Senior Advisor, Rapid Transit Project and Network Planning

Metrolinx; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Metrolinx is seeking two Senior Advisors, Rapid Transit Project and Network Planning to provide expert planning support for major rapid transit initiatives. Roles cover LRT and subway projects, with responsibilities across option development, business cases, and network planning.

Two opportunities exist: one Full-Time Permanent and one Long-Term Contract. You will collaborate with partners to refine plans, evaluate performance, and support investment decisions within Ontario's transit network.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, urban and regional transportation planning, economics, or equivalent.
• Experience in transportation planning and large, multi-stakeholder projects.
• Understanding of rapid transit operations, service planning, corridor constraints.
• Experience delivering transit planning analyses across market assessment, network/ corridor planning, service planning, and land use.
• Ability to independently lead planning analyses while ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
• Understanding of provincial/municipal policy and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with modelling software and GIS is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning expertise during all stages of the project lifecycle.
• Lead option development, trade-off assessment, and recommendations.
• Build relationships with internal partners to integrate considerations.
• Assess benefits, costs, risks, opportunities, and operational implications.
• Develop, manage, and execute workplans as directed by leaders.
• Translate technical findings into actionable insights for future planning.
• Apply standard procedures and reporting frameworks to ensure quality.

Skills

Planning expertise

Transportation planning

Leadership of analyses

Problem solving

Stakeholder collaboration

Policy & governance awareness

Education

Engineering degree

Urban & regional transportation planning

Economics

Tools

EMME

TransCAD

ArcGIS

R/STATA

SQL/NoSQL

Tableau/Qlik Sense

Job description

Job Description

Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto's subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.

The Planning team is seeking two (2) Senior Advisors, Rapid Transit Project and Network Planning to provide expert planning support for major rapid transit initiatives, including LRT and subway projects. These roles are responsible for developing, refining, and evaluating transit plans and options to support project and network planning objectives.

Available opportunities include one (1) Full-Time Permanent position and one (1) Long-Term Contract position.

What will I be doing?

• Provide Planning subject matter expertise during all stages of the project lifecycle including during planning, design, scoping, delivery, and operations.
• Deploy advanced skills and experience to plan across one or more of the following scales of infrastructure and service development: market, network, project/ corridor/route, station/stop, or station area.
• Lead technical quantitative and qualitative analysis to inform problem/opportunity statements, options analysis, and business cases.
• Provide ongoing insight on performance and emerging trends to inform current issues, future project development, and investment decisions.
• Analyze how scope and design choices impact project performance, including horizontal alignment, vertical alignment, termini, and number of stations/stops.
• Lead complex planning studies, including option development, trade-off assessment, and recommendations related to stations, corridors, services, and network investments.
• Build and maintain relationships with key internal partners across the organization to assess and integrate other project considerations into planning, evaluation, and business case analysis.
• Assess the benefits, costs, risks, opportunities, and operational implications of service and infrastructure investments across the regional transit network.
• Develop, manage, and execute workplans delegated by People Leaders, Senior Managers, and Directors.
• Evaluate how service, infrastructure, station access, land use, and operational assumptions influence project and network performance outcomes.
• Monitor project and network performance trends and translate technical findings into actionable insights that inform future project development and investment decisions.
• Apply standard operating procedures, templates, and reporting frameworks to ensure consistency and quality of outputs.

What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?

• Completion of a degree in engineering, urban and regional transportation planning, economics, or a related discipline - or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience in transportation planning and/or engineering, and demonstrated ability to contribute to large, complex projects within a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Understanding of rapid transit operations, service planning, corridor constraints, stop/station operations, and the interaction between infrastructure and service outcomes.
• Experience delivering transit planning analyses across market assessment, network and corridor planning, service planning, station access, multimodal integration, and transit-oriented land use planning, and ability to derive insights to support decision-making .
• Ability to independently lead planning analyses and studies, balancing multiple assignments while ensuring accuracy, technical rigour, and timely delivery of work products.
• Understanding of contemporary transportation issues affecting provincial, municipal, and community stakeholders.
• Experience with project evaluation methodologies, transit project business case processes, and policy development processes
• Knowledge of principles, theories, concepts and practices of economic cost-benefit analysis, financial analysis, and ridership forecasting.
• Practical experience with transportation modelling software (e.g. EMME, TransCAD), geospatial/GIS tools (i.e. ArcGIS), statistical analysis packages (e.g. R, STATA), database management systems (e.g. SQL, NoSQL), or visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Qlik Sense) is an asset
• Planning, research, analysis, and problem solving to advise senior leaders on potentially sensitive or contentious issues.

Don’t Meet Every Requirement?

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equity‑deserving communities, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.

Accommodation

Metrolinx is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are also committed to offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants in accordance with applicable legislation. If you require assistance or an accommodation at any point during the hiring process, please contact us at: 416-202-5601 or email [e-mail].

Application Process

All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

A Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.

Candidates must be in their current role for 12 months prior to applying for another role and each applicant must be in good standing (not participating in a Performance Improvement Plan).

Should it be determined that any background information provided is misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application.

WE ARE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER.