Senior Advisor, GO Project Planning
Job Summary
- Provide Planning subject matter expertise during all stages of the project lifecycle including during planning design scoping delivery and operations.
- Deploy advanced skills and experience to plan across one or more of the following scales of infrastructure and service development: market network project/ corridor/route station/stop or station area.
- Lead technical quantitative and qualitative analysis to inform problem/opportunity statements options analysis andbusiness cases.
- Provide ongoing insight on performance and emerging trends to inform current issues future project development and investment decisions.
- Analyze how scope and design choices impact project performance including horizontal alignment vertical alignment termini and number of stations/stops.
Lead complex planning studies including option development trade-off assessment and recommendations related to stations corridors services and network investments.
Build and maintain relationships with key internal partners across theorganization to assess and integrate other project considerations into planning evaluation and business case analysis.
Assess the benefits costs risks opportunities and operational implications of service and infrastructure investments across the GO Transit network.
Develop manage and execute workplans delegated by People Leaders Senior Managers and Directors.
Evaluate how service infrastructure station access land use and operational assumptions influence project and network performance outcomes.
Monitor project and network performance trends and translate technical findings into actionable insights that inform future project development and investment decisions.
Apply standard operating procedures templates and reporting frameworks to ensure consistency and quality of outputs.
- Demonstrated experience in transportation planning and/or engineering or demonstrated ability to contribute to large complex projects within a multi-stakeholder environment
- Experience planning evaluating or developing commuter rail passenger rail rapid transit or Class 1 freight railway infrastructure and service projects Completion of a degree in Engineering Urban and Regional Transportation Planning or a related discipline or a combination of education training and experience deemed equivalent
- Understanding of rail operations service planning corridor constraints station operations and the interaction between infrastructure and service outcomes
- Experience delivering transit planning analyses across market assessment network and corridor planning service planning station access multimodal integration and transit-oriented land use planning.
- Experience using travel demand forecasts provided by colleagues to advance project design or planning Ability to independently lead planning analyses and studies balancing multiple assignments while ensuring accuracy technical rigour and timely delivery of work products.
- Understanding of contemporary transportation issues affecting provincial municipal and community stakeholders
- Experience with project evaluation methodologies transit project business case processes and policy development processes
- Planning research analysis and problem solving to advise senior leaders on potentially sensitive or contentious issues.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC