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SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER
REGINA OR SASKTOON
MMM is seeking a Sr Transportation Planner, who will be involved in projects throughout the province and with staff in both locations, and will manage people and projects within the team.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
Analyze transportation alternatives and identify benefits/costs;
Develop highway corridor studies and functional designs;
Conduct traffic operations analysis using packages such as Synchro or Vissim;
Oversee transportation system/network planning and development of transportation master plans
Conduct sustainable transportation analyses;
Responsible for interpretation and reporting of travel forecast results and plans, communication of findings to clients/stakeholders;
Liaise with team members and the public;
Prepare study schedules, proposals and project reports;
Lead project meetings and make presentations to clients;
Mentor and supervise staff related to transportation planning and work closely with other departments to develop multi-disciplinary solutions; and,
The candidate will have the desire and ability to advance to a management position.
QUALIFICATIONS
Post-secondary education in Civil Engineering, Planning or a related field from an accredited university;
Minimum 7 years of related experience is an asset;
Experience in transportation planning
Ability to undertake complex technical analysis, using tools such as travel demand forecasting (e.g. EMME, TransCAD, VISUM), micro-simulation (e.g. VISSIM, Synchro), and GIS database software;
Experience with travel demand forecasting would be an asset;
Experience in project coordination;
Good communication and presentation skills are essential;
Excellent analytic and decision-making skills, with a commitment to excellence and high quality work; and,
Demonstrated ability to write proposals, business cases and technical reports.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Membership in a provincial or territorial planning institute
Additional Skills
- Supervise and co-ordinate work of urban planning technicians and technologists
Specific Skills
- Administer land use plans and zoning by-laws
- Review and evaluate proposals for land use and development plans and prepare recommendations
- Process application for land development permits
- Present plans to civic, rural and regional authorities and hold public meetings
- Prepare plans for environmental protection
- Prepare and recommend land development concepts and plans for zoning, subdivisions, transportation, public utilities, community facilities, parks, agricultural and other land uses
- Confer with appropriate authorities and interest groups to formulate and develop land use or community plans
- Compile and analyze data on factors affecting land use
Work Setting
- Engineering company
Area of Planning Specialization
- Transportation
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