Senior Transportation Planning Project Manager

Jacobs; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs in Canada invites a Senior Transportation Planning Project Manager to join our Toronto office. You will lead multidisciplinary teams on transportation and transit planning projects for public sector clients across North America, with a strong Ontario focus, working in a hybrid setup from home and our Toronto office, with travel for meetings.

You will secure long-term client partnerships, develop unique value propositions with local and global leaders, and drive thought leadership while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering; or a degree in Urban and Regional Planning with a Transit/Transportation focus.
• Licensed P.Eng. or Registered Professional Planner (or ability to secure such designations within 6 months).
• 15+ years of relevant work experience in transportation/transit planning (public or private sectors).
• Knowledge/proficiency with the analytical tools and techniques used in transportation/transit planning.
• Strong communication, project management and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Secure and strengthen long-term client partnerships to grow the Transportation/Planning practice.
• Partner with operations, sales and market solutions leaders to develop unique and valued client propositions.
• Influence the winning of our most important opportunities and ensure engagement and collaboration across teams.
• Lead and/or produce high quality thought leadership content to engage our clients.
• Represent Jacobs at industry events (conferences, etc.).
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver transportation/transit planning projects.
• Support the growth of our practice by attracting, developing, and retaining top talent.
• Coordinate with local authorities, transit agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure project alignment.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities, challenges, and risks for clients

Skills

Transportation planning

Project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Client relationship management

Public sector experience

Education

Civil Engineering

Urban & Regional Planning

P.Eng./Professional Planner

Tools

GIS

Transportation modeling

MS Project

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Transportation Planning Project Manager to join our Canadian Planning Practice. You will be sitting in Ontario aligned to our Toronto office. You'll be working on exciting and engaging transportation projects for our public sector clients across North America with a strong focus on the Ontario market. You'll be working in a hybrid arrangement from home and from our Toronto office, with the expectation of travel for client meetings and team meetings.

• Securing and strengthening long term client partnerships to help drive the growth of our Transportation/Planning practice, through
• Partnering with our operations, sales and market solutions leaders at a local, national and global scale to develop unique and valued client propositions.
• Being highly influential in the winning of our most important opportunities and ensuring appropriate engagement and collaboration across our Market Solutions/Subject Matter Experts.
• Leading and/or producing high quality thought leadership content and using unique insights to engage our clients.
• Representing Jacobs at industry events (conferences, etc.)
• Leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver the transportation/transit planning projects in our growing portfolio.
• Supporting the growth of our practice by attracting, developing, and retaining top talent
• Coordinating with local authorities, transit agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure project alignment and support.
• Staying up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities, challenges, and risks for clients

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering; or a degree in Urban and Regional Planning with a Transit/Transportation focus
• Licensed P.Eng. or Registered Professional Planner (or ability to secure such designations within 6 months)
• 15+ years of relevant work experience in transportation/transit planning(public or private sectors)
• Knowledge/proficiency with the analytical tools and techniques used in transportation/transit planning
• Strong communication, project management and interpersonal skills.

Posted Salary Range Minimum

150,000.00

Posted Salary Range Upper

195,000.00

The base salary range for this position is $150,000.00 to $195,000.00. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across Ontario, Canada locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

At Jacobs, we use AI-driven recruitment to match top talent with opportunity- however, human connection and fairness remain at the heart of every hiring decision.

Jacobs welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better.