goals of our clients, colleagues, and company.
Integrity: We embrace honesty, trustworthiness, and thoughtfulness through our actions and behaviours.
Respect: Through listening and understanding we demonstrate the value we hold for our clients, colleagues, and peers.
Care: We put our clients, colleagues, and peers first.
Robinson Consultants is seeking a self-motivated Manager – Transportation Services Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) to join the collaborative and dynamic leadership team working out of either our Vaughan or Hamilton office. This position is responsible for leading a team on a wide range of transportation design, construction and planning projects, and multi-disciplinary assignments for both private and public sector clients including local and arterial roads, complete streets, active transportation facilities, roundabouts and protected intersections.
What you’ll be doing:
As a member of the Transportation Services team, the duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Maintain a positive working environment conducive to promoting teamwork, creativity, and positive morale.
- Oversee the day-to-day department operations to ensure a balanced workload and that work is performed within established project schedules and budgets.
- Ensures that all department goals, objectives and policies are effectively implemented
- Remain current with changing design, regulations and construction methodologies
- Provide overall project management duties and/or lead design efforts on some projects
- Work independently and lead the projects as part of a team to define the problem, establish the scope of work, prepare budgets and schedules, plan the work, and provide technical direction, oversight, rationale, and solutions.
- Coordinate and collaborate with Robinson’s Hamilton, Vaughan, Ottawa and Kingston Offices, subconsultants, and other engineering disciplines.
- Liaise and build effective working relationships with clients, stakeholders and subconsultants.
- Partner with Human Resources on recruitment and selection, promotion, employee relations matters and performance management.
- Provide coaching, mentorship, guidance, quality control, support, and oversight of staff to complete various transportation planning and design tasks.
- Work with the Executive Vice President to develop and execute strategic growth of the Transportation group and business initiatives within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
- As a member of the GTHA leadership team, you will collaborate with fellow group managers and the Executive Vice President to expand the firm’s presence in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and strengthen its reputation as a leading provider of engineering services.
You should have:
- Degree in Civil Engineering (or related field) or 3-year Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology (or related field) or 2-year Diploma in Construction Engineering Technician
- Current Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) or Current Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T.) or Current Certified Technician (C.Tech.)
- 15 years or more of progressive engineering design experience including roadway design, active transportation, AODA considerations, and roadway safety.
- 10 years or more of providing effective mentoring to engineers, technicians, or designers. Previous management experience is considered an asset.
- Experience in schedule control, budget management, and risk identification and mitigation.
- Superior client and interpersonal skills, combined with strong team and leadership abilities.
- Highly proficient with the principles and practices of transportation engineering and especially processes, practices, and standards used in the design and construction of transportation infrastructure.
- Up to date knowledge in the trends and changes in transportation infrastructure design.
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills and the ability to balance diverse, changing, and conflicting priorities to meet short and long-term project milestones.
- Demonstrated experience with proposal and business development.
*Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salaries and reward opportunities
- Company matched RRSP contributions
- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision care, disability, and life insurance
- Hybrid work option available
- Flexible vacation
- Unique vacation opportunities
- Maternity and Parental leave top-up
- Professional Association Fees
- Active Social Committee and corporate social events
- Employee led committees; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the RCI Women in Engineering Group.
- Employee-owned firm with potential for future share purchases
- Extensive training and development opportunities, including monthly lunch and learns, formal training courses and conferences and seminars,
- Diverse experience opportunities afforded, and pursuit of projects related to your interests
- Exposure to a variety of work with varied scope, scale, and complexity
- Be part of a management team with direct input on the growth of the company
- Working with a diverse team with a wide range of experience and expertise
Is your experience close to what we’ve described but maybe you feel you’re missing a few of the requirements? We encourage you to apply anyway. We look for people with exceptional potential, and we know this can take many forms. We believe the highest performing teams include people with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences.
Robinson Consultants Inc. is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive organization. We are committed to providing barrier-free and accessible employment practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Should you require accommodations through any stage of the recruitment process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to meet your needs.
