Senior Planner - Transportation/Urban Planning

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Job Description

Job Description

AECOM has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Transportation Planner to join our team. In this role, you will be a leading member of a multidisciplinary team that includes transportation, environmental, design, and communications professionals.  The Senior Transportation Planner works collaboratively with planning and engineering staff to support clients with original solutions to challenging problems.

The ideal candidate has a passion for growing a planning practice that transforms local communities by investing strongly in client relationships and business development opportunities.  The role can be hybrid or office-based out of the Greater Pennsylvania area and may require regular travel around Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage Transportation and Urban Planning projects from inception to close-out
• Mentor and supervise emerging planners within the Transportation Planning department
• Engage in client relationship and business development activities to drive the growth of the planning practice in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia and New Jersey
• Prepare, facilitate, and lead public and stakeholder engagement programs
• Prepare technical solutions, reports, and visuals to support a variety of planning project types, including: transportation, environmental, community, equity, and sustainability planning
• Work collaboratively among other planning and technical disciplines, including Traffic Engineering, Municipal Planning, and Water Resources.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Urban Studies, Environmental Science or a closely related field and six (6) years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience &/or education.
• AICP certification or ability to obtain within 1 year

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience planning and designing solutions for a variety of transportation projects, including transit, streetscaping, and bicycle and pedestrian planning
• 8 years of transportation planning (or closely related) experience
• 2+ years of experience with client relationship management, business development &/or project management
• Experience working closely with the public and conducting public outreach
• Experience in assembling and supporting the writing of grants (i.e. - Federal, IIJA, etc.)
• Self-motivated individual with strong organizational skills and the ability to work both collaboratively and independently
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual presentation skills

Additional Information

• Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this role.

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