Junior Transportation Engineer

Description

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 Junior Transportation Engineer or Planner with at least 3 years consulting experience to join our growing and dynamic Mobility Advisory (transportation planning) team in Vancouver, BC. The focus of our team is providing transportation consulting services in support of projects for municipal, provincial and regional clients, as well as for private developers in Western Canada (BC and AB). We support our clients in optimizing operations on existing networks and recommend operational changes to support all modes of transport. We also undertake road safety analysis and reviews to minimise collisions and to eliminate major injuries and fatalities (Vision Zero), and to recommend mitigation and actions to be taken. The successful candidate will be self-motivated, demonstrate excellent communication skills, be eager to learn, and indicate an interest to work on a wide variety of private and public sector projects. 

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.

As a part of Mobility Advisory Canada, we partner with our clients across the globe to design thriving and connected cities and communities that enable opportunities for everyone. Climate change, urbanization and digitization trends are requiring today's mobility projects and systems to address an evolving set of demands from the world's growing population. We design connected, sustainable solutions that integrate existing infrastructure with new technologies, and optimize the mobility of people and goods.

Role accountabilities:

In this role, you will be actively involved in a variety of exciting transportation engineering and planning projects as part of our growing Mobility Advisory Western Canada team. You will contribute to transportation impact studies and related analyses for residential, commercial, and employment developments across British Columbia and Alberta. Your work will include conducting traffic operations and capacity analyses, reviewing parking demand, participating in corridor studies, travel demand management, traffic modelling, and road user safety assessments. You will also gain hands-on experience with in-service road safety reviews, before and after analyses, and road safety audits.

Additionally, in this role you will support the development of Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems, and contribute to roadway planning and preliminary design studies by analyzing existing transportation operations and evaluating alternative configurations. You will help prepare Multiple Accounts Evaluations (MAE) and business cases for transportation projects, develop traffic management plans, and coordinate projects with other technical disciplines to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery. Your responsibilities will also include preparing technical reports and documenting your analyses to support project success and inform client decision-making.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Education in Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, Engineering Technology or related fields
• Three or more years of experience preferably in a consulting setting 
• Strong working knowledge of municipal regulations and the Highway Capacity Manual, and other recognized transportation standards and reference materials
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, AutoTURN, Synchro, SimTraffic, VISSIM
• Experience preparing proposals, and materials for and facilitating meetings with technical agencies and the public

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 orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

The salary range for this position is $66,000 - $99,000. The base salary represents Arcadis' hiring range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as location, skills, experience, and qualification for the role.

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