Senior Safety Engineer - Highway Engineering

At AECOM were delivering a better world.

AECOM is hiring a Senior Safety Engineer for their Highway Engineering Team in Burnaby BC.  We support flexible work location including remote and hybrid models.

If you have a deep understanding of vehicle dynamics roadway designs and modern safety technologies we would like to hear from you.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Act as Professional of Record (PoR) for their respective qualifications.
• Leading/assisting with the development of scope schedule and budget for road safety projects.
• Collecting and analyzing traffic & collision data and modeling urban and rural highways.
• Identify potential hazards and recommend improvements based on empirical evidence and modeling techniques.
• Recommend road design safety improvements and traffic control measures for different highway functional classifications and multimodal transportation facilities.
• Analyzing accident reports collision prone segments & locations and traffic data to identify trends hotspots and hazardous conditions.
• Conduct conflict zone analysis between different modes of transportation and vulnerable road users.
• Collaborating with urban planners traffic engineers other professionals road authorities and enforcement agencies to design safer roadways.
• Conducting research on new safety technologies and best practices.
• Reviewing construction traffic management plans to ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Ability to perform or assist with road safety audits and inspections of inservice roadways and report findings and recommendation.
• Ability to write specifications for Complete Streets with consideration for all road users including active transportation and transit needs.
• Provide safety assessment of designs including cross slopes superelevation horizontal and vertical profiles.
• Provide assessment of roadside hazards warrant analysis for safety treatments and clear zones assessment for rehab and new road designs.
• Apply traffic engineering principles in road designs aimed at reducing conflict zones and traffic collisions.

Qualifications :

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in civil engineering or applied science.
• Minimum 6 years of progressive experience in transportation project planning design engineering and construction.
• Licensed Professional Engineer P. Eng. in British Columbia (EGBC) or eligible for registration within 3 months of the start date.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ideally 8 plus years of experience.
• Ability to conduct and lead client and public meetings.
• Knowledge of BC Provincial Standard Specifications Master Municipal Construction Documents National and BC Building Codes.
• Knowledge of applicable design standards and codes including those published by AASHTO (American Association of State Highways and Transportation Officials) TAC (Transportation Association of Canada) BC Supplement to TAC BC Ministry of Transportation and Transits (MOTT) Standard Specifications for Highway Construction.
• Ability to interpret and apply Motor Vehicle and Transportation Acts highway engineering policies practices procedures standards and regulations in BC to projects.
• Experience with AutoCAD and Civil3D and other roadway design software would be an asset.
• Professional of Record on transportation and infrastructure projects in Western Canada.
• Professional Engineer designation from the United State of America.

Additional Information :

• Sponsorship for Canadian employment authorization is not available for this position

About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public and privatesector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and wellbeing programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industryleading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime