Senior Transportation Modeler

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Job Description:

The Senior Transportation Modeler is responsible for planning and managing projects/tasks involving multimodal transportation planning and traffic engineering. In addition, we are in the process of developing a strong market presence in new mobility planning and design where we are actively adding key resources to our team, including professionals with experience and knowledge in emerging technologies, new methods/tools, data analytics and big data applications in transportation. In this role, you will have opportunities to expand your experience and knowledge in the technology-driven and rapidly changing areas to facilitate and advance the transformation of our transportation systems.

Responsibilities:

• Preparing work plans and leading the execution of multimodal transportation modelling projects/tasks, incl. day-to-day management of work scope / schedule / budget for assigned projects/tasks, monitoring progress to meet project requirements, and identifying and mitigating potential project issues and risks.
• Supervising and providing directions / reviews of the work undertaken by junior professional / technical staff to ensure efficiency, productivity, and high quality in the delivery of the projects/tasks.
• Leading the preparation of technical reports and presentations, participating in client meetings, public information meetings, field / site visits, and liaising with clients, contractors, public agencies, and other project stakeholders.
• Undertaking proposal preparation / coordination, incl. developing project understanding, methodology, work programs, schedules, and budgets.
• Assisting with overall team management and building, as well as mentoring / developing / training junior staff.
• Performing other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

Requirements:

• University degree in Transportation Planning/Engineering or in other professional disciplines pertinent to the job function combined with relevant technical background and project management experience. A relevant postgraduate degree is highly desirable.
• 8+ years of multimodal transportation planning and/or traffic modelling and analytics experience, including master plans, environmental assessments, feasibility studies, corridor management/optimization studies, and transportation infrastructure/systems preliminary/detailed design studies.
• Experience with transportation infrastructure and systems improvement practices in the GTA and a good understanding of transportation planning/engineering issues, challenges, and clients’ and stakeholders’ needs and requirements.
• Advanced knowledge of transportation planning and traffic engineering practices and in particular familiarity with Travel Demand Modelling/Forecasting, Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), Ontario Traffic Manual (OTM), traffic flow theory, and multimodal transportation modelling and analysis methods/tools, such as EMME, Dynameq, Vissim, Aimsun, Synchro/SimTraffic, ARCADY, SIDRA, etc.
• Excellent working knowledge of and strong hands-on experience with transportation data management and analyses using GIS/databases, programming in C/python, integrating, exploring, and visualizing data using tools such as Power BI is desired.
• Knowledge and experience with advanced, automated mobility and/or smart city transportation solutions and applications are desired.
• Registration with Professional Engineers of Ontario, and other relevant professional licensing organizations is desired but not a requirement.

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