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Role description:
Arcadis is seeking a Senior Roadway Design Engineer, to join our Mobility Advisory group in western Canada. We are looking for an experienced Transportation Design Engineer to help shape the future of municipal roadway, active transportation, linear infrastructure, and transit projects across the Western Canada.
This role will offer the opportunity to lead meaningful, visible projects that improve communities and move people more safely and sustainably. Working with a collaborative, multi‑disciplinary team, this role will apply deep municipal roadway design expertise to deliver technically robust, constructible solutions. Responsibilities span detailed calculations and model creation through drawing production, plans, section details, specifications, and engineering reports.
Role accountabilities:
In this role you will provide transportation engineering design and technical expertise with a clear focus on municipal roadway projects, taking responsibility for detailed calculations, model creation, and drawing production while developing plans, cross-sections, pavement and curb details, associated engineering reports, and contract specifications for a wide variety of infrastructure works.
You will prepare conceptual, preliminary, and detailed cost estimates and rigorously review project documents prior to issue to verify scope, presentation, and technical accuracy. Also ensuring compliance with municipal standards, constructability, and procurement readiness.
The role involves coordinating the delivery of technical designs to meet cost, schedule, and quality objectives by producing full design packages and working closely with other engineering disciplines and technical specialists to integrate roadway design with utilities, drainage, traffic control, and environmental requirements while meeting stakeholder and municipal criteria.
This position requires applying a working knowledge of stormwater analysis and design together with strong interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills; you will be task-oriented, committed to high-quality work and attention to detail, and able to work independently and effectively within diverse project teams to deliver reliable, constructible municipal roadway solutions.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor's University Degree in Civil or Transportation Engineering
- P.Eng in Alberta
- 8-15 years of municipal infrastructure and roadway design experience at increasing levels of responsibility
- Experience with integrating new civil infrastructure with existing infrastructure will be an asset
- Proficiency with AutoCAD and Civil 3D for design purposes is required
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Transportation Engineering
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Alberta
- 8–15 years of municipal infrastructure and roadway design experience with increasing responsibility
- Experience integrating new civil infrastructure with existing infrastructure
- Proficiency with AutoCAD and Civil 3D for design purposes
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is frequently described as good, with strong medical benefits cited in multiple regions. Feedback suggests healthcare is a relative bright spot within the total rewards package.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) and pension offerings are often called out positively, with contributions viewed as solid. Feedback suggests retirement benefits enhance the overall package even when salary sentiment is mixed.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible working arrangements, hybrid options, and wellbeing support (such as EAP and benefits platforms) are commonly highlighted. Feedback suggests the flexibility of the package adds meaningful value beyond base pay.
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What We Do
Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, digital and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 architects, data analysts, designers, engineers, project planners, water management and sustainability experts, all driven by our passion for improving quality of life. We exist to find solutions to today’s most pressing challenges, from the impact of climate change to increasing urbanization and digital transformation – all with the goal of improving quality of life for people around the world. You can see this in the work we do for our clients, the opportunities we create for our people, and in our efforts to enhance the communities in which we live and work. We bring together world-class resources and the latest innovative technologies to help define the cities and experiences of tomorrow. Arcadis. Improving quality of life
