Transportation Planner / Engineering Trainee

Hatch•Mississauga, ON

20d•Onsite

About The Position

Join a company that is passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With more than 70 years of business and technical expertise in mining, energy, and infrastructure, our 10,000 colleagues in 150 countries tirelessly work toward bettering the industries in which we operate. With practical solutions that are safe, innovative and sustainable, we think globally while acting locally. Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you. Our expertise in infrastructure includes aviation, highways and bridges, planning and advisory services, ports, rail and transit, tunnels, and water. Want to be part of the creation and construction of our cities? Then the infrastructure team is for you! We are actively seeking to hire a motivated new graduate Transportation analyst who will be involved in a wide range of transportation planning and traffic/transit operations analyses and design. In this role, you will be based in our Mississauga office and you will be given opportunities to contribute to complex infrastructure projects while developing experience and mentorship from team and industry leaders. Projects include large scale multimodal road design, highway interchange traffic analysis, and transit station pedestrian movement analysis.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree from accredited university in Civil engineering, with a strong emphasis on transportation or traffic engineering;
0-2 years’ experience in the design and delivery of municipal infrastructure projects; public sector projects preferred;
Excellent analytical skills;
Technical report writing skills;
Microsoft Office, Excel, Word skills required;
Must be able to work in a team environment with multiple disciplines;
Well-organized with positive team attitude;
Results-oriented with attention to detail and accuracy;
Excellent verbal and written communication skills required;
Flexible and open to feedback to accommodate changing project and deliverable needs.

Nice To Haves

Practical experience in Synchro/SimTraffic an asset;
Skills in VISSIM, VISWALK, AIMSUM, EMME or TransCAD would be an asset;
AutoCAD and MicroStation would be an asset;

Responsibilities

Provide support to team leads on various project tasks such as: Complex planning studies, Transportation and infrastructure master plans, Environmental assessments, Traffic engineering and transportation studies, Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA/TIS) reports; Traffic modelling, Pedestrian planning, modelling, and movement analysis
Support in the develop of conceptual and functional designs
Traffic operations analysis and safety reviews involving urban and rural roads;
Conducting site visits for the purposes of observing and documenting field conditions;
Data analysis, calculations and computer simulations using spreadsheets or discipline specific software packages.
Vehicle movement review and analysis (swept path analysis)