Project Planner

Toole Design Group in Columbus, OH is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Project Planner. Do you have a strong background in transportation planning with multimodal experience? Are you passionate about sustainable safety, active transportation, and Complete Streets? Do you want to help communities create places and systems that benefit people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds? Would you like to work for a firm that is committed to the well-being of its employees? If so, please consider joining our Columbus team.

This Project Planner position earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and provide our employees with financial incentives to walk, bike, or use transit.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading planning, engineering, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States and Canada. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers is committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race, or gender. We have been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver improves our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

A Day in the Life of a Project Planner

You are part of an interdisciplinary team that delivers multimodal transportation policies and plans in a wide range of contexts including dense urban environments, suburban communities, and small-town and rural areas throughout Ohio and the Midwest.

As a Project Planner you will manage projects and tasks, lead analyses, work directly with our clients, represent Toole Design in project and stakeholder meetings, pursue and win work, and reinforce our reputation as trusted experts. You'll work with other planners, landscape architects, urban designers, and engineers to deliver a variety of exciting projects focused on making places and travel experiences better for everyone. You'll be at the table with clients and colleagues from a variety of disciplines, integrating input from a broad range of stakeholders to create award-winning plans that lead directly to implementation.

We help clients find people-first solutions that prioritize active transportation at all different scales: national, state, regional, local, corridor, and intersections and crossings. Our work includes community network plans, safety analyses and Vision Zero action plans, Safe Routes to School plans and program management, design guidelines, conceptual design, and wayfinding. Underpinning our work is our unwavering commitment to human-centric streets and places that exemplify equity, ethics, and empathy.

Qualifications of a Project Planner:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in urban planning, landscape architecture, urban design, engineering, public health, or a related field. Additional experience can be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• 4 or more years of planning experience
• Certification as an AICP is a plus
• Experience independently managing tasks or projects
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and multi-phased projects
• Experience with active transportation planning
• Experience with public and stakeholder engagement
• Strong cultural competency with people from racial backgrounds different than your own
• Software proficiency
  • Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • GIS software (ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, QGIS)
  • Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Communication skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication
  • Spanish, Somali language abilities are a plus

You'll be great here if:

• You value diversity, equity, and inclusion in the planning profession and beyond
• You are excited about transforming transportation networks and creating healthy and resilient environments for communities in Ohio and the Midwest
• You enjoy collaborating across disciplines and offices to do great work for clients
• You deliver high-quality work on time and on budget
• You know how to get the message across, whether it's written, verbal, or graphical
• You're motivated to tackle new challenges and develop creative solutions
• You thrive on engaging commun