Senior Engineer (hybrid Schedule)

Ottawa, ON, Canada

Job Description


Alta Planning + Design, Canada Inc seeks a Multimodal Engineer (internal title Engineering Designer III) for our Ottawa, Ontario office. This production-level position is a great opportunity for someone who believes in the importance of active, multimodal, and sustainable transportation and who is interested in growing their career as a transportation engineering professional. If you are looking to join an innovative organization and do work that connects people to places while advancing social justice, safety, and environmental resilience, apply with Alta today!

About Alta

Alta Planning + Design (APD) is a sustainable transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education/encouragement programs. APDlta was founded in 1996 when communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling as the non-motorized transportation movement developed into a profession in the United States. We pioneered the field of active transportation, evolving our planning and design work into a visionary global practice that empowers people to live active, healthy lives and gets them to where they need to go. Our core values and work bring about positive change by creating places that are geared toward moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs and human experience, and empowering every person to live an active healthy life. As a global leader in mobility innovation for over 26 years with 180 staff and 22 offices, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience. Alta Planning + Design, Canada \xe2\x80\x93 Inc is a subsidiary of APD with its Canadian headquarters in Ottawa and an office in Toronto. We work on projects from coast to coast to coast in Canada.

Day to Day

With minimal oversight you will have a variety of tasks you\xe2\x80\x99re responsible for including functional, preliminary and detailed design, technical writing, cost estimates, and specifications. This will include working on small projects or portions of larger projects. In addition you will participate in site visits, outreach activities and be encouraged to lead some client meetings (internal and external) as well as team meetings and trainings. You will support a variety of internal and external clients on creating design packages, design guidance documents, feasibility studies, and other planning documents.

Qualifications

Required
This position requires a combination of skills, experience and education including, but not limited to:
  • AutoCAD and/or Microstation; MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • 4-7+ years experience in engineering
  • Post-secondary education in engineering from accredited program
  • Possesses effective oral and written communication skills.
  • Registered Professional Engineer, or eligible for full membership with a provincial agency, and/or Certified Engineering Technologist
Preferred
There are a number of additional skills, experience, and education that would be beneficial to this position including, but not limited to:
  • Civil 3D
  • Synchro

What We Offer

Flexible schedule
Alta offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule where most employees work from home three days per week. In-office days support our collaborative culture, one of our core values. The Ottawa office is located in the Wellington West area. The team enjoys access to transit and bikeways, and the walkability to cafes, restaurants, and shops. Compensation
The pay range for this job in Ottawa is $80,000 \xe2\x80\x93 95,000 CAD annually. Placement within the range is based upon experience, skill-sets, and qualifications. Benefits
Alta offers comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees:
  • Medical, Dental and Vision: Alta offers a competitive and comprehensive health, prescription, vision, and dental plan through Ascension. Alta contributes 75% of the employee\xe2\x80\x99s elected coverage for the plan that encompasses medical, vision, and dental, which includes coverage for partners, children, and families. The plan also includes a travel benefit plan that covers emergency services when traveling outside of Canada.
  • Life Insurance: Alta pays 100% of the premium for life and AD&D, equal to your base compensation
  • Pension Plan: Alta offers a pension place with an employer match of up to 4%.
  • Paid Time Off: Alta offers employees between 21 and 25 days per year depending on their length of employment with Alta (all new hires start at the 21 day accrual). PTO hours roll over from year to year, and employees may carry up to a balance of 250 at any given time. PTO accrual begins immediately.
  • Holidays: Alta offers 9 paid holidays during the calendar year including New Year\xe2\x80\x99s Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Boxing Day, and 2 floating holidays to be used at your discretion.
  • Additional Benefits: Wellness reimbursement up to $800 annually, Alta Gets Around benefit of up to $900 annually, 5-year travel award, and professional development opportunities

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD2195198
  • Industry
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  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • Education
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