About the role#
Join our Mobility Advisory and Planning team in Vancouver to help shape the future of mobility across Western Canada. As a Transportation Planning Co-op Student, you will work with planners, engineers, and advisors on projects that support safer, more connected, and sustainable communities. You will gain hands-on experience in active transportation, transit planning, mobility studies, and transportation master plans.
What you'll do#
- Support transportation planning and mobility projects for municipal, provincial, and development clients.
- Analyze transportation data and travel patterns to inform mobility solutions and planning recommendations.
- Contribute to active transportation, transit planning, transportation master planning, and multimodal mobility studies.
- Assist with the preparation of technical memoranda, reports, maps, graphics, and presentations.
- Participate in field investigations, site visits, transportation inventories, and data collection activities.
- Collaborate with planners, engineers, and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Support stakeholder and community-focused planning initiatives.
- Build practical transportation planning experience.
What you'll need#
- Currently enrolled in a Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or related Engineering program.
- Strong interest in transportation planning, mobility, active transportation, transit systems, and community development.
- Experience with, or willingness to learn, transportation planning and analysis tools such as ArcGIS, Synchro, VISSIM, Aimsun, EMME, or similar software.
- Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications and interpreting technical data.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively in collaborative, multidisciplinary team environments.
- Valid Class 5 Driver's Licence and willingness to travel to project sites as required.
Location & details#
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Employment Type: Full time.
- Compensation: $24.80 - $32.65 per hour (BC range).
- Modality: On-site.
About WSP
WSP is a professional services firm based in Montreal, Quebec. It provides expertise in engineering, advisory, and science-based services across sectors like transport, infrastructure, and energy. The company operates in more than 50 countries. It employs approximately 72,630 people.
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