Planning engineer Jobs in Hamilton, ON

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.

Your Opportunity

Imagine being part of a dynamic team that plans and designs innovative solutions for a diverse set of clients. Our Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering (TPTE) group provides comprehensive planning, design, and engineering services across Ontario and beyond. As a Senior Transportation Engineer, you will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to a variety of planning and design projects while guiding more junior transportation professionals as a team. The ideal candidate will be a problem solver who takes initiative with demonstrated knowledge and experience in transportation engineering and planning projects, basic understanding of regulatory requirements, good overall communication skills including technical writing skills, and demonstrated experience with transportation planning, data analysis, traffic engineering, preliminary design, and modelling (MS Excel / Access, GIS, modelling software). We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Transportation Planner / Engineer to join our Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering (TPTE) team in the GTA. This group provides consulting services to many private and public sector clients, including Metrolinx, the Ministry of Transportation Ontario, and municipalities across the GTA.

Your Key Responsibilities

Network & Area Planning Studies

Traffic Impact Studies

Functional Planning

Parking Facility Planning And Design

Development Access

Active Transportation Planning (pedestrian and cycling system planning and facility design)

Site Plan Functional Design Review (traffic, parking, loading)

Traffic Modeling

Transit Planning

Traffic Management Plans

Transportation Planning (Master Planning, Environmental Assessments)

You will also contribute to business development and provide technical leadership to more junior staff on the team.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Minimum 15 Years Industry experience.

Proven project management experience

Good business development acumen

Strong written and verbal communication skills

General knowledge of relevant transportation planning and traffic engineering policies and design standards used in Ontario

Working knowledge of transportation engineering related software such as Synchro, SimTraffic, Visum, Vissim, EMME, etc.

Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Municipal and / or Provincial experience would be an asset.

Education and Experience

BaSc from an accredited university program.

Registered Professional Engineer or Professional Planner in the Province of Ontario (or eligible to apply and attain).

RSP [Road Safety Professional] certification, or knowledge and experience in road safety would be an asset. Position will be full-time hybrid employment for a transportation planner / engineer with desire to progress toward seniority.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

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 : Regular

Travel : Yes

Schedule : Full time

Job Posting : 09 / 10 / 2025 03 : 10 : 55

Req ID : REQ250001TK