If you are an experienced engineer with expertise in highway design, this is your opportunity to lead!

As Lead Engineer, Highway Design, you'll shape provincial standards and deliver solutions that keep Ontario's highways secure and efficient—turning technical insight into results that serve communities across the province.

About Us The Highway Design Office (HDO) is part of the Standards and Contracts Branch within the Ministry of Transportation. HDO is the ministry's technical authority for highway design standards, specifications, policies, and guidelines, and manages key provincial systems and services including the Ontario Provincial Standards Specifications (OPSS), Technical Consultation Portal (TCP), and Technical Publications (Tech Pubs).

As a member of HDO, you will have the opportunity to influence transportation infrastructure across the entire province, working at the intersection of engineering, policy, innovation, and public service. The office provides technical leadership in areas such as highway geometric design, drainage and hydrology, roadside safety, climate change adaptation, active transportation, landscape architecture, value engineering, standards development, and digital modernization. Staff collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, municipalities, consultants, industry experts, and other government agencies to develop and implement solutions that shape how Ontario's highways are planned, designed, and delivered.

This position offers exposure to high-impact provincial initiatives, opportunities to provide technical leadership and expert advice, and the chance to contribute to standards, policies, guidelines, research, innovation, and continuous improvement initiatives that support a safe, sustainable, and resilient transportation system for Ontarians.

About the job In this role, you will:

- administer, organize and coordinate engineering and design development programs and activities of the Highway Design Office, with an emphasis and specialization in highway design
- evaluate and develop highway design policies, procedures, products and standards
- provide training and expert advice to ministry staff, consultants, municipalities and regions
- serve as an expert witness on highway design and policies, representing the ministry in various negotiations with government agencies and industry.

What you bring to the team

Mandatory requirements

- You are licensed with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) or You currently have accreditation as a Professional Engineer in a Canadian Province or Territory, and you will obtain a Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO)



license as a condition of accepting this position.
- You possess a valid driver's license or equivalent, as recognized by the province of Ontario.

Transportation Engineering and highway design:

- You know and can apply theory, principles and practices of transportation engineering, highway planning and design
- You have knowledge of drainage design, traffic design, environmental application, economics and relevant statute and common law

Analytical skills:

- You can interpret and apply ministry and program policies, standards and administrative procedures

Relationship and stakeholder management skills:

- You have knowledge of management techniques as well as the ability to establish effective working relationships with colleagues, internal and external stakeholders, including provincial agencies or corporations

Don't meet every qualification?

If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy

Additional information

Address:

- 1 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 301 St Paul St, St Catharines, West Region or 1355 John Counter Blvd,



Kingston, East Region or 447 McKeown Ave, North Bay, North Region or 615 James St S, Thunder Bay, North Region or 777 Bay St, Toronto, Toronto Region or 159 Sir William Hearst Ave, Toronto, Toronto Region or 659 Exeter Rd, London, West Region

Compensation Group: Professional Engineers, Government of Ontario

Understanding the job ad - definitions

Schedule:

6

Category:

Science and Engineering

Posted on:

Monday, August 31, 2026

Note:

- Less qualified applicants may be considered on an underfill basis.
- W-MT-247486/26

How to apply:

1. You must apply online.
2. Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
3. Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.
4. Read the to make sure you understand this job.
5. OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.
6. If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please Contact Us to provide your contact information. Recruitment services team will contact you within 48 hours.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely).

The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

Remember:

The deadline to apply is Friday, September 11, 2026 11:59 pm EDT. Late applications will not be accepted.

We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.

The Ontario Public Service is an inclusive employer.

Accommodation is available under the Ontario's Human Rights Code .

📌 Lead Engineer, Highway Design (Ontario)
🏢 Ontario Ministry of Transportation/ Ministère des Transports de l’Ontario
📍 Ontario