Senior Planner, Transportation Facilities

Marketing Statement A career at TransLink and our family of companies means working with people with a wide range of skills and perspectives, all teaming up towards a common goal: preserving and enhancing the region's world-envied quality of life. Together, we connect the region and enhance its livability by providing a sustainable transit and transportation network, embraced by our communities and people. At TransLink we are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace, recognizing the unique value and skills every individual brings. Looking for a great place to work where your contributions are valued and you can make a difference in a vibrant city? At TransLink, one of BC’s Top Employers, you'll help make Metro Vancouver a better place to live, built on transportation excellence. Put your future in motion! Responsibilities PRIMARY PURPOSE The Senior Planner, Transportation Facilities is responsible for providing expertise to a wide range of advanced transportation facilities planning activities in support of infrastructure planning, projects, design guidelines and strategies to ensure TransLink adheres to legislative requirements, best practices and industry standards. The role leads projects of moderate to high impact, risk and complexity, providing senior-level technical guidance and supporting the development of project scopes, schedules, workplans, deliverables and budgets. The Senior Planner works across the enterprise to provide advanced subject matter expertise and presents to and facilitates interactive discussions with senior leadership, executives and government officials. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Provides advanced transportation facilities planning expertise, leadership and project management to lead the development of transportation facilities planning policies, plans, design guidelines and strategies, ensuring compliance with Enterprise standards, guidelines, policies and procedures, and legislative requirements for work of moderate to high impact, risk and complexity. Provides technical guidance for the development of multi-modal infrastructure facilities plans and projects of moderate to high impact, risk and complexity. This includes conceptual and functional planning, supporting capital planning procedures and project management of transportation facilities projects including but not limited to customer amenity initiatives, expansion of cycling infrastructure, improvements to existing facilities, and integration of transit-oriented developments. Provides subject-matter expertise during project implementation. Oversees the development of advanced transportation facilities planning methods, techniques and models including conducting research, quantitative analysis and qualitative assessments to support structured decision-making of business cases and justification of capital projects of moderate to high impact, risk and complexity in support of senior leadership level decision making. Contributes as a member of a program/project team to manage projects of moderate to high impact, risk, and complexity in designing and developing project scope, schedules, and work plans; defining and prioritizing deliverables; preparing and monitoring project budgets, ensuring compliance with department standards, policies and procedures, and alignment to program, Enterprise, and regional goals. Identifies and recommends action on planning and project risks and opportunities, based on analysis of transportation data, trends, and issues. Alerts management to critical issues and risks. Identifies and resolves project issues such as those related to scheduling, resourcing, cost-overruns, conflicting agendas and technical issues. Ensures the lived experience and transportation needs of people and businesses in Metro Vancouver, and especially of disadvantaged and marginalized groups, are conside…

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