Transportation Technician

Are you passionate about shaping how people experience streets and move through cities? We’re looking for a Transportation Technician to help build a more connected, sustainable Victoria.

In this role, you’ll review building and development permit applications to ensure compliance with City bylaws, standards, and policies, while supporting the analysis of transportation impacts. You’ll contribute to practical, people-focused solutions that improve how our streets function and feel.

As a trusted technical resource, you’ll work with internal teams, industry, consultants, and external agencies on transportation-related requirements. You’ll also develop concept plans for frontage improvements and support right-of-way changes, integrating sustainable mobility into land use planning, street renewal, and curbside management.

If you're ready to make a tangible impact on how Victoria moves, today and into the future, we’d love to hear from you.

The successful candidate for this posting may be eligible for participation in a hybrid, work from home arrangement in alignment with the City’s Work from Home Policy. Such arrangements are determined with each employee and subject to change based on operational needs and policy direction.

The successful candidate for this vacancy would participate in a modified work week, earning a flex day off each bi-weekly period by working additional time each day. Modified work weeks are established in accordance with the CUPE Local 50 Collective Agreement and are subject to change.

Coordinate, implement, administer and evaluate programs and projects related to Transportation Planning and Engineering.

Coordinate transportation planning and engineering initiatives, revitalisation and safety related; represent the department in an advisory, liaison and resources capacity to consultants, advisory groups, government agencies and community representatives, facilitate community meetings; prepare and present related transportation reports with recommendations to committee of the whole, advisory committees, community groups and outside agencies.
Review development applications for compliance with City bylaws and policies; review transportation statistics, development applications or city policy to determine design changes to streets and intersections; investigate traffic congestion problems and perform analysis of traffic flows using computer modelling software to optimize traffic signal timings; review requests for traffic signal installations; assist in determining departmental funding priorities and evaluating community safety issues;

prepare budget submissions, concept plans and cost estimates.

Respond to enquiries and complaints from the public, outside agencies and other departments; liaise with and provide technical information and advice on transportation and development issues to staff, consultants and outside agencies regarding on-street regulations, bylaws, traffic movement, cycling, pedestrian flow, design requirements, parking and loading zones; conduct site inspections to review the work of city crews and contractors.
Perform related duties where qualified.

Work is generated by requests from the public and permit applications; special projects are assigned by supervisor.
Work is reviewed through meetings and reports to supervisor.
Issues involving policy and matters for council are discussed with supervisor.

• Lift and move heavy equipment and materials. (rare)
• Dexterity while performing manual and computer aided design. (occasional)
• Sit with arms unsupported while keyboarding. (occasional)

• Short periods of intense concentration while preparing reports and recommendations. (often)
• Deal with complaints and negative comments. (often)
• Meet multiple deadlines. (often)

• Focus on detailed drawings, a variety of source data and computer for short periods. (often)

• Office.
• Work in close proximity to moving traffic. (rare)
• Presence on construction sites. (rare)
• Work outside in all weather…