Senior Planner (Mobility), The Onyx Group - Alexandria, VA

Senior Planner (Mobility) 

The Onyx Group

November 18, 2014 

Professional Area: 

Facilities and Infrastructure Planning

Experience: 

7-10 years

Email: 

onyx_jobs@onyxgroup.com

Location: 

Alexandria, VA

Employment Status: Full Time

Location: Alexandria, VA

Compensation: This full time, exempt position offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), and transit and/or parking reimbursement.

Overview:
This Planner-level role is responsible for production and contributing to successful project delivery

Position Priorities:
A thorough understanding and knowledge of Onyx, its culture and services, the ability to collaborate across discipline boundaries and deliver solutions which meet client expectations in a cost-effective manner is required in order to successfully meet the requirements of this position.

The essential priorities of this exempt, salaried position are to:

• Solidify Onyx’s reputation as a trusted advisor and expert by educating clients and other relevant parties, shaping and strategizing solutions which will meet their business objectives.
• Thorough understanding of Military and Federal clients.

Responsibilities + Tasks
Additional responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Identify Transit needs
• Collect qualitative data through stakeholder workshops and interviews
• Comprehensive analysis of efficiency and productivity of all routes
• Interpret data using appropriate statistical techniques
• Develop Service alternatives
• Formulate financial scenarios
• Craft short-range and/or long range transit plans as blueprints for transit service development
• Develop Strategies and Execution Plans
• Create graphics and maps
• Conduct simulations and modeling
• Conduct field visits to take measurements and examine conditions
• Communicating desired outcomes, and advocating for the client and managing expectations.
• Communicating the status of project deliverables to clients in a timely and effective manner.
• Monitoring scope changes
• Assist with administering the project documentation, coordinating internal project meetings, ensuring timely delivery, and managing resources.
• Managing and mentoring staff, providing feedback and professional development in a timely and effective manner.
• Contributing to Onyx’s internal Professional Development programs by developing and presenting material.
• Actively participating in industry-relevant professional associations and committees including assuming board-level positions.

Requirements:
This position requires a combination of skills, experience and education including, but not limited to:

• Thorough understanding of transportation engineering and planning principles, methods and processes
• Understanding of research methods, survey design and database management techniques.
• Understanding of Principles and practices of transit operations, transportation planning, traffic engineering and the interrelationships of various transportations modes
• Passion for active living and non-motorized transportation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Planning or a related field of study.
• 7 - 10 years of experience in a consulting environment or public entity managing large projects
• American Institute Certified Planners (AICP) Required
• Professional Transportation Planner (PTP) desired
• Experience in the field of active, non-motorized transportation.
• Lead and facilitate stakeholder meetings and charettes
• Demonstrated understanding of the planning process and a detailed understanding of project management principles, methods and techniques.
• Exhibits strong initiative and the ability to capitalize on opportunities to enhance Onyx’s position in the marketplace.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, and multiple simultaneous projects involving cross-functional project teams within budgetary and schedule constraints.
• Experience writing and presenting white papers and/or providing expert-level presentations at conferences and other events promoting the field of sustainable infrastructure and active, non-motorized transportation.
• Ability and willingness to travel.
• Excellent professional ethics, leadership skills, accountability, and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication, presentation, and analytic skills.
• Proficient in MS Excel, Access, Word, Adobe Creative Suite, ESRI Arc GIS, or similar products.
• Proficiency in an enterprise-wide resource planning and project management tool.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Federal Unified Facility Criteria (UFC) NACTO, MUTCD, ADA, and relevant state DOT design and planning requirements.

About Onyx:
The Onyx Group is an employee-owned company dedicated to improving the places where we live, work, and play. We work together to create sustainable land and facilities life cycle solutions, integrating planning, architecture, and technology.

We believe in "innovation through collaboration" as we integrate the skills of our planning, architecture, and technology departments to work together with our clients to offer them their best total solution. This is achieved though the collaborative approach our team takes in first understanding our client’s needs and then evaluating and tackling each task’s unique constraints so that we can provide the best end result. 

Our most rewarding projects are those where we are integrated with our clients and participate in achieving their vision. The innovative solutions that evolve from applying our expertise in collaboration with our client are professionally satisfying for both our client and our team.