At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.
Job Description:
Overview: The Highway Engineer (also known as Project Engineer) in the Highways and Freeways group will play a pivotal role in advancing the growth of our Transportation Engineering practice for the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO). This highway engineering position requires an understanding of MTO standards, policies, and practices. You will collaborate as part of a team of Highway Engineers and Design Specialists, and work on a variety of multidisciplinary and low to high-complexity transportation projects, including rehabilitation, replacement, widening and/or expansion of highways and freeways. This fantastic opportunity is for someone who values teamwork, quality and trust, and will foster growth within the group and the company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design Highway Engineering components on MTO transportation projects across Ontario, from planning to execution, ensuring all milestones and goals are met.
- Highway Engineering design development on a variety of projects, including functional studies, preliminary design and detail design.
- Coordinate with project teams, including engineers and designers.
- Proactively manage risks, identifying potential issues early and working to develop solutions that minimize delays and cost overruns.
- As a Highway Engineer on MTO projects, you will contribute to the successful completion of field investigations, geometric design, grading design, roadside safety design, drainage design, storm sewer design, pavement marking and signage design, complex construction staging design, traffic management, roadway modelling, quantity estimating, utility coordination, contract drawing preparation, contract document preparation, construction cost estimate development, and construction liaison.
- Integrate MTO active transportation plans and standards into the design.
- Prepare technical reports and documentation for clients, ensuring technical excellence and quality assurance of project tasks and deliverables.
- Assist in business development activities, including proposal preparation, project methodology development, work programs, schedules, and budgets.
Requirements:
- University degree in Civil/Transportation Engineering, or a related professional discipline.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) licensed with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).
- 3+ years of MTO experience in Preliminary and/or Detail Design.
- Knowledge of MTO's standards and policies.
- Knowledge of Highway Engineering theories, principles, legislation, regulations, and technology, including highway design, construction, maintenance, traffic operations, contract delivery, and oversight.
- Advance knowledge of relevant software, such as AutoCAD, OpenRoads Designer, Microstation, and AutoTurn.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills, with a proven ability to manage remote or hybrid teams.
Why Parsons?
Parsons provides a competitive salary, a flexible hybrid work environment (2 days in the office), and the potential for remote work for the right candidate. This is an excellent opportunity to work on high-impact projects that shape the future of Ontario’s transportation infrastructure. And, Parsons is growing creating numerous branches of opportunities for career advancement.
This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what's next!Salary Range: $61,700 - $111,700This job posting is for a current addition or replacement opportunity within Parsons.
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for indigenous peoples, women, individuals with disabilities, and visible minorities.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!
Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- University degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or a related professional discipline
- Professional Engineer license with Professional Engineers Ontario (P.Eng.)
- At least 3 years of MTO experience in preliminary and/or detail design
- Knowledge of MTO standards and policies
- Knowledge of highway engineering theories, principles, legislation, regulations, and technology
- Advanced knowledge of AutoCAD, OpenRoads Designer, MicroStation, and AutoTurn
- Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills
- Ability to manage remote or hybrid teams
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Parsons Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Parsons Corporation.
-
Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
-
Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
Parsons Corporation Insights
What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.

.png)






