Senior Urban Planner-Transportation

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A career in transportation is more than bridges, roads, and rail. As we plan, design, and manage projects that move people and goods from Point A to Point B, we create connections that transform our communities. Every airport, road, bridge, port, or transit project is an opportunity to make communities safer, cleaner, and more resilient. Together, we’re making an impact around the world. If you’re looking for a career that moves, join our team of professionals passionate about the future of transportation.

Join Stantec’s growing Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering group to help us create the biking, walking, transit, and emerging mobility networks that serve the most livable, prosperous, sustainable, resilient, and equitable places across Canada and beyond. Driven by data, innovation, and grounded in real world applications, our plans inspire people with a spectrum of work that includes planning for parking, transit, pedestrian safety, traffic analysis, transportation demand management, development planning, mobility studies, smart mobility solutions, campus planning, freight access, and much more. Our group helps define and create the places, networks and infrastructure that connect people to prosperity, and to each other. This position will be a casual status opportunity.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking an experienced, creative, and motivated Senior Urban Planner – Transportation to support the Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering group in Ontario. The selected candidate will support the group’s growing local and national practice and work directly with industry‑leading multimodal transportation planners, engineers and mobility specialists across North America. This role involves developing and implementing transportation policies, collaborating with stakeholders, analyzing data, and leading the assessment of project impacts through an equity lens. Candidates should have a strong understanding of urban transportation planning principles and good communication skills. You will play a critical role in shaping transportation systems to support sustainable growth and development.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a Senior Urban Planner on complex and challenging transportation planning assignments.
• Use knowledge of provincial and local planning policy in the preparation of planning policy studies for public sector clients.
• Contribute to transportation planning and engineering projects including feasibility studies, transportation environmental assessments, functional plans, and preliminary designs for active transportation facilities and other types of facilities as assigned.
• Assist with facilitation of public workshop events.
• Use knowledge of planning, land use, infrastructure economics, and transportation equity to analyze and address socioeconomic impacts of transportation infrastructure projects on the public.
• Leverage experience with Ontario municipal capital infrastructure delivery processes to inform strategic planning initiatives that align with realistic construction timelines.
• Serve as GIS lead on projects and comply with established project scope, schedule and budget; and coordinate multiple supporting GIS resources.
• Work with project teams to determine the optimal approach for using geospatial technologies to meet client needs, accurately estimate the corresponding level of effort, and then see implementation through to completion.
• Actively engage with immediate GIS team and greater GIS community, both locally and beyond, staying aware of the state of practice, new tools and technology, and opportunities for growth.
• Support multi‑disciplinary teams of planners, architects, urban designers, landscape architects, engineers.
• Analyze and summarize data, including equity data, census, crash records, performance monitoring resources, etc.
• Additional technical background in areas related to urban design, land economics, transportation planning and/or public engagement considered an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to readily identify potential problems on a project.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Comprehensive understanding of planning and urban design principles specifically as it relates to urban, regional, and rural planning and placemaking, climate change and resilience, emerging innovations, and development economics.
• Interpretation and development of transportation planning policy, including master plans, land use plans and zoning by‑laws.
• Experience in transportation engineering and planning including functional planning and preliminary design for AT (Active Transportation) facilities in Ontario municipalities.
• Demonstrated extensive knowledge and experience with the planning, programming, and prioritization of Ontario municipal transportation infrastructure projects from conception to delivery, informed by factors such as, but not limited to, socioeconomic impacts and transportation equity.
• Excellent working knowledge of/strong hands‑on experience with transportation data management/analyses using GIS/databases.
• Strong understanding of foundational GIS principles and skills.
• Solid foundation in coordinate system projections and transformations.
• Proficient in both vector and raster data management and analysis techniques.
• Strong cartographic skills for both desktop and web‑based maps.
• GIS‑CAD data interoperability and integration skills.
• Proficient with Esri ArcGIS Pro.
• Expert in ArcGIS Online and/or ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal, including associated applications (e.g., Dashboards, Experience Builder, Hub Site, StoryMap).
• Well‑developed communication skills, both oral and written, including stakeholder presentations.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• High level of proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Possess a valid driver's license with a good driving record.
• Self‑motivated to continuously improve and learn new technical and consulting skillsets.
• Prior experience within a consulting environment will be considered valuable.
• A strong aptitude for collaboration, particularly across disciplines such as Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Architecture.
• Excellent skills in research, data analysis, and problem solving.
• Additional technical background in areas related to urban design, land economics, transportation planning and/or public engagement considered an asset.
• Additional experience with engineering software such as AutoCAD or Synchro will be considered favorably.
• High level of integrity, “doing the right thing” in an ethical and fair way, while upholding professional demeanor at all times.
• Demonstrated experience working and supporting an equitable, diverse and inclusive team environment, respecting and valuing both individual and overall team excellence.
• Capable of producing high‑quality work on schedule, while working both independently and in a collaborative team environment.

Education and Experience

• University degree in engineering, urban planning, economics, geography, or a related field.
• A relevant Urban Planning degree (Master’s level an asset) and Full Membership in the OPPI (or eligibility to apply) and planning experience of a minimum of 10 years, with demonstrated experience working directly for Ontario municipalities.

Typical office environment working with computers. Some travel may be required (10%), such as delivering plans or documents to reviewing agencies or clients or to attend meetings. May occasionally visit study areas, construction sites and/or be exposed to outside elements and inclement weather conditions.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee, and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future‑proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.

Primary Location: Canada | ON | Markham

Organization: BC-1605 Transpt-CA Ontario GTA

Employee Status: Temporary

Travel: Yes

Schedule: Full time

Job Posting: 25/09/2025 02:09:01

Req ID: REQ250001TG

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Other

Industries

Business Consulting and Services