Transportation Planner

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

**Role description**:
Arcadis is seeking a Transportation Planner to join our growing transportation team. We are actively working to make communities safer and more sustainable by expanding our team with diverse skill sets. Such skills include transportation planning and policy review and analysis, transportation data analysis, clear technical and policy writing, an awareness of key planning frameworks, ability to lead to public and stakeholder consultation, and project management.

Arcadis provides flexible and remote work arrangements, career development opportunities and a supportive and collaborative team environment. We encourage involvement in professional associations, conferences, and support our staff to grow through life-long learning.

**Role accountabilities**:
In this role, you will take the lead on transportation planning projects, guiding efforts through policy and planning reviews, in-depth transportation data analysis, and comprehensive network analyses. You will be responsible for authoring a range of reports, such as background context documents, needs assessments, network development reports, and consultation summaries, ensuring clarity and actionable insights for clients and stakeholders.

You will also play a pivotal role in developing broader visioning plans and policies, including transportation master plans, safety strategies, and Complete Streets initiatives. Your expertise will be crucial in directing consultation efforts—preparing presentations and materials for meetings, guiding consultation specialists on project support, and representing both the project team and client in public and stakeholder forums.

As a Transportation Planner, you will lead client and stakeholder meetings, ensuring that objectives are clearly understood and met, and that accurate and comprehensive meeting minutes are maintained. You will stay at the forefront of industry and municipal best practices, researching topics such as goods movement, active transportation, emerging technologies, road user safety, and other community-building initiatives. In addition, you will contribute to and lead the preparation of compelling proposals, supporting the continued growth and impact of the Mobility Advisory team. Other related duties may be assigned as needed to support project and team success.

**Qualifications & Experience**:

- University degree in urban/regional planning, civil engineering, or related field
- Eligibility to become a Registered Professional Planner or a Professional Engineer is an asset
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
- Knowledge of Microsoft Access, ArcGIS, or Adobe Illustrator an asset
- Excellent analytical and decision-making skills, with a commitment to excellence and high-quality work
- Proven technical writing skills in English
- A proven ability to create visually attractive documents, presentations, and graphics or visuals is an asset
- Ability to be flexible and collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team, while maintaining quality work within a fast-paced environment
- Ability to regularly attend client and public meetings in person in the Greater Vancouver Area and beyond
- Demonstrated collaborative attitude in working with members of our diverse team
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orient