Transit Planner

**Job Details**:
**Permanent Full Time CUPE 1329**:
**Posting Status**:
**Open to all current Town of Oakville employees and external applicants**:
**Closing Date**:
**Applications for this position must be received at **oakville.ca** **by no later than 11:59 pm on **May 16, 2023.**:
**We offer**:

- **A hybrid work schedule - Please note the position will be in office for the first year, but a hybrid work model may be available in subsequent years.**:

- **A defined benefit pension plan (OMERS)**:

- **Comprehensive health plan complemented with life and disability insurance**:

- **A progressive work environment that promotes a work/life balance and strives to be a great place for great people to do great things**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Designs transit routes, monitors performance of new routes and route extensions, coordinating route changes with other team members.
- Gather, review and analyze data to support data reporting and forecasting, and to make recommendations for improvements.
- Participates in developing short and long term transit plans, develops innovative service strategies, reviews plans and proposal submitted by other governmental and private planning organizations and assists with budget planning.
- Responsible for ITS data integrity/QA and data confirmation in the ITS system to support all scheduling and ITS functions. Function is critical to delivery of each service board and to the integrity of all customer facing ITS functionality.
- Works with the Transit Analyst and Transit Scheduler, monitors and assesses system performance, conducts research and analysis of field investigations.
- Participates in public information meetings, assists with public outreach campaigns, assists with customer complaints related to planning inquiries, acts as a liaison for the department with other GTHA systems, advises other departments on transit initiatives, consults with other team members in preparation of annual/strategic plans.
- Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.

***Qualifications**:

- Completion of a three year degree or diploma in Urban Planning, Geography, Transportation Planning and/or Transportation Engineering.
- Must have a minimum of 3 years' experience in a related field.
- Professional Ontario Planning or engineering designation (or related field) is an asset.
- Excellent reading, written and verbal communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills to deal effectively with members of the public, Council and representatives of other transit systems, external groups and organizations and to represent the interests of Oakville Transit.
- Knowledge of transit scheduling and ITS related software would be considered an asset.
- Strong mathematical skills relating to statistical analysis.
- Ability to interpret engineering, architectural and/or survey plans.
- Experience in a public transit or transportation planning environment.
- Knowledge of service standards for public transit, transit scheduling fundamentals and land use planning and environmental assessment process.
- A copy of a valid and unrestricted Ontario Driver's Licence Class G minimum with a driving record that demonstrates responsible and safe driving behaviour must be provided. Note: Applicants with 6 or more points are ineligible for consideration. The successful applicant, who is a new hire, will be required to provide the Corporation with a current drivers abstract (no older than 30 days) and pass a Town administered road test as a condition of employment.

**DATED**:May 2, 2023**:
**We thank all applicants and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.**: