Senior Planning Officer

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

Job summary

Metrolinx is seeking an experienced Senior Planning Officer to lead strategic and technical transportation planning for bus services and related initiatives. You will engage in project development, coordinate with stakeholders, and ensure alignment with corporate objectives in a dynamic transit environment.

The role requires strong project management, analytical, and communication skills, with experience in transit planning, data strategies, and leadership in a unionized setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in transportation/transit with proven project management and technical analysis skills.
• Ability to work as a team member and provide team leadership.
• Proven project management skills to coordinate several complex projects under pressure, meeting schedule and budget commitments.
• Strong analytical, oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices, including collective agreement and unionized environments.
• Ability to integrate transit planning with corporate objectives, market research, and land use planning.
• Ability to project and substantiate the impact of service level changes on manpower, budget, and equipment.
• Experience with ArcGIS and geospatial analysis would be an asset.
• Experience with Python, SQL, R and PowerBI would be an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and technical transportation planning to develop long- and short-term plans.
• Engage in all stages of project development and execution related to bus service planning.
• Lead negotiations and collaborate with stakeholders to secure support for proposed actions.
• Assess and develop data strategies to maintain scheduling data for corporate needs.
• Plan and oversee long-term platform allocations and passenger amenities.
• Strategically evaluate and optimize the use of resources and facilities to support growth and efficiency.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder engagement

Transit planning integration

Data analysis

Education

Transportation Planning program

Business Administration program

Tools

ArcGIS

Python

SQL

R

PowerBI

Transit scheduling software

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.

Our Service Design Office – Bus Operations Planning Office is looking for an experienced Senior Planning Officer with a solid understanding of current transportation initiatives to lead the planning and design of transportation services.

What will I be doing?

• Provide comprehensive strategic and technical transportation planning and analysis to develop long- and short-term plans for new services and optimize existing ones, in alignment with the corporation’s planning objectives.
• Engage in all stages of project development and execution related to bus service planning.
• Lead negotiations and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to secure support for proposed actions and resolve issues in complex, politically sensitive environments.
• Assess and develop data strategies and structures to maintain scheduling data for a variety of corporate needs.
• Plan and oversee long-term platform allocations and passenger amenities to ensure sustainable use of infrastructure.
• Strategically evaluate and optimize the use of resources and facilities to support future service growth and efficiency.

What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?

• Knowledge of transportation and/ or planning normally attained through completion of a 3-year community college program in Transportation Planning; or any combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent, including comprehensive knowledge of the principles and practices of business administration normally attained through completion of a 3-year community college program in Business Administration or equivalent length of experience.
• Demonstrated years of progressively responsible experience in the transportation/transit field with demonstrated project management and technical analysis skills.
• Ability to work as a team member and provide team leadership.
• Demonstrated Project Management skills, with the ability to co-ordinate several complex projects under pressure, meeting schedule and budget commitments.
• Strong analytical, oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Sound knowledge of supervisory principles and practices, including knowledge of the collective agreement and the bargaining process and the ability to deal with employees in a unionized environment.
• Ability to integrate transit planning with corporate objectives, market research, and other transportation / land use planning.
• Ability to project and substantiate the impact of service level changes on manpower, budget, and the availability of equipment.
• Experience with computerized transit scheduling software would be an asset.
• Knowledge of with ArcGIS and geospatial analysis would be an asset.
• Experience with Python, SQL, R and PowerBI would be an asset.

Don’t Meet Every Requirement?

If you’re excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesn’t quite align with every qualification of this posting, we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team.

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. Metrolinx will be using email to communicate with you for all job competitions. It is your responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send time-sensitive correspondence, we recommend that you check your email regularly. If no response is received, we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing the opportunity. Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.

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 thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

WE ARE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER.