Senior Transportation Engineer Full Time Permanent

VTRAC Consulting Corporation
Intelligent Solutions
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Position#:                      23127

Position:                        Senior Transportation Engineer

Position Type:               Permanent
No. of Positions:           1
Location:                      Alberta

Description

As a Senior Transportation Engineer, you will be involved in a wide range of mobility projects from multi-modal planning and design to traffic operations and impact studies. The primary responsibility will be to manage transportation engineering projects from start to finish with the support of junior/technical staff, while also collaboratively helping to guide the overall development and resilience of our organization’s transportation engineering practice. The role will also involve identifying and developing existing and new business development opportunities with clients in both the public and private sectors.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing the organizations transportation engineering practice, including identifying future opportunities and resource requirements to the Alberta Regional Lead of Transportation, assisting with identifying membership needs for staff with transportation- specific organizations (such as the Institute of Transportation Engineers), and supporting the development of standard practices and processes for traffic engineering that may be used across the division.
• Manage a range of transportation engineering projects, ensuring schedule and budget adherence, balanced project team resources, on-going client communication, invoicing, and adherence to our corporate quality control processes.
• Apply technical transportation engineering expertise in the areas of network and intersection analysis, transportation / traffic impact assessments, active transportation planning and facility design, transit, and multi-modal road safety to provide clients with options and opportunities to create vibrant and livable communities through management of transportation.
• Oversee the conceptual and functional design of transportation corridors, transit exchanges, bike/pedestrian facilities, traffic calming, intersection treatments, and other multi-modal transportation infrastructure.
• Organize and attend client, community and Council meetings and other public engagement activities, and present / communicate technical information in a coherent manner.
• Prepare written documentation of project work in a clear and concise manner.
• Prepare written materials including technical letters, memos, and reports.
• Pursue business development opportunities with past, current, and prospective clients.
• Lead or support the preparation of proposals for public and private sector clients.
• Maintain technical competency in transportation engineering and project delivery, including active participation in professional organizations and on-going professional development.
• Assist with monitoring and verifying team compliance for the respective jurisdiction(s) where you practice, as well as assist in ensuring compliance with any other project management and quality assurance processes and documentation adopted by our organization.
• Plan and manage data collection programs.
• Be prepared to lead by example by working alongside others on our team to continuously improve our transportation practice and the value we deliver to our clients and communities.
• Travel within Alberta as required, as well as opportunity for travel to support other projects within Western Canada.

Qualifications

• A registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA). Additional registration in Professional Engineering organizations in other Canadian provinces or territories considered an asset.
• Seven (7+) or more years of transportation engineering experience, preferably focused in any/all the following areas: traffic impact assessments, traffic management plans for construction zones, transportation master plans, signal timing, safety audits, traffic modeling, and active transportation planning and design.
• Physically located within the Edmonton area and able to regularly attend in-person meetings.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, as well as strong analytical and organization skills.
• Direct experience managing projects with clients.
• Experience using capacity analysis / microsimulation software such as Synchro / SimTraffic, and SIDRA required. Experience with VISSIM, and VISUM is considered an asset.
• PTOE or RSP certification is considered an asset.
• Working knowledge of key technical manuals such as TAC, ITE, NACTO, and Provincial Manuals.
• Experience in the following supporting areas is an asset: parking management, transportation demand management (TDM), transit planning and operations, and civil design.
• A valid AB Drivers’ License.

We thank all candidates in advance. Only selected candidates for interviews will be contacted. For other exciting opportunities, please visit us at www.vtrac.com. VTRAC is an equal opportunity employer.

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