Transportation Functional Designer

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Transportation Functional Designer to contribute to exciting transportation projects across Canada. This role combines remote work flexibility with in-office collaboration, allowing you to engage with public sector clients and lead design initiatives. You will leverage your extensive experience in transportation design, project management, and stakeholder coordination to create impactful mobility solutions. Join a company that values collaboration and empowers its employees to deliver their best work while addressing the world's critical transportation challenges.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant transportation experience in public or private sectors.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead transportation design projects and coordinate with local authorities.
• Develop sketch-level concepts and oversee CAD designers' work.

Skills

Transportation Design

Project Management

Communication Skills

Time Management

Report Writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Licensed P.Eng.

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 be working on exciting transportation projects for our public sector clients across Canada. The role offers a hybrid work arrangement, combining remote work and work from 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 stakeholders to ensure project alignment.
3. Generate alternative design options and assess their costs and benefits.
4. Facilitate discussions with agency stakeholders on design tradeoffs for multimodal users.
5. Develop sketch-level concepts and oversee CAD designers' work.
6. Provide QA/QC in accordance with applicable guidelines and standards.
7. Stay updated with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities and challenges.
8. Represent Jacobs at industry events such as conferences and webinars.
9. Build and maintain client relationships, positioning Jacobs for new work through early proposal development.

We value collaboration and believe in-person interactions are vital for our culture and client delivery. Our hybrid working policy empowers employees to split their workweek between offices/projects and remote locations to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

1. Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a focus on Transportation.
2. Licensed P.Eng. or the ability to secure this designation within 6 months.
3. 10+ years of relevant transportation experience in public or private sectors.
4. Experience in planning, designing, and managing various transportation projects, including multi-modal streets and intersections accommodating pedestrians, bicycles, micromobility, transit, and trucks.
5. Experience in project evaluation methods such as MAE, business case development, and benefit-cost analysis.
6. Strong communication, time management, and report-writing skills in a collaborative environment, with the ability to work independently.
7. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
8. Knowledge of road safety concepts and collision modification factors for design improvements.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

1. Proficiency in design software such as AutoCAD, Microstation, AutoTURN, Bluebeam, and Projectwise.
2. Experience across the project lifecycle: preliminary, conceptual, functional, detailed, and O&M.
3. Familiarity with guidelines and standards from AT, BC MOTT, MTO, etc.
4. Experience with transportation project development processes in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario.
5. Advanced technical writing skills and data visualization abilities.
6. Excellent communication and organizational skills.
7. Empathy, self-awareness, and a deliberate approach to career development.
8. A passion for mentoring and empowering staff.
9. Existing strong client relationships and the ability to foster new ones.