PROJECT LEAD TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

Job ID: 67098
Job Category: Project Management
Division & Section: Transportation Services, Maintenance & Delivery Services
Work Location: 703 Don Mills Road
Job Type & Duration: Full-time two (2) Permanent
Salary: $89,337 $132,880
Shift Information: Monday - Friday, 35 Hours Per Week.
Affiliation: Non-Union
Number of Positions Open: 2
Posting Period: 26-Oct-2026 to 09-Nov-2026

Job Summary:

Transportation Electrical Construction & Maintenance unit is seeking two (2) Project Lead positions. This unit is responsible for the maintenance, construction, and management of traffic control devices and traffic management systems, as well as the management of the Street Lighting and pedestrian‑scale lighting. 

Capital Construction

Reporting to the Senior Engineer of capital construction, the Project Lead is accountable for the successful delivery of complex capital construction projects related to traffic signals and ITS infrastructure. The role provides technical coordination, project and contract management, and people leadership, while ensuring compliance with City standards, legislation, and best practices.

Streetlighting

Reporting to the Senior Project Manager of Streetlighting, the Project Lead is accountable for the delivery of the Street Lighting Agreement and Pedestrian Scale Lighting operations and maintenance program. The role provides leadership in project, contract, and stakeholder management related to lighting construction, maintenance, and electrical services procurement. The Project Lead leads coordination across internal City divisions, Toronto Hydro, third parties, and external agencies, ensuring effective planning, design, procurement, construction, and ongoing operations. The position provides technical and program leadership to multidisciplinary teams, ensuring compliance with City standards, service level agreements, legislative requirements, and industry best practices for streetlighting and electrical infrastructure.


Major Responsibilities:

• Implements detailed plans and recommends policies/procedures regarding program specific requirements.
• Manages assigned projects from inception to completion, ensuring effective teamwork, communication and high standards of work quality to advance the Division's initiatives in a complex municipal environment.
• Develops and maintains tracking systems for related data and records.
• Demonstrates initiative, continuous learning and ability to implement process improvements.
• Monitors projects to ensure completion in accordance with approved plans and agreements of undertaking.
• Prepares project plans, standard operating procedures, e-mail correspondence, reports, briefing notes, concurrence forms, purchase order amendments and status updates for the manager and other senior staff.
• Develops presentation and training material, and conducts training and presentation for various levels of internal and external management/stakeholders.
• Provides work direction to project team members and support staff, including engineering technologists, technical trainees, contractors, consultants and volunteers.
• Reviews, produces, and comments on draft materials. Negotiates and coordinates with both internal and external stakeholders on, and outside of project technical advisory committees.
• Researches and reports on a range of new projects and initiatives.
• Assists with the development of annual budget plans.
• Manages and evaluates the work performance of contractors, suppliers and consultants with respect to payment processing, quality, timeliness, cost and completion of required tasks.
• Fosters and maintains effective working relationships and networking with inter-divisional departments, government agencies, elected officials, and consultants though consultation, resolution of conflicts, participation in public meetings etc.
• Keeps up-to-date on relevant research and coordinates with relevant divisional staff on project-related data and analysis.
• Represents the Division, as required, at meetings and project-related community consultations.
• Ensures compliance with the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and all other related provincial regulations and corporate and divisional safety standards and procedures.
• Works with other City staff to prepare, coordinate and/or provide input on purchasing documents such as requests for expressions of interest (REOI), information (RFI), quotation (RFQ), proposals (RFP), negotiated proposals (nRFP) and other tools to procure goods or services, evaluate bids and submissions, make recommendations for award, and assist in the negotiation and execution of contracts.
• Supports the development of design and construction standards, specifications, best practices and processes for delivering programs and projects.
• Leads, facilitates, or participates in internal technical working groups and stakeholder engagement, including other City divisions, agencies, community and interest groups, industry members, higher educational institutions, and other levels of government to ensure appropriate involvement and feedback at all stages of projects.
• Conducts technical problem investigations, performs site visits and inspections, participates in conducting studies and commenting on technical reports, and provides detailed recommendations and advice that are in alignment with peer city best practices, industry guidelines, and applicable regulations.
• Conducts project-specific and on-going technical research into assigned areas, ensuring that such research takes into account developments within the field, City policies and practices, applicable legislation and initiatives by other levels of government.
• Maintains state-of-practice knowledge in assigned topics, including comparable peer cities and regulatory proposals and changes by other levels of government that may impact the City of Toronto.
• Works with interdivisional, interdisciplinary and interagency teams and consultation processes to plan toward, and support, project and program delivery while addressing political, community, business and other stakeholder interests.
• Embraces diversity and inclusion, fosters teamwork and consistently contributes to a positive workplace culture by demonstrating and promoting cooperation and collaboration, establishing, maintaining and strengthening constructive and respectful relationships, and building effective partnerships and strategic alliances
• Prepares materials for briefings to senior management in the Transportation Services Division and individual members of City Council, drafts staff reports and presentations for management review and submission to City Council and its Committees, and drafts correspondence for a variety of audiences.

Key Qualifications:

1. Post-secondary education in a professional discipline pertinent to the job function including civil engineering, traffic/transportation engineering, systems engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or an equivalent of education and experience.
2. Considerable experience in at least one of the following areas: traffic signals, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and/or Streetlighting
3. Experience in project management and coordination, delivering multiple, diverse projects and priorities from inception through implementation and evaluation, with minimal direction, while balancing political, community, and other stakeholder interests in a detail‑ and deadline‑oriented environment
4. Experience in managing project budgets and/or capital planning, leading a procurement process, overseeing assignments, and implementing innovative solutions.
5. Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Ontario and Project Management Professional (PMP) designation or equivalent certifications are considered assets.
6. Strong leadership capacity, provide work direction and handle multiple priorities in a detailed and deadline-oriented environment.
7. Strong knowledge of applicable legislation, standards, and guidelines, including the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Highway Traffic Act, AODA, Ontario Traffic Manual (Book 7), and relevant industry standards (e.g., TAC, ITS Canada, ITE, IMSA, MUTCD, RP-8, ESA, CSA, ANSI, PMA, Ontario Provincial Standards).
8. Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and coordinate multiple concurrent projects, including managing budgets, schedules, consultants, contractors, and technical risks.
9. Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with senior staff, elected officials, media, and the public.
10. High proficiency in the use of MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), project management software (MS Project, PTP, etc.)  and other computer applications (CAD, GIS, SAP, Municipal Maintenance Management Systems, Asset Management Systems, AGI32, etc.).
11. Valid Ontario Class G driver’s licence and daily access to a reliable personal vehicle for use on City business.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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