Project Manager Transportation Planning

Why Guelph:
**What we offer**

We offer competitive wages and comprehensive benefits to meet the needs of our diverse employees. Many of our positions offer:

- Paid vacation days, increasing with years of service
- Paid personal days;
- Defined benefit pension plan with OMERS, including 100-per-cent employer matching;
- Extended health and dental benefits, including Health Care Spending Account;
- Employee and Family Assistance Program;
- Parental leave top up program;
- Learning and development opportunities including tuition assistance
- Employee recognition programs.

Position Overview:
**Key duties and responsibilities**
- Leading, administering and/or supporting transportation planning projects including environmental assessments, transportation design guidelines, major multi-modal transportation corridor studies, feasibility studies, conceptual design, and preliminary designs of municipal road and active transportation infrastructure.
- Reviews all project deliverables for accuracy, completeness and content according to the project terms of reference.
- Periodically reviews and updates plans and strategies including the Transportation Master Plan and Complete Street Design Guidelines to ensure relevant policies, infrastructure planning, and alignment with industry regulatory requirements, standards, guidelines and best practices.
- Provides support to project managers of other relevant transportation-related studies, including coordinating stakeholder meetings (internal and external), supporting public engagement efforts, and providing quality assessment/quality control on consultant deliverables.
- Ensures all requirements of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Act or equivalent regulatory processes are met.
- Works with consultants and internal staff to communicate and engage with various stakeholders, develop recommendations, prepare reports and give presentations.
- Co-ordinates and directs internal staff teams and consultants and effectively manages project deliverables.
- Liaises and negotiates with consultants, contractors and developers on transportation, engineering and related matters relative to contracts, agreements and standards, and maintains continued contact with the industry regarding standards and specifications for municipal construction.
- Ensures compliance with all applicable federal and provincial regulations/legislation and City by-laws.
- Supports continuous improvement initiatives and the building partnerships mandate of the corporation.
- Maintains professional knowledge in job-related rules, statutes, laws and new business trends; recommends the implementation of changes; reads and interprets professional literature; attend training programs, workshops and seminars as appropriate.
- Acts as a technical resource to other departments and develop collaborative partnerships with Indigenous communities, agencies, utilities, adjacent municipalities, residents, property owners, consultants, developers and contractors on matters relating to the Transportation Planning division
- Supports the development review and approvals process as needed
- Acts as a liaison and representative of the City for projects related to MTO, including Hanlon expressway upgrades, regional plans and transportation studies
- Other duties as assigned.

**Qualifications and requirements**
- A post-secondary degree in civil engineering, transportation engineering, transportation planning or related discipline.
- A Professional Engineer in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario.
- Considerable experience in transportation engineering and infrastructure planning including design of municipal roadways (including roundabouts, grade separations and municipal services), feasibility and corridor studies, and multi-modal transportation projects.
- Experience with the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) process.
- Project management experience delivering projects on time and on budget.
- Demonstrated knowledge of transit, cycling and/or pedestrian infrastructure planning and design practices.
- Experience in organizing and facilitating complex public engagement projects and initiatives.
- Excellent decision-making skills with the ability to find an optimal balance of technical, operational and streetscaping needs with respect to transportation projects.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work independently and as part of a multi-faceted team with both internal and external interests.
- Ability to influence, negotiate and resolve issues with tact and diplomacy.
- Skilled in providing a solution-oriented customer service approach using good judgement, creativity and strategic thinking.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of staff, stakeholders, the media, Council and the general public.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Projects and Outlook).
- Proficiency with AutoCAD.
- Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safe