Dillon Consulting Limited Looking for Senior Transportation Planner at Toronto, ON Full Time

Are you someone with strong leadership and technical capabilities? Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders? Are you a thought leader, a trusted advisor and a problem solver? If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation in a flexible work environment, this opportunity is for you! As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen, you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

Dillon’s Planning & Design technical group is looking for a Senior Transportation Planner to join our multidisciplinary team of professionals. You will have the opportunity to work on new and exciting projects while providing clients with a fully integrated and superior customer experience.

We offer flexible work hours to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

At Dillon, we operate as one team. This position is available at any of our offices in the GTHA (Greater Toronto Hamilton Area).

Responsibilities:

• Project manage and/or contribute technical expertise to a variety of strategic transportation planning projects covering all modes of travel, such as Transportation Policy Studies, Transportation Master Plans, Secondary Plan Studies, Active Transportation Planning Projects, Environmental Assessments for Transportation Facilities, etc.
• Undertake project planning including the management of project scope, schedule, budget, technical quality, communications, health and safety and risk in accordance with Dillon’s procedures to meet business objectives
• Supervise and contribute to the career development of junior staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring
• Write proposals and support other marketing and administrative efforts
• Travel as required to support project needs

• Commit to self-development and ongoing learning and professional development
• Input to the career development of junior staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring
• Contribute to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees

Qualifications:

• A degree in Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, or similar field with a strong emphasis on transportation planning or engineering
• 4 years of professional experience in transportation planning/engineering and project coordination
• Strong communication, report writing, organization, interpersonal skills
• Proficient in Microsoft (MS) Office Suite including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and experience with MS Project

• A Master’s Degree or higher in Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, or similar field with a strong emphasis on transportation planning or engineering
• 7 to 10 years of professional experience in transportation planning/engineering and project management, preferably in the consulting industry
• Qualified to practice in Ontario as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng), Registered Professional Planner (RPP), or eligible to be qualified within six months

Experience:

• Successful project delivery as a Project Manager, Project Coordinator, or Transportation planning lead
• Development of transportation policies for various levels of government
• Transportation Master Plans, Area Transportation Plans and/or Secondary Plans for medium and large communities/developments
• Environmental Assessment studies for municipal transportation facilities
• Planning for Active Transportation and TDM programs and infrastructure
• Multimodal analysis and evaluation
• Studies that integrate land use, transportation, and urban design analysis
• Coaching and guiding less experienced team members in project delivery

• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust;
• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
• Continuous development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
• Creativity: discover new possibilities;
• Courage: do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard;
• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences.

• 
  Employee share purchase plan
  • Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.
• 
  A competitive compensation package
  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Generous retirement savings plan
  • Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions
• 
  Flexible work hours and remote working options
  • Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs. We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and remote work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
• 
  Learning and Development opportunities
  • As a knowledge-based business, the organic growth of our knowledge and skills occur through our work performance and roles. The creation and sharing of knowledge allows us to take local knowledge to scale, capture lessons learned through experience, and continuously improve service delivery. The development of self and others is an evident and measured core behaviour within our organization.
  • We use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how, mentoring to share lessons, advising to round out perspectives, and co-creation of knowledge through internal, learning opportunities.
• 
  Focus on Innovation
  • The ability to anticipate, examine, and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business performance. In our culture, people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to today’s problems and tomorrow’s opportunities.
• 
  Employee and Family Assistance program
  • A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.
• 
  Wellness Subsidy
  • Our employees can take advantage of wellness subsidy that can be put towards expenses for a variety of health and/or wellness related activities such as gym membership, purchase of home fitness equipment, yoga classes and dance classes

• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust;
• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
• Continuous development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
• Creativity: discover new possibilities;
• Courage: do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard;
• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences.

• 
  Employee share purchase plan
  • Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.
• 
  A competitive compensation package
  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Generous retirement savings plan
  • Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions
• 
  Flexible work hours and remote working options
  • Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs. We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and remote work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
• 
  Learning and Development opportunities
  • As a knowledge-based business, the organic growth of our knowledge and skills occur through our work performance and roles. The creation and sharing of knowledge allows us to take local knowledge to scale, capture lessons learned through experience, and continuously improve service delivery. The development of self and others is an evident and measured core behaviour within our organization.
  • We use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how, mentoring to share lessons, advising to round out perspectives, and co-creation of knowledge through internal, learning opportunities.
• 
  Focus on Innovation
  • The ability to anticipate, examine, and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business performance. In our culture, people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to today’s problems and tomorrow’s opportunities.
• 
  Employee and Family Assistance program
  • A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.
• 
  Wellness Subsidy
  • Our employees can take advantage of wellness subsidy that can be put towards expenses for a variety of health and/or wellness related activities such as gym membership, purchase of home fitness equipment, yoga classes and dance classes.