Job Description

What We're Looking For

Responsible for direction and supervision of a large professional or technical group. Coordinates project priorities, staffing schedules, and staff assignments to ensure clients are provided the best planning capabilities to meet their needs. Responsible for technical coaching and mentoring and efficient, productive utilization of staff in providing high-quality service.

Primary Focus Will Include:

Growing the transit and mobility services practice by developing and maintaining established transportation industry and client relationships, including monitoring client satisfaction and program opportunities.

Providing both technical and administrative supervision to the department so as to ensure that technical, administrative, direct labor, budgetary, and schedule targets are met in accordance with applicable professional standards, technical guidelines and company procedures.

Establishes department priorities, work schedules and coordinates resource needs and assignments.

Responsible for the hiring, supervision, mentoring, professional development, evaluation and termination of department staff members.

Assists in marketing responsibilities for transit, mobility and other multimodal and urban planning and design services, including proposal development and interview preparation and delivery.

Implements and executes the firm's approach and guidance to people management, retention and recruitment; contracting; sales and marketing; and delivery.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

Master's degree in Planning, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Engineering, Biology, Environmental Science, Communications, Public Policy or related field

PE, AICP, PLA, RA, or CEP

Knowledge of local, regional and national transportation initiatives and policies.

Proven experience and involvement in the consulting side of transit, mobility and other multimodal and urban planning projects and pursuits, including scope, schedule and fee development, negotiations, and contract reviews.

Strategic thinker with a focus on sustainable and profitable growth.

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What You'll Need

Essential Responsibilities:

Actively manages assigned project management activities (project scope, schedule, budget and quality management) and performs technical discipline tasks including research, reports, design, specifications and plan preparation.

Implements and executes the firm’s sophisticated practices (SSA, SCA, SDA).

Responsible for the hiring, supervision, mentoring, professional development, evaluation and termination of department staff members.

Coordinates department activities and assigns priorities and staff to projects.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Planning, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Engineering, Geology, Biology, Environmental Science or related field

12 years planning experience including: transportation planning, NEPA, transit, urban planning and public involvement or related experience

2 years supervisory experience