Senior Transportation Planner Project Manager

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Job Description

 AECOM has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Transportation Planner / Project Manager to provide consulting services with Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise.  

Here are some key points about this role:

1. Scope: Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise manages over 500 miles of limited-access roadways across the State of Florida. This extensive network provides a significant platform for impactful transportation planning and design.

2. Innovation: As a team member, you’ll have the opportunity to bring original ideas to the table. Being at the forefront of planning and design means shaping the future of transportation in Florida.

3. Consulting Role: Your role as a key consultant to the Turnpike’s Intermodal Systems Development group is crucial. You’ll be involved in planning projects and studies, providing technical expertise in areas such as transportation planning, project feasibility evaluations, and master planning.

4. Independence and Adaptability: As a lead transportation planner/project manager, you’ll execute project management assignments with independence. Your judgment and adaptability will play a significant role in ensuring successful outcomes.

5. Complex Assignments: Be prepared for complex and novel assignments. These challenges will allow you to grow and contribute to the field of transportation planning.

Responsibilities:

• Develops work scopes, schedules, and budgets for transportation planning projects;
• Oversees project study contributions of multi-disciplinary specialists in traffic engineering/planning, travel demand modeling, geographic information systems, and financial analysis, among others;
• Leads preparation of documentation for projects managed, including Technical Memoranda, Project Feasibility Reports, Documentation, and / or parts of Traffic and Revenue Studies;
• Conducts planning analysis of existing and future year land use including GIS analysis on land use development patterns and forecasts;
• Leads preparation and presentation of briefings of transportation project study results for clients, stakeholders, and other interested parties;
• Routinely summarizes transportation project study progress reports for clients;
• Directs field data acquisition, site investigations and surveys;
• Evaluates transportation systems, roadway level of service, and forecasts of future transportation needs;
• Defines, researches, reviews and reports on regional and local transportation planning issues and priorities;
• Leads, participates and provides support for public meetings or hearings to explain planning items and projects, to gather feedback from those affected by projects, or to achieve consensus on project designs;
• Evaluates transportation-related consequences of federal and state legislative proposals and conducts policy analysis;

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in engineering, planning, public policy, or related field. 
• 8 years of experience as a Transportation Planner or Transportation Engineer, including  experience as project/task manager for transportation planning/engineering projects;
• Valid driver's license; occasional travel is required, often driving to project sites located outdoors in a variety of weather conditions.

Preferred:

• A Master’s degree in a related engineering discipline can substitute for up to two years of work experience 
• Familiarity with Florida planning and growth management processes
• Experience with ESRI Arc Map GIS, GIS Pro preferred;
• Expe