Transportation Planning Engineer

WSP in Canada; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 130,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

WSP in Canada is seeking a Transportation Planning Engineer ready to take on a Project Manager role on-site in Ottawa, with relocation support available. You will contribute to a broad range of transportation planning projects across Canada, collaborating with engineers, planners, designers and landscape architects to deliver data-driven solutions.

The role emphasizes leadership development, client interaction, and opportunity to grow within a multidisciplinary team in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or Graduate Degree in Transportation Engineering and a P.Eng license.
• 8+ years of experience in transportation engineering and planning, including transportation impact assessments, active transportation infrastructure design, and project management.
• Proficiency in transportation software and methods (e.g., Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, Sidra, VISSIM, VISTRO, Aimsun).
• Experience in traffic operations and site analysis, with the ability to deliver innovative, data-driven solutions.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, managing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Business development experience, including the ability to prepare compelling proposals and estimate, track, and manage project budgets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting complex technical concepts
• A collaborative mindset and leadership skills to manage projects and client relationships effectively.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on exciting projects, from data collection and analysis to reporting and supporting your team on in-field and in-office technical tasks.
• Apply best practices and identify innovative solutions in active transportation master planning and design assignments, engineering analyses, and studies for multi-modal transportation, transit, and traffic projects.
• Develop progressive experience in project management and coordination, preparing you for leadership opportunities.
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team including transportation/traffic engineers, planners, designers, and landscape architects.
• Prepare and oversee technical memos and reports to communicate results and recommendations that influence project decisions.
• Engage with clients and communities through meetings and public consultations.

Skills

Transportation planning

Project management

Public consultations

Team leadership

Communication

Proposal writing

Budget management

Data analysis

Collaboration

Education

Transportation Engineering degree

P.Eng license

Tools

Synchro/SimTraffic

HCS

Sidra

VISSIM

VISTRO

Aimsun

Job description

Job Description

What if you could redefine what’s possible? With us, you can. You want

Job Description

What if you could redefine what’s possible? With us, you can. You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it.

We are the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers.

With an unmatched breadth and depth of engineering, advisory and science-based expertise, our global minds unite to power local solutions. We are pathfinders and impact makers.

We are Visioneers. We are WSP.

The Opportunity

Your Impact Starts Here

Are you ready to tackle some of the most complex and rewarding challenges in transportation planning and engineering? This is your chance to join a team shaping the future of mobility and infrastructure across Canada. In this role, you’ll collaborate with brilliant minds and contribute to high-profile projects that make a real difference in communities nationwide.

We are seeking a Transportation Planning Engineer ready to assume a Project Manager role and meaningfully contribute to a team working on a broad variety of transportation planning and engineering projects across Canada.

This position is on-site in Ottawa and is not remote. We welcome applications from candidates across Canada and the United States and offer relocation assistance.

Your Impact

• Collaborate on exciting projects, from data collection and analysis to reporting and supporting your team on in-field and in-office technical tasks.
• Apply best practices and identify innovative solutions in active transportation master planning and design assignments, engineering analyses, and studies for multi-modal transportation, transit, and traffic projects.
• Develop progressive experience in project management and coordination, preparing you for leadership opportunities.
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team including transportation/traffic engineers, planners, designers, and landscape architects.
• Prepare and oversee technical memos and reports to communicate results and recommendations that influence project decisions.
• Engage with clients and communities through meetings and public consultations.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• A passion for transportation and designing multi-modal solutions that improve safety and connectivity.
• Undergraduate or Graduate Degree in Transportation Engineering and a P.Eng license.
• 8+ years of experience in transportation engineering and planning, including transportation impact assessments, active transportation infrastructure design, and project management.
• Proficiency in transportation software and methods (e.g., Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, Sidra, VISSIM, VISTRO, Aimsun).
• Experience in traffic operations and site analysis, with the ability to deliver innovative, data-driven solutions.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, managing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Business development experience, including the ability to prepare compelling proposals and estimate, track, and manage project budgets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting complex technical concepts
• A collaborative mindset and leadership skills to manage projects and client relationships effectively.

Why Choose WSP?

We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors, and scientists from across the globe call WSP home.

• Proudly Canadian – we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.
• A global community of brilliant minds – your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
• Limitless opportunities start here. Whether it’s across the country or around the globe, we’ll help you tailor your role to match your ambition—because your growth drives ours.
• Flexible work, real balance – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.

WeAreWSP

Compensation

AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YK: $104,100 – $138,000

MB & ON: $95,000 – $130,800

NB, NL, NS, PEI & QC: $94,100 – $124,900

Disclosure

WSP Canada is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP Canada reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

WSP Benefits

WSP Canada provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

• Coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life
• Retirement savings
• Paid sick leave
• Paid vacation (or other personal time)
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

About Us

At WSP, we exist to shape communities to advance humanity.

It’s why we bring people together who are wired to solve complex challenges - engineers, scientists, advisors, and technical experts who are driven by a common passion - to redefine what’s possible and shape what comes next. We are Visioneers.

As one of the world’s leading professional services firms, we partner with clients across transportation, infrastructure, environment, buildings, energy, water, mining and metals. We pair deep local knowledge with global insights to pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact.

At WSP, you’ll join a community of brilliant minds that push boundaries every day - applying deep expertise and fuelling innovation to help create a more connected and resilient future. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work. We empower our people to collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status quo, and shape a career with purpose.

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations. Full details here .

Some safety-sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

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

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Full details here .