Transportation Planning PM

Job Description

The Transportation Planning Project Manager will, as part of a highly experienced, high energy team, manage and execute transportation planning studies for a wide variety of public sector clients throughout the US. Types of studies include but are not limited to:

Metropolitan Transportation Plans

Short-, Mid-, and Long-Range Transportation and Mobility Plans

Transportation Master Plans

Transit Development Plans

High-Capacity Transit (BRT, LRT, Commuter Rail, etc.) Studies

Corridor and Feasibility Studies

Responsibilities:

The Transportation Planning Project Manager.

Uses planning data, analysis, and report products to successfully complete multimodal transportation system planning studies, multi-modal corridor studies, environmental analysis and other transportation planning activities.

Accesses and analyzes information prepared by others in a geographic information system (GIS) format

Interacts with clients and planning and engineering project teams

Manages a variety of transportation planning projects and tasks, which could include transit planning, and operations analysis, travel demand/transit demand analysis and forecasting, analysis of travel patterns and transportation conditions, traffic simulation and traffic operations analysis, development of transportation system and corridor alternatives.

Participate in public meetings or hearings to explain planning proposals, to gather feedback from those affected by projects, or to achieve consensus on planning studies.

Required Qualifications:

7 - 10 years of relevant transportation planning and project management experience

Bachelor's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning, Transportation Engineering, Geography, Economics, Public Administration or other related field.

Demonstrated Project Management experience

Strong oral and written communications skills and be capable of public speaking in small group settings.

Understanding of the principles of multimodal transportation systems planning, scenario based planning and the linkages between land use and transportation.

Ability to articulate and apply sustainability principles in the planning process

Desired Qualifications:

Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning, Transportation Engineering, Geography, Economics Public Administration, or other related field.

AICP plus one or more of the professional certifications listed above.

Experience managing project budgets, schedules and resources

Basic proficiency in the use of the MS Office suite of products (e.g. MS Word, Excel, etc.) to produce report documents and tabulate data

MS Project

Experience with graphic programs such as Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator is preferred

Strong proficiency in GIS and data analysis

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled