Senior Transit Planning Lead, Ontario

Jacobs


Date: 2 days ago
City: Ottawa, ON
Contract type: Full time
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Transit Planning Lead to join our Canadian Planning Practice. You will be sat in Ontario aligned to one of our offices in Toronto or Ottawa. You’ll be working on exciting and engaging transportation projects for our public sector clients across North America with a strong focus on the Ontario market. You’ll be working in a hybrid arrangement from home and from one of our offices (Toronto or Ottawa), with the expectation of travel for client meetings and team meetings.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to

  • Deliver transportation/transit planning projects.
  • Coordinate with local authorities, transit agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure project alignment and support.
  • Lead the preparation of materials to support public/stakeholder engagement and participate in outreach activities to gather input and build consensus on solutions
  • Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities, challenges, and risks for clients
  • Represent Jacobs at industry events (conferences, webinars, etc.)
  • Secure and strengthen long term client partnerships and drive near to long term growth in the transit planning space, through
    • Partnering with our operations, sales and market solutions leaders at a local, geographic and regional scale to develop unique and valued client propositions.
    • Leading and/or producing high quality thought leadership content and using unique insights to engage our clients.
    • Being highly influential in the winning of our most important opportunities and ensuring appropriate engagement and collaboration across our Market Solutions/Subject Matter Experts.
    • Stewardship of technical solutions and driving innovation on our projects, actively involved in quality and risk management, leveraging expertise to ensure efficiency of delivery.
  • Attract, develop, and retain top talent, through
    • Collaborating with our leaders to develop and implement hiring strategies in the planning space
    • Intentional involvement in external professional organizations and conferences.
    • Active participation in our Communities of Practices to share your experiences and knowledge.
    • Actively coaching, mentoring, sponsoring and training our people.
    • Engagement of resources across Jacobs, including our Global Integrated Delivery teams.
We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering; or a degree in Planning with a Transit/Transportation focus
  • Licensed P.Eng. or Professional Planner (or ability to secure such designations within 6 months)
  • 10+ years of relevant work experience in transportation (public or private sectors)
  • Strong communication, time management, writing (reports, proposals) in collaborative team Environment and self-directed
  • Proficiency in computer software programs, which may include Microsoft Office, Internet applications, econometric or transportation modelling, database management, and/or GIS.
  • Ability to utilize computer systems as a tool to effectively manage projects
  • Capable of managing multiple, high priority assignments
  • Strong interpersonal skills to develop good working relationships at various levels and to resolve problems
  • Ability to work on several projects or issues simultaneously


Posted Salary Range Minimum

114,500.00

Posted Salary Range Upper

170,440.00

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