TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING COORDINATOR (Toronto, ON, CA, M5V 3C6)
City : Toronto
Category : Engineering & Technical
Industry : Government
Employer : City of Toronto
Amendment Type: Amendment #1
Amendment Date: 09/26/2024
Amendment Reason: Please note that the posting now includes an additional location and vacancy.
Job ID: 50595
- Job Category: Engineering & Technical
- Division & Section: Development Review, Engineering Review
- Work Location: Location details below
- Job Type & Duration: Full-time, 1 Permanent and 3 Temporary Vacancies
- Hourly Rate and Wage Grade: $45.98 - $50.40, TF0378, Wage Grade 14
- Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
- Affiliation: L79 Full-time
- Number of Positions Open: 4
- Posting Period: 26-Sept-2024 to 10-Oct-2024
- Locations:
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- Scarborough Civic Center (150 Borough Dr) - 1 Permanent
- Etobicoke Civic Centre (2 Civic Centre Ct.) – 1 Temporary (11 months)
- North York Civic Centre (5100 Yonge Street) – 1 Temporary (12 months)
- City Hall (100 Queen St W) - 1 Temporary (12 months)
Job Description
Are you ready for your next career move? Do you thrive in a challenging role? If so, consider one of these exceptional permanent and temporary, full-time opportunities with Development Review Division.
As a Transportation Engineering Coordinator, you will coordinate the review and evaluation of, and response to, development applications, and Committee of Adjustment applications, with respect to all transportation-related aspects, and assist with the review of proposals for permanent road closings from a traffic planning perspective. As an integral team member, you will represent the Division at Committees of Council, public meetings and other meetings and the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (formerly the Ontario Municipal Board) to achieve City and divisional policy objectives.
Major Responsibilities:
- Formulates recommendations on mitigation measures for operational impact of major projects such as development proposals, capital works projects, and road closures on the municipal road network, and payment in lieu of parking applications
- Provides a detailed review of any transportation-related studies that are submitted as part of the development review process
- Ensures that the municipal road network will accommodate the vehicle, cycling and pedestrian traffic generated by development proposals and reviews the design of mitigating measures and streetscape elements
- Consults with other sections in Transportation Services, other City divisions, Agencies/Boards/Commissions, external stakeholders and other government agencies to coordinate the review of development applications
- Ensures that development applications can accommodate parking and loading by co-ordinating their requirements during the development review process
- Assigns to staff, prioritizes and tracks the review of traffic impact studies/development applications, and provides quality control
- Prepares and submits staff memos/reports to Council and Committees of Council that are technically and grammatically accurate, and are completed in a timely fashion in accordance with Council deadlines for review/signature
- Represents the Division at developer/consultant meetings, community meetings, various committees and Community Council
- Prepares evidence and provides expert testimony at the Ontario Land Tribunal and the Toronto Local Appeal Body, as required
- Implements detailed plans and recommends policies/procedures regarding program-specific requirements
- Liaises and consults with elected officials, developers, consultants and the public on the review of transportation impacts from development applications
- Communicates and explains technical requirements and rationalizes/defends recommendations and decisions made on development applications
- Reviews legal/development agreements to ensure that transportation-related requirements are accurately and appropriately represented
- Coordinates the processing of permit applications for temporary and permanent access to public streets from a traffic planning perspective, including the review of proposals to close public highways for the purpose of eventual sale or jurisdictional transfer
- Coordinates the receipt of deposits and paying of refunds to developers and participates in the traffic planning budget process
- Provides technical input for capital works and environmental assessment projects
- Researches, reviews, and provides recommendations on road network improvements
- Provides transportation input to area-wide planning studies
- Conducts site visits and/or field studies, as required
Key Qualifications:
Your application must describe your qualifications as they relate to:
- Post-secondary degree, diploma or certificate in Engineering, Transportation Planning or a related discipline from a recognized university or technical college, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Considerable experience in Transportation Planning and/or Transportation Engineering.
- Considerable experience in analyzing and interpreting the results of various transportation studies (such as Traffic Impact Studies, Parking Studies, Transportation Corridor Studies, etc.).
- Experience using specialized computerized software in the field of Transportation Planning (i.e. Synchro/SimTraffic, etc.).
You must also have:
- Knowledge of the planning and development control processes and municipal administration and procedures.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to interact both orally and in writing at all levels of the organization, including the political level.
- Well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues, the public, provincial officials, consultants and other internal and external stakeholders.
- A thorough understanding of traffic impact analysis, with the ability to make recommendations on related development control matters and in the preparation of complex transportation planning studies.
- Ability to plan, direct and review work of staff.
- Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and regulations.
- Ability to represent the Division at community meetings, various committees, Community Council, the Ontario Land Tribunal and the Toronto Local Appeal Body
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
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Accommodation
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