Senior Planner (Bicycle & Pedestrian)

Description

• Lead marketing efforts for less complex projects and assist with marketing efforts on larger, more complex projects
• Assist Managers in a variety of project administrative duties
• Lead planners, designers, and technicians in completing tasks, providing frequent peer reviews on their work
• Complete tasks and projects within established supervisor’s expectations
• Lead technical writing and development of reports and proposals
• Serve as Project Manager (PM) and Lead Technical Professional (LTP) on a variety of multimodal transportation planning and conceptual design projects
• Participate in relevant training sessions and conferences to stay current with industry developments
• While performing the duties of this job including working on a computer, the employee is regularly required to sit for prolonged periods at a desk; use hands, handle, or feel, talk, and hear.

Requirements

• The employee must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities.
• Skills to properly analyze data and make appropriate recommendations
• Bachelor’s degree in urban planning or related field is required. Master’s degree and AICP certification are preferred
• Knowledge of multimodal traffic data, safety, forecasting, and analysis principles
• Ability to effectively prioritize, assign work, and produce high quality deliverables
• Skills to interpret and summarize design plans, planning recommendations, and official documents
• Ability to work across disciplines (planning, roadway, traffic, structures, drainage, landscape, etc.) to identify and develop implementable multimodal transportation plans and conceptual designs
• Minimum of 10 years of experience with progressively more complex responsibilities in planning and conceptual design
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team on deadline-driven activities
• Knowledge of planning principles, policies, laws, and typical demographic data sets
• Ability to use Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and other standard Office Products
• Skills to lead teams, build relationships, serve clients, and pursue projects
• Knowledge of public involvement practices, including local government, MPO, PD&E, and NEPA processes
• The employee is frequently required to stand and walk.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing
• Knowledge of multimodal transportation planning, land use planning, and conceptual design for pedestrians, bicyclists, trail users and transit riders
• Skills to develop easily understandable and technically accurate conceptual design graphics

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance