Transportation Planner - Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates

Senior Associate/Transportation Planner
Nelson\Nygaard Consulting AssociatesBoston, NYC and D.C. Offices

Experience: 7-10 years
Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates is seeking a highly organized, independent, and motivated senior-level staff member for our nationally recognized multimodal planning practice in multiple office locations on the East Coast: Boston, New York City and Washington, D.C. This is an outstanding opportunity for the right person to become involved in supporting and growing our leading work in developing transportation systems for vibrant, livable communities locally and around the country. The right person will be able to develop and provide integrated, creative, actionable solutions in keeping with Nelson\Nygaard’s current work, which further emphasizes creative and innovative community involvement.

This practice conducts transportation planning and community involvement, often within a wider set of goals such as economic development, health, and reduced dependence on the private automobile. We are seeking an individual with at least eight years of experience and a strong interest in integrated transportation planning as well as some background in developing sustainable strategies to improve community accessibility and mobility.

Nelson\Nygaard offers a dynamic and self-directed work environment that is fast-paced, congenial, and supportive. Our office culture is built upon diversity and creativity. This is your opportunity to work with one of the most innovative groups of planners and engineers in the United States, including highly talented junior and support staff.

Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates is seeking a highly organized, independent, and motivated senior-level staff member for our nationally recognized multimodal planning practice in multiple office locations on the East Coast: Boston, New York City and Washington, D.C. This is an outstanding opportunity for the right person to become involved in supporting and growing our leading work in developing transportation systems for vibrant, livable communities locally and around the country. The right person will be able to develop and provide integrated, creative, actionable solutions in keeping with Nelson\Nygaard’s current work, which further emphasizes creative and innovative community involvement.

This practice conducts transportation planning and community involvement, often within a wider set of goals such as economic development, health, and reduced dependence on the private automobile. We are seeking an individual with at least eight years of experience and a strong interest in integrated transportation planning as well as some background in developing sustainable strategies to improve community accessibility and mobility.

Nelson\Nygaard offers a dynamic and self-directed work environment that is fast-paced, congenial, and supportive. Our office culture is built upon diversity and creativity. This is your opportunity to work with one of the most innovative groups of planners and engineers in the United States, including highly talented junior and support staff.

Responsibilities
In this position, the successful candidate will be expected to manage tasks and entire projects, often with the involvement and guidance of a Principal. Work will include responsibility for client communication, overall task or project management, determining and managing analytical tasks, client communication, public presentation and other skills as necessary. The successful candidate is expected to lead proposals, and be responsible for overall business development targets. Providing guidance and oversight to junior staff is a must. Your projects may be located anywhere throughout the United States, and thus a willingness and desire to travel is essential. You will work closely with Nelson\Nygaard’s senior and junior staff in the local office, and also with staff in our other offices throughout the country.

Qualifications and Requirements
The ideal candidate should have a broad range of transportation and urban planning experience, preferably with a focus on transit operations and planning. A candidate should be able to demonstrate significant expertise in at least five (5) of the following areas:

• Citywide transportation planning and analysis
• Campus transportation planning
• Parking management
• Bicycle/pedestrian facility planning
• Street design guidelines
• Data collection and performance assessments
• Multimodal/intermodal facility planning
• Transit station area planning
• Transit service planning
• Transportation demand management
• Transport policy, funding, and governance
• Paratransit and demand-responsive services
• Advanced graphics communications (InDesign, Illustrator, SketchUp, Photoshop)
• Computer traffic modeling (Synchro, VISSIM, TransCAD)

Successful applicants will be expected to:

• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal skills
• Possess proven experience in managing projects within budget
• Work successfully with clients, members of the public, and project teams
• Outline and prepare successful proposals and reports
• Analyze a wide range of transportation data and manage the completion of technical analyses, feasibility studies, and other transportation reports
• Prepare and give effective presentations
• Creatively solve multimodal transportation problems
• Participate in firm-wide strategic planning activities to ensure that we continue to build on our mission and core values
• Mentor and train junior staff
• Organize and supervise data collection activities in the office and the field

At a minimum, the candidate should meet the following qualifications:

• At least eight (8) years of responsible experience in transportation planning, traffic engineering, or a related field
• A bachelor’s or more advanced degree in urban or transportation planning, or a related planning field; master’s degree is preferred
• Successful and sustained experience in business development, i.e., winning work; public agency experience, grant writing and successful RFP development are applicable skills
• Excellent written, verbal, and other communication skills, including facilitating public workshops
• The ability to manage complex projects on time and on budget
• Demonstrate advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

We are looking for someone who can begin immediately.

Salary and Benefits
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, carshare and bikeshare membership, pre-tax transit or bicycling benefit, a 401K program, life insurance, and paid time off. Other benefits of the position include a dynamic and self-directed work environment, collaboration with leading planners, and a congenial and supportive office culture.

To apply, please combine a cover letter and resume into a single PDF with the filename format "Lastname-City-Senior-Associate.pdf," and e-mail tojobs@nelsonnygaard.com. Please specify in your cover letter which is your preferred location: Boston, New York, or Washington, D.C. or any of the three.

No phone calls, please.

Senior Planner / Planner II - City of Aurora, CO

Senior Planner / Planner II
City of Aurora, CO
Please go to: jobs.auroragov.org to apply

The Planning & Development Services Department is a multi-faceted, exceptionally active department that provides a broad array of municipal services, with major programs including: Department Administration, Urban Renewal, Business Services, Development Services, Multimodal Transportation Team, and Planning.

The Senior Planner I assists and conducts a wide variety of complex professional transportation planning projects for the Planning Division of the Planning and Development Services Department. The selected candidate will be involved in developing multimodal transportation solutions throughout the City by conducting transportation studies and planning initiatives that can transition into project/program development and ultimately implemented under the direction of the Transportation Planning Supervisor.

Depending on qualifications, the candidate will be hired as either a Senior Planner I or a Planner II.

As a City of Aurora employee you will have access to many of our unique benefits such as competitive wages, health, dental and vision covered at up to 90%, personal time off and internal educational programs to help further your career.

At the city of Aurora, we value integrity, respect, professionalism and customer service as those core values and we attribute those values to our success as an organization, both as an employer and a servant of the community. If you hold these same values, we welcome you to apply.

The City of Aurora will conduct ongoing screenings of applications on a first come-first serve basis; as soon as we determine to have a qualified pool of applicants, this position may close quickly and without notice.

Essential Duties:

• Develops multimodal transportation solutions through the conduct of planning projects involving multiple city departments. Emphasis is on maximizing mobility options for stakeholders throughout the city.
• Develops and updates transportation studies, plans and projects
• Employs innovative analysis methods
• Conducts research
• Recommends design concept solutions
• Implements programs
• Coordinates with consultants and leads multi-department teams. Special emphasis is given to planning for pedestrian, bicycle and transit facilities, services and programs.
• Conducts transportation demand management and ITS assessments.
• Develops action plans and performance measurement frameworks.
• Represents the department and serves as liaison to a variety of departments, commissions, committees, and agencies; provides presentations to commissions, committees, neighborhood groups, agencies, and others
• Works with the development and business communities
• Works with various City, state, and federal regulations
• Provides advice and information to development review case managers and other city staff
• Performs additional duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's Degree in in transportation planning, urban or regional planning or directly related field. Master's Degree preferred.

Experience: At least 4 years progressively responsible professional transportation planning experience principally at the municipal level.

An equivalent combination of education, training and experience that demonstrates required knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.

Skills: Must have excellent analytic, writing and presentation skills and ability to produce credible, succinct, technically accurate and understandable quality written reports using MS Office products. Strong interpersonal and organizational skills are essential. Understanding of and experience with transportation demand modeling and other software needed to assess multimodal travel levels, needs and performance necessary to successfully meet the requirements of this position. Capable working knowledge and experience in applying concepts and state of the practice techniques in multi-modal transportation planning and concept design for complete streets, bicycle and pedestrian systems and facilities and level of service analysis and transit system planning.

Knowledge: Thorough knowledge of current principles, methodologies and practices of urban transportation planning; basic knowledge of public policy process. Possess a working knowledge of personal computers and GIS. General knowledge of concepts and approaches in street design, traffic analysis and various transportation analysis software packages, such as Synchro, VISSIM, HCM.

Abilities: Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, citizens, and the development community; organize and carry out higher-level planning assignments focused on mobility planning and analysis; ability to present work effectively in verbal, written, and graphic form; ability to manage projects and meet multiple deadlines under heavy workload conditions; ability to work with software related to the function of the job; and ability to pay close attention to detail. Ability to compile, analyze and interpret transportation data and ability to work with a variety of transportation planning processes.

SALARY RANGE: Mid I (1-4 years)

Transportation Planner/Engineer, Office of Transportation and Corridor Studies, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission - Philadelphia, PA

Transportation Planner/Engineer, Office of Transportation and Corridor Studies

Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

October 3, 2014

Professional Area: 

Civil Engeering

Transportation Planning

Urban Design

Experience: 

3-5 years

Contact person: 

Beth Wichser

Phone: 

215-592-1800

Fax: 

215-592-9125

Email: 

resumes@dvrpc.org

Website: 

http://www.dvrpc.org/

Location: 

Philadelphia, PA

This is a transportation planning position focused in transportation engineering, and multi-modal planning for the Office of Transportation and Corridor Studies.  The employee will be an integral player in actively conducting innovative corridor and area studies in the 9-county greater Philadelphia region. The position involves interacting with public and private sector agencies, decision-makers, and the general public as well as working cooperatively with other professionals on project teams.  This position requires both excellent technical abilities and an understanding of the planning process to advance creative concepts and ideas.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and coordinate highway and public transportation projects, including specification of the problem, data collection and analysis, interpretation and reporting of results, and the development of recommendations and cost estimates for project implementation.
• Conduct technical studies which evaluate the effectiveness of a transportation system (on a systems level) and then analyze alternative improvement strategies to determine how well they meet desired measures of effectiveness.
• Use planning and engineering computer software such as geographic information system software, Highway Capacity Software, travel simulation software, and other techniques to evaluate corridor and area-specific traffic problems and develop solutions.
• Prepare input data for simulation models. Tabulate travel simulation model outputs using GIS tools and tabular forms. Compare model results with current and historical data.
• Prepare reports summarizing findings and recommendations of various studies, including text, tables, maps, charts, photos and other appropriate graphics, and presents results to technical committees and the public.
• Make oral presentations to member governments and technical committees.
• Provide technical assistance to member governments, consultants, and the public.
• Conduct field views of project locations to compile an inventory of existing physical and operating conditions.
• Organize and manage technical committee meetings.
• Perform related work as required.

Qualifications

• Considerable knowledge of the principles, practices, and objectives of transportation engineering and transportation planning, and ability to relate this knowledge to the development and analysis of a regional transportation system and its components.
• Experience with VISSIM or other traffic simulation software, such as Synchro considered a plus.
• Experience with geographic information systems (GIS), graphics programs, database design, word processing, spreadsheet software, and their applications.
• Experience in conducting field surveys, data analysis, and system evaluation.
• Knowledge of the socioeconomic factors involved in transportation planning.
• Ability to organize, plan, and direct research projects.
• Strong oral, writing, graphic, organization, and presentation skills to ensure efficient project delivery.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, planning officials, and the general public.

Minimum Experience & Training

Three years of professional experience in transportation planning or engineering; and such training as may have been gained through graduation from a four year college/university, with major course work in Transportation Planning, Transportation or Civil Engineering, or a related discipline. A Master’s degree or internship/ co-op experience can be substituted for one year of experience.

Salary Range: Mid $40,000s to Low $50,000s (position level & salary commensurate with education & experience)

To Apply: Submit a cover letter and resume to resumes@dvrpc.org.