Senior Traffic Engineer
About this role
SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures. SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway.
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Context
SYSTRA Canada is looking for a Senior traffic engineering role supporting complex transit and LRT projects, focused on traffic operations, construction staging, mobility planning, and multidisciplinary coordination.
Missions/Main Duties
- Lead traffic engineering and transportation planning for large-scale transit and LRT projects across planning, design, construction, and commissioning.
- Serve as Traffic Discipline Lead within multidisciplinary teams, coordinating with civil, utilities, transit, construction, and stakeholder teams.
- Lead traffic operations analyses, transportation impact assessments, and corridor-level mobility studies.
- Develop and oversee Traffic and Transit Management Plans (TTMPs) to maintain safe and efficient mobility during construction.
- Direct traffic modelling, simulation, construction staging, temporary traffic control, and detour strategy assessments.
- Assess roadway, transit, pedestrian, and cycling network operations and develop mitigation strategies to minimize disruptions.
- Ensure continuity of transit and active transportation networks while maintaining safety, accessibility, and operational efficiency.
- Lead traffic signal analysis, timing optimization, and intersection operations assessments.
- Develop property access, traffic circulation, and connectivity strategies for affected communities, businesses, and stakeholders.
Profile/Skills
Education: Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering. Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
Years of experience: 15+ years of experience in traffic engineering, transportation planning, and transit infrastructure projects.
Technical skills:
- Demonstrated experience leading traffic and transportation components for large-scale LRT, rail, metro, subway, or other major transit projects.
- Strong expertise in traffic modelling, transportation operations analysis, construction staging, and traffic management planning.
- Experience with pedestrian modelling, transit station planning, multimodal transportation integration, and passenger flow analysis
Personal and soft skills:
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage stakeholder relationships in complex project environments.
- Excellent communication, technical writing, and presentation skills.
SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values applications from all and offers employment equity based on the merits and abilities of candidates and personnel.
Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.
We use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment platform (iCIMS) for tasks like resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all applications are reviewed by a human recruiter, and final decisions are made by our hiring team.
For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact [email protected].
Company at a glance
SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and mobility solutions. For more than 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure.
With its 11,000 employees, the Group's mission is to connect people and bring territories closer together in the 80 countries where it operates. By making travel more fluid, the infrastructures designed by SYSTRA bring communities together, develop social integration and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure.
A signature for transport solutions, SYSTRA supports its partners and clients throughout the lifecycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved at a very early stage in the design phase, right through to the deployment and maintenance test phases. SYSTRA provides all of its services in more than 80 countries worldwide and generates 80% of its turnover internationally.
KEY FIGURES
- €1.3 bn in sales in 2024
- 2nd international engineering company for Mass Transit & Rail*
- 3d for Bridges*
- 6th in the Transport sector*
- Engineering News-Record (ENR) ranking, 2025
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