Project Manager Transportation Services - City of Toronto

What you'll do

The Vision Zero Strategy unit in Transportation Services leads the development, operationalization, and evaluation of transportation safety initiatives supporting the City of Toronto's Vision Zero Road Safety Plan. As a Project Manager, you will work collaboratively with internal divisions, external agencies, academic partners, consultants, and community stakeholders to advance evidence-based policies, programs, and engineering countermeasures.

• Leads the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of projects and programs consistent with best practices, negotiated contracts, and City policies, plans, and strategies.
• Leads stakeholder engagement with staff of other City divisions, agencies, boards, commissions, community groups, academic institutions, consultants, industry partners and other levels of government.
• Leads, coordinates and/or provides input on procurement processes, including preparation of purchase documents, evaluation of bids, recommendations for award, negotiation, and execution of contracts.
• Leads and supports multidisciplinary transportation safety projects involving policy development, engineering countermeasures, transportation operations, research, data analysis and program evaluation.
• Develops and coordinates new Service Level Agreements, Project Charters and other Inter-Divisional Agreements.
• Reviews, tracks, evaluates and is accountable for the work performance of external service providers, including oversight of consultant-led technical studies, research projects, pilot initiatives, and data collection programs.
• Ensures project expenditures are controlled and maintained within approved budget limitations, processed in compliance with City policy and the Construction Act, and tracked according to spend rates.
• Develops business cases, policy recommendations, technical guidance and strategic advice for senior management based on research findings and safety evidence.
• Conducts technical problem investigations, site visits and inspections, participates in studies, and provides detailed recommendations aligned with municipal best practices.
• Conducts technical research into road safety policies, emerging transportation technologies, human factors, transportation operations, and Vision Zero best practices.
• Maintains state-of-practice knowledge in field of work, such as complete streets, safe systems, and transportation planning.
• Assesses current practices and improves procedures and protocols in collaboration with City divisions.
• Leads or supports the design, implementation and evaluation of pilot projects and innovative transportation safety initiatives using quantitative and qualitative performance measures.
• Analyzes transportation, collision and operational data to identify trends, evaluate program effectiveness and support evidence-based decision making.
• Leads or participates in the development and review of policies, standards, guidelines, procedures and performance measures.
• Works with interdivisional, interdisciplinary and interagency teams to plan toward project delivery while addressing political, community, business and stakeholder interests.
• Embraces diversity and inclusion, fosters teamwork and a positive workplace culture.
• Provides work direction to assigned project team members and junior staff including task scheduling, assigning, reviewing, and training.
• Ensures compliance with the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and all related safety standards.
• Prepares and delivers briefings to senior management and individual members of City Council, and drafts staff reports and presentations.
• Prepares and delivers communication and engagement plans for internal and external stakeholders, including web and media strategies.
• Represents the Transportation Services division or City of Toronto when communicating with elected officials, the public, working groups, and peer cities.

Qualifications

Your application must describe your qualifications as they relate to the following requirements:

• Post-secondary education in a discipline pertinent to the job function (e.g. planning, engineering, economics, business, environmental science, public policy) or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Considerable experience in project management, delivering assignments from inception through to implementation and evaluation with minimal direction while balancing competing stakeholder interests and strategic objectives.
• Considerable experience in the field of road safety and one or more areas such as road safety policy, traffic operations, transportation planning, transportation engineering, Complete Streets Design, Safe System, or infrastructure planning.
• Experience managing consultant assignments, technical studies, pilot projects, research partnerships or other complex multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• Experience interpreting and presenting technical, operational and analytical information to diverse audiences including senior management, technical staff and external stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of Vision Zero principles, Safe System approaches, transportation safety performance measurement, program evaluation methodologies, transportation analytics and emerging mobility technologies.
• Working knowledge of policies and regulations governing the street network, including Provincial policies, Highway Traffic Act, Toronto Official Plan, Toronto Traffic By-Law, and applicable design guidelines.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills with emphasis on communication, conflict resolution, and political acumen.
• Excellent skills in delivering presentations, building and maintaining relationships, and resolving conflicts.
• Effective leadership and team-building skills, and the ability to provide work direction to project team members, contractors, and staff in a unionized environment.
• Proficiency in MS Office and online meeting platforms, with additional software competencies in project management, database management, CAD, or GIS considered an asset.
• Professional Engineer, Registered Professional Planner, Road Safety Professional or equivalent transportation, safety or policy-related professional designations would be considered assets.

The team

The Vision Zero Strategy unit in Transportation Services leads the development, operationalization, and evaluation of transportation safety initiatives that support the City of Toronto's Vision Zero Road Safety Plan. The Project Manager will report to the unit Manager, Sheyda Saneinejad. Given the nature of the Vision Zero portfolio, positive collaboration with other units, sections, internal divisions, external agencies, academic partners, consultants, and community stakeholders is the key to success for this unit and the City's Road Safety Plan.

What's on offer

This is a full-time, permanent non-union position offering a salary range of $105,241.00 to $160,649.00 per year based on a 35-hour work week from Monday to Friday. The City of Toronto is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to an inclusive workplace and accessible employment practices in compliance with the AODA.