Department: Public Works
Location: HALIFAX
Type of Employment: Permanent
Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG
Closing Date: 24-Sep-25 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

ABOUT US

Building and maintaining our provincial infrastructure is no small job.
The Traffic and Road Safety Engineering team of the Department of Public Works develops and ensures comprehensive standards, policies, procedures, and programs are in place to mitigate injury and collisions on Nova Scotia’s highways.
Our team is comprised of professional staff who design traffic control devices and highway lighting, develop and manage various policies and programs, collect collision and traffic census data, conduct engineering studies and analysis, and impact traffic control devices, legislation, and regulations.

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES

You are directly involved in:

• analyzing vehicle collision records;
• fatal and serious injury collision investigations;
• identification and evaluation of road safety infrastructure deficiencies and countermeasures;
• leading road safety audits and reviews;
• the development and implementation of a road safety management system; and
• the development of legislation, regulations, standards, policies and procedures with respect to road safety.

The Road Safety Engineer provides road safety leadership and technical support services to other Department staff and represents the Department on provincial and national road safety committees.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

A Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited engineering institution is required. You must be actively, or meet the requirements to be immediately, registered as an Engineer-In-Training (EIT) or Full Member (P.Eng) with Engineers Nova Scotia (ENS).
Travel throughout the province is a component of this position. As such, you must have a valid driver’s license and ability to travel by personal or rental vehicle.

It is considered an asset if you have previous experience or expertise with:

• transportation engineering principles, project management, engineering economic and statistics, and construction;
• road safety management systems and computer aided design and drafting software;
• relational databases such as Microsoft Access, SQL Server and Cognos (including reporting, analysis, data querying, and exporting of data); and
• using geographic information systems such as ArcGIS.

A working knowledge of the AASHTO Highway Safety Manual, TAC Design Guide, the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada, the Public Highways Act, and the Motor Vehicle Act are further assets to be considered.
As the successful candidate you are known to be an effective leader and communicator with excellent organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills. You are highly motivated and able to work independently on complex, detailed studies and to present technical information clearly and succinctly both in written and verbal formats.
We will assess the above qualifications and competencies using one or more of the following tools: written examination, standardized tests, oral presentations, interview(s), and reference checks.

Please refer the Job description for details