Project or Senior Planner

Toole Design Group in Madison, WI is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Project Planner or Senior 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 Madison team.

This Project Planner or Senior Planner position earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), a flexible spending account (FSA), and all staff start with at least 24 days PTO. We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading planning, landscape architecture, and engineering firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race or gender. As an Engineering News-Record top 500 design firm, we have also 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 directly and positively affects 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 or Senior Planner

As a Project Planner or Senior Planner, you manage tasks, projects, and community engagement, 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 work with other planners, landscape architects, urban designers, and engineers to deliver a variety of exciting project types focused on making places and travel experiences better for everyone. You are 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.

For Project Planner candidates, who typically have 6-9 years of experience, we are targeting a salary range of $75,000-$90,000. For Senior Planner candidates, with 10+ years' experience, we are targeting a salary range of $86,000-$102,000.

Qualifications of a Project Planner or Senior Planner:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in a related field or additional work experience in lieu of secondary education
• At least 6 years of active transportation, planning, urban design, or other related experience
• Strong writing skills and experience working as a support and/or primary author for planning or technical documents
• Relevant work experience in one or more of the following areas: active transportation planning, multimodal corridor studies, streetscape design, and/or conducting public outreach and engagement
• Knowledge of safety planning, Vision Zero, the Safe System Approach, proven safety countermeasures, crash modification factors, high-injury networks, safety performance functions, and the Highway Safety Manual is a plus
• Successful track record working independently on completing and/or managing tasks
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and multi-phased projects
• Motivation to win work for a growing office including forming and managing client relationships, identifying pot