The Road Safety Unit is responsible for developing the strategic direction for Road Safety city-wide and for ensuring the implementation of road safety initiatives that help the city progress towards an ultimate goal of zero fatal and major injury collisions on our roadways.

You are responsible to provide engineering expertise and project management related to road safety practices and engineering counter measures that support the reduction of fatal and major injury collisions within the City. You lead the development, implementation and evaluation of engineering-based road safety initiatives identified in the City’s Road Safety Action Plan, ensure compliance with federal at-grade rail crossing legislation, and respond to inquiries and provide input on various transportation projects from the road safety perspective.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Completion of 4 year university degree in Engineering, preferably Civil or Transportation Engineering.

Minimum of 5 years of related experience in transportation engineering, specifically in a traffic safety environment, including a minimum of 2 years of project management experience.

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES

KNOWLEDGE

• Thorough understanding of the Safe Systems Approach to Road Safety;
• Road safety engineering and human factors concepts;
• Methods used in gathering, analyzing and evaluating transportation data including collision data;
• Project management techniques and planning tools;
• Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) CRaSH Series, including the Road Safety Audit, In-Service Road Safety Reviews and Network Screening guidelines;
• Federal/provincial railway acts and grade crossing regulations
• AASHTO Highway Safety Manual;
• Ministry of Transportation’s (MTO) Ontario Traffic Manuals and Roadside Safety Manual;
• Ontario Highway Traffic Act;
• TAC Geometric Design Guide and MTO geometric design manuals;
• Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (Canada and United States);
• Roadway design, traffic operations, traffic control signals, traffic calming, signage and pavement markings;
• City of Ottawa Official Plan, Transportation Master Plan, Pedestrian Plan and Cycling Plan;
• Knowledge of the City’s Transportation Impact Assessment Guidelines;
• Corporate, departmental and branch policies and procedures;
• Computer literacy in applications such as MS Office Suite, project management, GIS, road design, and data analysis applications;
• Knowledge of municipal, provincial and federal government structure and jurisdictions relating to transportation matters;
• Legislation, by-laws, policies, regulations, guidelines and operational procedures relevant to road safety
• Knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation, including the rights and duties of workers.
  

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Work with multi-disciplinary teams effectively communicating road safety initiatives and promoting a culture of road safety as identified in the City’s Road Safety Action Plan;
• Work independently, with minimal direction, and collaboratively with all staff;
• Able to identify and analyze complex engineering problems to develop realistic solutions;
• Possess organizational skills and flexibility to plan, initiate, organize and prioritize own work, to manage multiple concurrent and complex projects;
• Possess strong written and oral communication skills;
• Consensus building and collaboration.
• Display strong leadership skills, initiative, enthusiasm, and work ethic;
• Interact professionally with staff/colleagues, councillors and the general public;
• Able to demonstrate sound judgement and decision-making capabilities;
• Able to think analytically and be attentive to accuracy and detail.