Transportation Functional Designer

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Transportation Functional Designer to work on innovative mobility solutions for public sector clients across Canada. This hybrid role involves leading design projects, coordinating with stakeholders, and ensuring quality standards. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, extensive experience in transportation, and strong communication skills. Join a dynamic team that values collaboration and innovation in transforming transportation solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in transportation.
• Licensed P.Eng. or ability to obtain within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Lead transportation design projects and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Develop sketch-level concepts and supervise CAD designers.
• Ensure QA/QC in accordance with standards.

Skills

Communication

Time Management

Report Writing

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a Transportation focus

Tools

AutoCAD

Microstation

AutoTURN

Bluebeam

Projectwise

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, Transportation Functional Designer who thrives on providing innovative mobility solutions. You’ll work on exciting transportation projects for our public sector clients across Canada. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement from home and one of our offices (Burnaby, Toronto, Ottawa, or Calgary), with occasional travel for client and team meetings.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

1. Lead or contribute to transportation/transit conceptual and functional design projects, including project scoping.
2. Coordinate with local authorities, transit agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure project alignment and support.
3. Generate alternative design options and provide technical assessments of costs and benefits.
4. Facilitate discussions with agency stakeholders on design trade-offs for multimodal users.
5. Develop sketch-level concepts and supervise CAD designers.
6. Ensure QA/QC in accordance with municipal, regional, provincial, and federal standards and guidelines.
7. Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities, challenges, and risks for clients.
8. Represent Jacobs at industry events such as conferences and webinars.
9. Build and maintain client relationships, and contribute to proposal development to secure new work.

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a Transportation focus.
• Licensed P.Eng. or ability to obtain this designation within 6 months.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in transportation (public or private sectors).
• Experience in planning, design, and management in transportation areas such as multi-modal streets, intersections, and accommodations for pedestrians, bicycles, micromobility, transit, and trucks.
• Experience in project evaluation, including MAE, business case development, and benefit-cost analysis.
• Strong communication, time management, and report-writing skills, with the ability to work collaboratively and independently.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of road safety concepts, including collision modification factors for design improvements.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Microstation, AutoTURN, Bluebeam, and Projectwise.
• Experience across project lifecycle stages: preliminary, conceptual, functional, detailed, and O&M.
• Familiarity with AT, BC MOTT, MTO, and similar standards and guidelines.
• Experience with transportation project development in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario.
• Advanced technical writing skills and data visualization capabilities.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Empathy, self-awareness, and a proactive approach to career development.
• Passion for mentoring and empowering staff.
• Existing relationships with clients and the ability to foster new ones.