Description
Join our Mobility Advisory and Planning team in Vancouver and help shape the future of mobility across Western Canada. As a Transportation Planning Co-op Student, you'll work alongside transportation planners, engineers, and advisors on projects that support safer, more connected, and more sustainable communities.
Your Impact:
- Support transportation planning and mobility projects for municipal, provincial, and development clients.
- Analyze transportation data and travel patterns to help 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 to develop innovative transportation solutions.
- Support stakeholder and community-focused planning initiatives that improve accessibility, connectivity, and sustainability.
- Build practical transportation planning experience while learning from experienced industry professionals.
The Skills That Set You Apart:
- 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 with the ability to communicate technical information clearly.
- Ability to work effectively in collaborative, multidisciplinary team environments.
- Valid Class 5 Driver's Licence and willingness to travel to project sites as required.
Why Choose WSP?
- Proudly Canadian – we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.
- A global community of brilliant minds – your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
- Limitless opportunities start here. Whether it's across the country or around the globe, we help you tailor your role to match your ambition , because your growth drives ours.
- Flexible work, real balance – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.
Compensation:
- BC, AB, SK, NWT & NU: $24.80 – $32.65 per hour
- MB & ON: $23.20 – $30.55 per hour
- Atlantic Provinces & QC: $22.20 – $30.55 per hour