Senior Engineer, Infrastructure Projects

Ottawa, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 17, 2026
1 position

$102,307.66–$124,480.72 / year

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Employment type: Full-time, Temporary
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Minimum education: Professional degree
Apply by: Nov 6, 2026
Posting language: English
Working hours: 35 hours per week

Job summary

Manage the full lifecycle of complex municipal infrastructure construction and rehabilitation projects, from planning and design through approvals, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover. Coordinate staff, consultants, contractors, government agencies, and the public while monitoring schedules, budgets, expenditures, project status, and safety.

Job details

[https://hcm47.sapsf.com/doc/custom/CityofOttawa/__sitelogo__city-of-ottawa-logo%28003%29.jpg] Revised Requisition ID: 23470 Department: Infrastructure & Water Services Dept. Service: Infrastructure Services Branch: Design & Construction Municipal Branch Employment Type: 3 Full-time Temporary (up to 2 years) Work Hours: 35.00 hours per week Affiliation: CIPP/CIPP Salary Information: $102,307.66 - $124,480.72 annually (2025 rates of pay) Location: 100 Constellation, Nepean Job Category: Planning and Infrastructure; Engineering Application Close: 05/11/2026 JOB SUMMARY The mandate of Infrastructure Services is to implement city-building priorities – from planning and delivering infrastructure projects, to managing infrastructure assets and investments. You manage total project delivery using in-house and/or external resources for major infrastructure construction and rehabilitation projects, including roadways, transitways, structures, sewers, water mains, pumping stations, treatment works, drainage works, lighting, solid waste/landfill sites, cycling facilities, traffic calming, transit improvements, streetscaping and related underground utilities. You are responsible for all phases of the project delivery, from project inception through consultant selection (where applicable), public consultation, pre-design, detailed design, approvals, tendering, and award, to construction. You monitor, track and report on project status, approve all project expenditures, arrange all project related testing, and handle commissioning/turnover to operating branches. Assignments involve major or multiple projects that are highly complex, of multi-million dollar value, frequently having numerous stakeholders and may require extensive public consultation and environmental assessment and may extend over multiple years. You also: participate in project identification, prioritization and planning; organize the conduct of environmental impact assessment and other studies and all stages of the project lifecycle; contribute to the review/development of department engineering standards; and carry out other duties as assigned. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Completion of 4 year degree in Engineering or Applied Science Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in the planning, design and construction of municipal infrastructure, including a minimum of 5 years of project management experience CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) KNOWLEDGE * Engineering planning, design, operations and construction/rehabilitation of municipal structures, infrastructure and utilities * Related federal, provincial and engineering legislation, regulations, standards, codes and by-laws pertaining to environmental impact assessment, building, fire, health and safety, construction process * Processes for conducting and analysing environmental impact assessments * Principles of project management, including cost containment/control and reporting * Process for developing Request for Qualifications & Requests for Proposals, including acceptance, review and selection of consulting engineers * Processes for tendering and contracting work * Computer applications in an engineering environment pertaining to municipal design, project management, spreadsheet, word processing, e-mail and use of the Intra-Internets * Protocols for responding to senior management/councillor inquiries, conducting public consultation and preparing reports, briefing notes, other communiqués * Must possess the training, experience and knowledge to organize the work and its performance * Must be familiar with all applicable health and safety legislation, have knowledge of any potential or actual danger to health or safety in the work place, and have knowledge of appropriate actions to be taken in order to ensure the health and safety of staff in accordance with applicable legislation and city policies and procedures COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES * Manage concurrent complex, multi-million dollar and often highly sensitive projects and bring the projects to completion according to schedule and within budget * Manage activities of technical staff, consultants, contractors, and co-ordinate activities with other levels of governments and external agencies/utilities * Prepare formal RFQ’s and RFP’s; review, analyze and recommend acceptance of proposals from consulting engineering firms * Communicate effectively orally and in writing to internal councillor inquiries and inquiries/complaints from the general public and to present technical material in formats conducive to various audiences * Identify and recommend the solutions to health and safety issues and problems to ensure the safety of employees and contractors and to mitigate loss/project downtime * Conflict management, influence, resolution and negotiation skills * Thorough, self-motivated and reliable * Organized and attentive to detail * Exhibit tact, discretion and sound judgment * Able to deal with contentious issues and situations * Analytical * Effective interpersonal and presentation skills * Team player * Leadership, initiative, motivation and creativity * Flexible and able to deal with elected officials, representatives from all levels of government, the public, consultants/contractorsAble to multi-task and prioritize WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW * Language Requirement: English oral, reading, writing * Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. The City of Ottawa promotes the principles of diversity and inclusion and adheres to the tenets of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from members of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women and non-binary persons, persons of all ethnic origins, religions, sexual orientations, classes, gender identities and expressions. Candidates are encouraged to self-identify as a member of one or more designated employment equity groups in the self-identification questionnaire. The City of Ottawa provides accommodation to applicants during all parts of the hiring process, upon request. If contacted to proceed to the selection process, please advise us if you require any accommodation. Accessible formats and communication supports are available upon request. Please contact the Employee Service Centre at 613-580-2424 extension 12211 or via email at esc-cse@ottawa.ca [esc-cse@ottawa.ca]. .

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires a four-year degree in Engineering or Applied Science, at least eight years of professional municipal infrastructure planning, design, and construction experience, and at least five years of project management experience. Candidates must hold a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) licence with Professional Engineers Ontario and have knowledge of municipal engineering, environmental assessment, procurement, project controls, and applicable legislation and safety requirements.