Engineering Development Program

• Four-year development program for recent civil or geotechnical university graduates
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Qualifying experience for PEO license and opportunity to compete for more senior positions
• Practical, multidisciplinary learning experiences through rotational assignments in regional and head office locations, which could include:
  • Highway Design
  • Traffic
  • Bridge Engineering
  • Environmental
  • Geotechnical/Engineering Materials
  • Operational Services
  • Maintenance
  • Construction

Highway Design

• Research technical data and conduct site investigations for:
  • preliminary designs
  • quantity and cost estimates
  • tender documents
• Design using:
  • Digital Terrain Modelling
  • Computer-Aided Drafting (AutoCAD)
• Assist in the acquisition and management of consultants
  • define scope of work
  • evaluate proposals

Traffic

• Review traffic capacity and collision analyses
• Evaluate proposed changes to traffic control practices and policies
• Develop innovative solutions to traffic management issues
• Design and implement new control devices
• Assist in the design and implementation of:
  • Freeway/Advanced Traffic Management System
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems

Bridge Engineering

• Structural condition inspections
• Preliminary designs and investigations
• Design of bridge structures
• Computer Modelling of bridge behaviour (SFRAME, CANBAS)
• Hydrology studies
• Construction Liaison

Environmental

• Support project teams and environmental staff in:
  • Assessing environmental impacts
  • Ensuring compliance with Environmental Assessment requirements
  • Preparing environmental reports
  • Recommending mitigation measures to address potential implications of highway construction

Geotechnical/ Engineering Materials

• Assess field information
  • pavement condition
  • subsoil and aggregate sources
• Research & evaluation
• Prepare pavement and soils design reports
• Identify pavement management strategies
• Recommend rehabilitation programming

Operational Services

• Conduct field reviews of municipal/ maintenance projects
• Prepare highway and infrastructure repair projects and highway inventory reports
• Operation of Advanced Traffic Management System, Global Positioning, Advanced Road Information System

Maintenance

• Monitor highway conditions and determine need for action
• Prepare/administer maintenance contracts
• Highway and bridge repairs, electrical systems, overhead signs
• Arrange for appropriate equipment, material and labour
• Inspect work to ensure adherence to safety standards
• Operation of state of the art systems:
  • Advanced Traffic Management System
  • Global Positioning
  • Advanced Road Weather Information System

Construction

• Support the contract administration of ministry construction projects
• Monitor construction contracts
• Manage quality assurance acceptance testing and inspection
• Assist in the acquisition and management of consultants
  • define scope of work
  • evaluate proposals
• Leading edge technologies:
  • SuperPave methodologies
  • total station surveying
  • ignition oven testing

Why MTO?

• Meaningful and satisfying work
• Contribute to delivery of the largest highway construction program in Canadian history
• Interact with professionals in private sector, municipalities, and agencies
• Classroom and on-the-job learning
• State-of-the-art technologies
• Work close to home, or across Ontario
• Opportunities for progressive positions and competitive salaries

MTO Fast Facts

• Ontario's provincial highway system has:
  • 16,520 centreline kilometres of highway
  • 2,800 bridges with a replacement value of $39 billion
• $3 billion worth of goods are moved on Ontario's highways every day

For more information on the Engineering Development Program:

• Look for MTO EDP job postings at OPS Careers
• E-mail us at MTO-EDP@ontario.ca
• Check campus career centres
• Contact MTO at the offices listed below, in the regions of your interest

HEAD OFFICE Ministry of Transportation Division Services Office, Provincial Highways Management Division 301 St. Paul Street, 4th Floor St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 7R4 Fax: (905) 704-2626 For more information call: (905) 704-2536	CENTRAL REGION Ministry of Transportation Human Resources Services 1st floor, Atrium Tower, Bldg. D 1201 Wilson Avenue Downsview, Ontario M3M 1J8 Fax: (416) 235-5287 For more information call: (416) 235-3899
EASTERN REGION Ministry of Transportation Human Resources Services 1355 John Counter Boulevard, Postal Bag 4000 Kingston, ON K7L 5A3 Fax: (613) 545-4848 For more information, call: (613) 545-4684	NORTHEASTERN REGION Ministry of Transportation Human Resources Office 447 McKeown Avenue, North Bay, Ontario P1B 9S9 Fax: (705) 497-5531 For more information call: (705) 497-5503
NORTHWESTERN REGION Ministry of Transportation Human Resources Office 615 James Street South Thunder Bay, Ontario P7E 6P6 Fax: (807) 577-0730 For more information call: (807) 473-2033	SOUTHWESTERN REGION Ministry of Transportation Human Resources Services 659 Exeter Road London, Ontario N6E 1L3 Fax: (519) 873-4193 For more information call: (519) 873-4184