Senior Transportation Functional Planner​/Designer

Senior Transportation Functional Planner / Designer

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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.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Transportation Functional Planner / Designer who thrives on providing innovative mobility solutions. You’ll work on exciting transportation projects for our public sector clients across Canada, in a hybrid arrangement (home and office in Burnaby, Toronto, Ottawa or Calgary) with occasional travel for client meetings.

• Lead/contribute to transportation/transit conceptual and functional design projects including project scoping
• Coordinate with local authorities, transit agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure project alignment and support
• Generate alternative design options and provide technical assessment of option costs and benefits
• Facilitate discussions with agency stakeholders on design trade‑offs for multimodal users
• Develop sketch‑level concepts and direct the work of CAD designers
• Provide QA/QC in accordance with municipal, regional, provincial, and federal guidelines and standards
• Stay up‑to‑date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities, challenges, and risks for clients
• Represent Jacobs at industry events (conferences, webinars, etc.)
• Maintain client relationships and build new ones through early game and end game proposal development to secure new work

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a Transportation focus
• Licensed P.Eng., or ability to secure such designation within 6 months
• 10+ years of relevant work experience in transportation (public or private sectors)
• Experience in functional design of multi‑modal streets and intersections accommodating pedestrians, bicycles, micromobility modes, transit vehicles, and trucks
• Project evaluation experience including multiple account evaluation (MAE), business case development, benefit‑cost analysis
• Strong communication, time management, and writing skills in collaborative team environments and self‑directed settings
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Knowledge of road safety concepts, including collision modification factors for design improvements
• Proficiency in design software such as AutoCAD, Micro Station, AutoTURN, Bluebeam, Project Wise
• Experience in design across the project lifecycle from preliminary to O&M
• Familiarity with AT, BC MOTT, MTO guidelines and standards and with AB, BC, ON transportation project development processes
• Excellent organizational, communication, and mentoring skills
• Empathy, self‑awareness, and willingness to build a career intentionally
• Passion for mentoring and empowering staff
• Existing effective relationships with clients and demonstrated ability to build/foster new relationships

Minimum: $ – Upper: $

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

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regard to the recruitment process (for example, if you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.

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Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

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