Associate Technical Director, Roads and Highways, for COWI in North America Associate Technical Director, Roads and Highways Regular, Full-Time Do you want to be a key leader at one of the premier engineering consulting firms for bridge and transportation infrastructure in Canada? Can you be a major Seller-Doer in the transportation sector - positioning COWI as technical experts and leaders in the industry? Join us and help shape the next chapter of COWI’s transportation business in Canada.

In this role, you will be challenged to work on some of the most advanced transportation projects in North America, working collaboratively with our respected network of technical leaders across the globe, delivering innovative solutions. We have an exciting prospect for a professional to join our highly skilled team of specialists as an Associate Technical Director, Roads and Highways, to provide engineering and project management leadership on transportation projects. Your primary mandate will be to build and develop highway/roadway design capabilities in British Columbia and Alberta (including roadway and highway geometric design, traffic modelling and coordination of civil disciplines).

You will guide technical teams to deliver the roadway scope across our varied transportation projects and help advance the company’s business development efforts, with Success. Act as Professional of Record and/or Coordinating Professional of Record for transportation projects, assuming professional responsibility for design outputs and engineering decisions related to roadway/highway and geometrics design. Serve as Civil Design Manager and lead roadway design scope within major transportation projects, ensuring delivery on schedule, within budget, and to quality targets.

Lead business development efforts and proposals related to road and highway projects. Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and engineering fees in collaboration with the project manager, clients, stakeholders, and internal teams during the bid phase of projects.



Develop and sustain collaborative relationships with key clients to help expand roadway and transportation services in Canada.

Provide technical mentorship, coaching, and guidance to engineers, designers and technicians. Build a team of roadway and associated civil engineers and technicians to support this sector. Represent COWI in external settings, such as technical committees, conferences, seminars, professional bodies, and business groups, as they pertain to transportation projects.

Facilitate team collaboration by providing leadership and guidance to project team members while promoting a culture of teamwork and innovation. Like us, you believe that leadership growth comes from setting a clear and meaningful direction for your team and supporting them in taking ownership of their work. A Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Transportation Engineering.

A PE license in the USA is considered an asset. A minimum of 15 years of experience working on multidisciplinary transportation projects Acted as Professional of Record for roadway design on transportation projects for the BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit, or Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors.

Experience as a Coordinating Professional of Record is considered an asset Demonstrated experience in delivering transportation projects across all phases, including feasibility studies, conceptual design, detailed engineering and engineering services during construction. Knowledge of design software (Civil 3D, OpenRoads, MicroStation, AutoCAD, etc.) Qualified in the BC MOTT eRISP system in the Highway Design categories,



or have been able to qualify by having completed three BC Ministry projects within the previous 5 years or 5 municipal or highway projects with other agencies within the previous 7 years Good business development and client relationship management skills. At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world.

We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

Being part of the COWI community offers more than just a competitive salary. Flexible working arrangement | Top-up parental and childbirth recovery leave | Fantastic close-knit team with a wealth of knowledge to share! | Full time hires get minimum 5 weeks vacation to start | Floating holiday to celebrate employee diversity | Paid sick leave | Annual Fitness spending account. Yes, you can use this for a ski pass, yoga or gym membership | Group RRSP program with company matching | Personal and professional development fund | Parking or public transit allowance | Extended Health coverage with 100% of premiums paid by us | Employee Assistance Program (EAP) | STD, LTD, AD&D;, and Life Insurance | Referral incentive program| Frequent social events Get to know us even better at our website, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

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📌 Associate Technical Director, Roads and Highways, for COWI in North America (North Vancouver)
🏢 COWI A/S
📍 North Vancouver