Project Engineer – LRT & Highway Delivery - Jobs in Vancouver (UBC), British Columbia, Canada, V6T

Job Description

Our client—an integrated design-build contractor ranked among Canada’s Top 10 transportation builders—seeks a Project Engineer to help deliver light-rail transit (LRT) extensions and highway-widening programs across Metro Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. You’ll bridge the gap between civil-design consultants, construction superintendents, and government stakeholders to drive schedule, quality, and compliance from early works through revenue service.✅ Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate multidisciplinary design packages (track, bridges, roads, utilities) and ensure IFC deliverables meet BC MoTI, TransLink, and TAC standards.
• Maintain the integrated master schedule (Primavera P6); track critical-path activities, change orders, and earned-value metrics.
• Manage RFIs, submittals, and design-clarification logs in Autodesk BIM 360 / Procore; chair weekly coordination meetings with designersamp; field crews.
• Support construction staging, traffic-management plans, and utility-relocation sequencing for live urban corridors.
• Liaise with municipal engineers, Indigenous nations, and third-party rail/utility owners to secure permits and occupancy agreements.
• Oversee quality-control testing (concrete, asphalt, ballast, trackwork) and document non-conformance reports and corrective actions.
• Mentor EITs, enforce safety culture, and contribute to innovation workshops on carbon-reduction and digital-twin implementation.

Requirements

• P.Eng. (BC) in Civil, Transportation, or Structural Engineering—or eligibility with Engineersamp; Geoscientists BC.
• 5–10 years experience delivering LRT, heavy rail, or highway projectsgt; CAD 50 M.
• Working knowledge of P6, Procore/BIM 360, and TAC/AREMA design criteria.
• Proven field-engineering or construction-management background on design-build or P3 contracts.
• Excellent stakeholder-management and technical-writing skills.

Benefits

• CAD 120 k – 145 k base + annual performance bonus.
• Vehicle allowance, paid overtime or time-in-lieu.
• Comprehensive health/dental, RRSP match 4 %, and professional-development stipend.
• Hybrid site/office model with downtown Vancouver project office.
• Pathway to Area Construction Manager or Deputy Project Manager within 2–3 years on next megaproject.