Senior Project Manager - Transportation/Traffic Engineering & Roadway Safety

Overview

Dillon Consulting’s Integrated Mobility Discipline is seeking an experienced engineer who wants to shape market strategy, drive business growth, and mentor the next generation of technical experts. Designed for an engineer with over 10 years of experience, this role will require you to advance various traffic engineering, parking and roadway safety projects, while shaping the market strategy to expand our practice and develop the technical staff who execute it. As a key senior resource, you will serve as Project Director, Senior Project Manager, or Strategic Advisor on complex traffic operations, corridor safety reviews, traffic impact assessments, parking studies, transportation modelling initiatives, multi-modal corridor cross-section designs, and transportation master plans.

About Dillon

Unlike many consulting firms that operate as fragmented profit centres, Dillon operates as a single, unified team across our more than 25 offices with more than 1,100 staff nation-wide. Furthermore, Dillon is 100% employee-owned. Here, your entrepreneurial drive directly impacts the business, allowing you to champion technical excellence, drive change, and reap the rewards of your leadership. In addition to the compensation outlined for this role, you would also be eligible for employee ownership as a member of staff. Owners benefit from annual profit distributions and the ability to have a say in how the business evolves. Employees who demonstrate a strong understanding of the business and exhibit positive leadership while contributing to the growth and success of the company are also rewarded with the opportunity to advance to Associate and Partner ownership levels and receive performance-informed profit allocations.

The successful candidate can be based at any one of our following offices: Toronto, North York, Hamilton, Oakville, Vaughan, Guelph, Kitchener, Kingston, or Ottawa with flexible work hours and hybrid work arrangements to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

Responsibilities

Project Management & Technical Delivery

• Lead and manage multidisciplinary project teams in the delivery of complex traffic engineering, road safety, and transportation operations projects.
• Oversee traffic impact studies, parking assessments, signal optimization, active transportation design, and warrant analyses for traffic control devices.
• Provide specialized technical expertise, modelling insights, and senior support for overarching transportation initiatives, such as transportation master plans and regional network planning.
• Guide multi-modal corridor planning and right-of-way allocation, supporting and reviewing cross-section designs that align with complete streets engineering and active transportation standards.
• Direct comprehensive roadway safety initiatives, including road safety audits, network-level safety screening, high-collision location reviews, and Vision Zero / traffic calming strategies.
• Ensure strict project quality control, schedule adherence, budget management, and risk mitigation across all project deliverables.
• Act as the key executive representative in public consultations, stakeholder engagement programs, and agency/council presentations.

Business Development & Client Leadership

• Identify, develop, and secure new business opportunities to grow our work in traffic engineering and transportation planning across the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area, Southwestern Ontario, Eastern Ontario, and/or Atlantic Canada.
• Act as a trusted advisor to key public and private sector clients, maintaining and expanding long-term client relationships.
• Lead proposal development and statements of qualifications for major traffic, transportation and safety opportunities.
• Develop and implement strategic plans to enhance Dillon’s market presence and thought leadership in traffic engineering and mobility safety.

Learning & Staff Development

• Support the growth and career development of junior and intermediate engineers, technologists, and planners, providing technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship.
• Identify and execute a growth strategy for the traffic engineering, parking and roadway safety team aligned with market opportunities.
• Advance Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations, technical committees, and industry conferences.
• Commit to self-development and ongoing learning in emerging traffic software, micro-simulation tools, and smart mobility technologies.

Qualifications

• A degree in civil engineering or transportation engineering.
• Licensed as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario or eligible for registration.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive professional experience in traffic or transportation engineering, preferably in the consulting industry.
• Proven leadership, project management, and business development capabilities.

Experience

• Proven experience managing complex traffic impact studies, road safety audits, traffic operations assessments, parking studies and/or environmental assessment (EA) transportation components.
• Experience evaluating multi-modal corridor operations and safety to actively support and inform right-of-way allocation, complete streets initiatives, and cross-section designs.
• Demonstrated ability to manage large, multi-disciplinary teams, with a minimum of six years serving in a project management capacity.
• Exceptional skills in project management, including budget, schedule, and quality control.
• Knowledge of traffic engineering software and analytical tools (e.g., Synchro, SimTraffic, VISSIM, HCS) and applicable design manuals (e.g., TAC, OTM).
• Familiarity with travel demand modelling software (e.g., EMME, VISUM).
• Proven track record in public and agency consultation, client advisory, and securing municipal approvals.
• In-depth understanding of the Ontario or Atlantic Canada transportation market and established relationships with public and private sector clients.
• Strong business development background, including proposal leadership and practice expansion.
• Proven capability in mentoring, developing, and growing a team of consulting engineers and technical staff.
• Exceptional communication (verbal and written) and presentation skills.

Compensation:

$100,000 - $175,000

At Dillon, we believe in transparency. The following salary range is what we expect to offer for this position. It will be dependent on the successful applicant’s education, experience, and skills, in addition to internal equity and geographic region. Dillon reserves the right to pay outside of the posted range, contingent on factors unrelated to an applicant’s gender or other status protected by provincial and/or federal law.

In addition to a competitive base salary, Dillon offers:

• Flexible work hours and hybrid work arrangement options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life
• Employee share purchase plan
• Dillon is 100% employee-owned, and share ownership is open to all employees. Our annual share dividends have historically outperformed the market average.
• Dillon’s Overtime Directive - This Management Directive establishes a firm-wide 40-hour weekly overtime threshold, after which premium pay applies, ensuring consistent and fair compensation across all Canadian offices.
• Competitive benefits package, including:

                    Comprehensive health benefits                    Generous retirement savings plan with employer matching up to 5.5%                    Student loan repayment assistance                     Wellness allowance and enhanced mental health benefits                    Ample paid vacation

                    Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)                    Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership rates

Early Career Development (ECD) programAt Dillon, we build careers. Designed for technical professionals with less than three years of consulting experience, the ECD program accelerates the transition into entrepreneurial consultants through monthly ‘Level Up’ sessions that build both technical and consulting capabilities. Own your success; we provide the blueprint.

Health & Safety at DillonProspective employees are expected to fully align with Dillon's core commitment to Health & Safety. This includes active, ongoing engagement with our Health & Safety processes and platform, and the active, ongoing identification and reporting of health and safety hazards.

Employment Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at DillonDillon is committed to employment equity and an inclusive, diverse workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities. If you require accommodation during the interview process, please let us know.

Technology enablement and the use of AI at Dillon

Please be advised that Dillon uses AI-assisted tools to support aspects of our recruitment process to increase efficiency and fairness. While AI supports the process, all hiring decisions are made by our human recruiting team. By applying, you acknowledge and consent to this use.

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