Senior Designer - Roads and Highways

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Job Description:

Parsons has a position open for a Senior Civil CAD designer to prepare difficult and complex Road & Highway design and Traffic Engineering layouts and design drawings utilizing theoretical and practical design knowledge. This position is located in our Greater Toronto Region offices with regular travel between all local offices as required. Experience with Civil 3D and/or Microstation, InRoads/OpenRoads is essential.

Responsibilities :

• Interprets and ensures conformance to applicable standards and codes, as well as company policies and procedures. Understands and utilizes more advanced software to complete assignments.
• Perform basic geometrics design of road & highway systems
• Works closely with Engineers and other disciplines to ensure coordinated design systems. Meets Traffic Engineering layout requirements and develops alternate design layouts of systems as required.
• Ensures compliance with required design safety factors, tolerances, and specifications. Reviews supplier data and supplier/manufacturer drawings, as required.
• Checks orthographic (2D) and/or isometric (3D) drawings prepared by others
• Performs checking procedures as appropriate to the discipline and assigned by immediate supervisor.
• Assists in training lower-level Designers in various procedures.
• Utilizes Civil3D and/or Microstation, InRoads/OpenRoads to perform various design work.

Requirements :

• 2-year technical degree or certificate of completion from an accredited designer/drafter course (or equivalent) is preferred, as well as 6+ years of relevant experience

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Not Applicable/None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 75 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in diverse, collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions-and to help them see new possibilities.

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest-APPLY TODAY!