Traffic Specialist

**Traffic Specialist**:
**Job ID**:

- 229792

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Transportation

**Division**:

- Transportation Management Division, Design and Engineering Branch

**City**:

- Thunder Bay

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

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

**Job code**:

- 5A011 - Technical05

**Salary**:

- $76,231.00 - $109,842.00 Per year
- Consider this challenging opportunity with the Ministry of Transportation to use your traffic engineering and project management expertise to provide leadership in the areas of traffic operations and safety.**About the job**: In this role, you will:

- Provide technical expertise and leadership to ensure the delivery of high quality traffic engineering services related to the planning, design, construction, corridor management, maintenance and operation of provincial highways of various complexities, for an area within Northwestern Region
- Provide expert technical consultation and advisory services to internal and external clients on traffic engineering issues

**What you bring to the team**:
**Mandatory**:
**Technical Knowledge**:

- You have knowledge of and demonstrated experience in traffic engineering theories, principles and practices related to traffic safety and operations, signing, pavement markings and illumination, traffic control signals and systems, construction staging, traffic impact assessment, traffic data collection, traffic/engineering software, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and traffic simulation modelling to provide input into planning, design and assessment of traffic impacts and operations

**Leadership and Project Management Skills**:

- You have project management and group leadership skills (including prioritisation, budgeting, scheduling, coordination and negotiation skills) to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to plan, organise and prioritize project requirements

**Communication, Advisory, Presentation, Interpersonal Skills**:

- You are able to discuss and convey issues and provide recommendations
- You are able to respond to inquiries and resolve technical issues, prepare reports, project plans and formulate recommendations
- You are able to convince stakeholders to accept alternative solutions to traffic management problems
- You can recommend policies, procedures and systems enhancements
- You are able to establish effective working relationships with project planning teams and consultants

**Research, Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills**:

- You are able to investigate traffic engineering issues, to assess risks, evaluate options for mitigation, and make recommendations on complex traffic engineering issues**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.

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**Additional information**:

- Monday, June 23, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

**Position details**:

- 1 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 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**:

- Science and Engineering

**Posted on**:

- Monday, June 9, 2025

**Note**:

- T-MT-229792/25

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