Transportation Planner

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking a Transportation Planner to join our growing transportation team. We are actively working to make communities more sustainable through strategic multimodal transportation planning. We are looking for candidate with diverse skills including policy review and analysis, data analysis, technical and policy writing, an awareness of key planning frameworks and policies (i.e. Provincial Policy Statement, Municipal Class Environmental Assessment, Ontario Traffic Manuals), experience with public and/or stakeholder consultation, and knowledge of sustainable transportation planning principles. This role will also have a business development component including responding to request for proposals and general business development activities, including maintaining and developing industry relationships.

The successful candidate will be self-motivated, demonstrate excellent communication and collaboration skills, be eager to learn, and enjoy working in a fast-paced consulting environment. Project management skills including task coordination, budget management, client communications, and deliverable review, as well as strong writing, presentation, and public speaking skills will be of benefit in this position. 

You will play an important role in supporting project task work, conducting analysis, preparing documentation, reporting and presenting findings. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with a wide variety of professionals including active transportation, transit, goods movement, placemaking, safety, traffic engineering, modelling, etc. 

Arcadis provides flexible work arrangements, career development opportunities and a supportive and collaborative team environment. We encourage involvement in professional associations, conferences, and support our staff to grow through life-long learning.

Role accountabilities:

In this role, you will support and lead a variety of transportation planning tasks within our Mobility Advisory team. This includes conducting policy and planning review and analysis, performing transportation data and network analysis, and contributing to the development of broader strategic plans such as transportation master plans and policies relating to safety and complete streets. You will also be responsible for contributing to and leading the writing of key reports, including background context reports, needs assessments, network development documentation, and consultation summaries.

You will play a key role in consultation planning and execution, preparing presentations and materials for meetings, and analyzing feedback from stakeholders. Working in multijurisdictional planning environments, you will balance the priorities of multiple agencies and help evaluate planning solutions through the development of multi-criteria evaluation frameworks and key performance indicators. Managing client relationships will also be a critical aspect of your responsibilities, ensuring high-quality service and successful project outcomes.

Additionally, you will be expected to stay informed about ongoing and evolving industry and municipal best practices in transportation planning. This includes areas such as equity, goods movement, complete streets, new and emerging technologies, road user safety, traffic calming, active transportation, travel demand management, public health, and other community-building initiatives. In this position, you will lead project tasks on multidisciplinary teams, with responsibilities that include budget management, quality control, and contributing to and leading proposal development efforts.

Qualifications & Experience:

• A minimum of six years of experience in a related field
• University degree in urban/regional planning, civil engineering, or related field
• Eligibility to become a Registered Professional Planner or a Professional Engineer is an asset
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and knowledge of Microsoft Access, ArcGIS, or Adobe Illustrator an asset

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.