Specialist - Traffic Operations

**Specialist - Traffic Operations**:
**Job ID**:

- 232495

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Transportation

**Division**:

- Highway Operations Management Branch/Traffic Office/Traffic Operations

**City**:

- Kingston, London, North Bay, St Catharines, Thunder Bay, Toronto

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 1 Permanent, 1 Temporary up to 12 months with the possibility of extension

**Job code**:

- 5A011 - Technical05

**Salary**:

- $76,231.00 - $109,842.00 Per year
- Are you an experienced traffic management expert with strong research and policy interpretation and development skills?
If so, consider this opportunity to use these skills to ensure Ontario's highways continue to be among the safest in North America and the world.

**About the job**: In this role you will:

- ensure appropriate coordination and conformance with ministry policies, procedures and objectives
- provide technical expertise and leadership related to the review, analysis and reporting on traffic operations

**What you bring to the team**:
**Mandatory requirements**:
**Technical knowledge**:

- You have knowledge of the theories, principles and practices related to transportation planning and traffic management engineering and technology.
- You can use your knowledge to assess traffic characteristics, advanced traffic management strategies, highway design and construction and maintenance practices.

**Research, analytical and problem-solving skills**:

- You can develop and evaluate proposals for traffic engineering, safety and operational issues and present recommendations.
- You can identify existing and potential traffic operational problems and evaluate alternatives in a complex traffic environment.

**Leadership skills**:

- Oversees the testing and evaluation of new devices or methods to improve safety and operational efficiency including within construction and maintenance areas.

**Communication and interpersonal skills**:

- You can prepare projects plans and reports, and convey complex issues with clients.
- You can use interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients.
- You can provide advice to external clients on traffic operations issues and to recommend policies, procedures and systems enhancements.

**Computer skills**:

- You can access and analyze traffic data, conduct simulations, prepare reports and presentations.

**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

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- accessibility
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**Additional information**:

- Wednesday, September 3, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

**Position details**:

- 1 English Permanent, 301 St Paul St, St Catharines, West Region or 659 Exeter Rd, London, West Region or 159 Sir William Hearst Ave, Toronto, Toronto Region or 447 McKeown Ave, North Bay, North Region or 1355 John Counter Blvd, Kingston, East Region or 615 James St S, Thunder Bay, North Region
- 1 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 301 St Paul St, St Catharines, West Region or 659 Exeter Rd, London, West Region or 159 Sir William Hearst Ave, Toronto, Toronto Region or 447 McKeown Ave, North Bay, North Region or 1355 John Counter Blvd, Kingston, East Region or 615 James St S, Thunder Bay, North Region

**Compensation group**:

- Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario

**Work hours**:

- Schedule 6

**Category**:

- Consulting and Planning

**Posted on**:

- Tuesday, August 19, 2025

**Note**:

- T-MT-232495/25(2)

**How to apply**:

- Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
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