Job Title: Transportation Lead

Location: New Brunswick or Nova Scotia

TP- 17731

Founded in 1986, GEMTEC has grown from a small geotechnical firm into an employee-owned company with over 300 engineers, scientists, and technical professionals. GEMTEC is a leading multidisciplinary engineering and environmental firm with a strong presence across Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada. With a reputation built on expertise, integrity, and innovation, GEMTEC is committed to delivering creative and resilient engineering solutions that shape communities and infrastructure.

Meridia Recruitment Solutions is pleased to partner with GEMTEC in recruiting a Transportation Lead to join their growing team. This is an opportunity to contribute to impactful projects while collaborating with industry experts in an environment that values technical excellence, teamwork, and professional development.

Role Description

The successful candidate will play a key role in designing and delivering transportation solutions. As Lead and Project Manager, you will oversee a team of engineers and technicians, ensuring projects are completed efficiently and to the highest standards. Beyond managing technical work, this role offers the chance to mentor and support staff, fostering growth and strengthening the team. Collaboration is key, as the successful candidate will work closely with clients and stakeholders to develop practical, forward-thinking transportation solutions that improve communities.

Duties:

• Design and oversee highway and civil infrastructure projects, ensuring strict adherence to codes and standards.
• Providing project engineering and technical expertise, modeling, analysis and design services on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Managing of Transportation Engineering projects including financial controls, project management, and managing client relationships.
• Participating in studies, assessments, modeling, preliminary and detailed design, cost estimates, specifications, contract documents, tendering and contract administration.
• Preparation of conceptual, preliminary, and final designs
• Preparing proposals and reports
• Liaising with clients, consultants, regulatory and utility agencies, and contractors.
• Providing senior review and professional authentication of memos, reports, drawings, and other engineering documents.
• Leading and participating in Business Development initiatives.
• Planning projects, developing accurate scopes of work, cost estimates, project plans, schedules, and deliverables to execute high quality projects on time and on budget.
• Working closely with engineers, designers, drafting and support staff.
• Mentoring and coaching engineers, technologists, and designers, fostering their professional development.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in civil engineering, specializing in the design of highways, roads, and related infrastructure.
• Ability to be registered or currently registered as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)
• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or related field; a master's degree is an asset.
• Experience in the design of highways, roads, and other transportation related infrastructure.
• Proven project management and technical skills.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD 3D, NBDTI, NSTIR, or TAC geometric design standards.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.

This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute your expertise to a thriving company with a strong presence across Atlantic Canada and Ontario. Join a team where your ideas matter, your voice is heard, and your contributions shape the collective success.

To express interest in this opportunity please apply online by clicking "Apply Now" below.

For more information contact Thomas Pugh, Partner, at 902-818-4506 and [email protected] or Heather Simmons, Sr. Recruitment Specialist at 902-421-2335 and [email protected], or please apply online by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. If you require accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know.

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