Practice Builder - Transportation Planning

Kimley-Horn; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exceptional Retirement Plan

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Flexible scheduling

Tuition reimbursement

Family building benefits

New Parent Leave

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy seeks a motivated Senior Transportation Planner and Project Manager in Houston, Texas. You will manage transportation planning projects while providing mentorship to staff. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of planning experience, preferably with large transit projects. The firm emphasizes client service, teamwork, and employee growth. Enjoy a robust benefits package that includes retirement plans and comprehensive health coverage.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of planning experience with large capital transit projects.
• Registered AICP preferred.
• Ability to lead and grow a planning practice.
• Local and regional experience preferred.
• Deliver high-quality results with exceptional client service.
• Desire to lead and grow a planning practice.
• Business development and marketing experience including writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary transportation planning practice.
• Manage and deliver various transportation planning projects.
• Mentor and develop team staff effectively.
• Lead public engagement activities and communicate project scope, impacts, and mitigations to stakeholders.
• Support clients with program management, capital planning, and policy development.

Skills

Planning experience

Client service

Communication skills

Business development

Leadership

Public engagement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, or related

AICP certification (preferred)

Job description

Overview

Kimley-Horn has an opportunity for a motivated Senior Transportation Planner and Project Manager to join our team in Houston, Texas (TX)!

Responsibilities

• Be a leader in a growing, multidisciplinary transportation planning practice.
• Manage the planning, production, and delivery of transportation planning projects, including:
  • Transportation mobility plans
  • Multimodal corridor studies
  • Safety action plans
  • Transit studies
  • Passenger rail studies
  • Pedestrian and bicycle studies
  • Parking and curbside management studies
  • Electric vehicle plans
  • Climate adaptation and resilience plans
  • MPO studies, including Long Range Transportation Plans (LRTPs)
  • Public engagement
  • Grant writing
• Mentor and develop staff, provides leadership in an environment that encourages teamwork, initiative, and growth.
• Lead project outreach activities including guiding the direction of public engagement, giving presentations, meeting with community members, businesses, and organizations to explain the project scope, impacts, benefits, mitigations, etc.
• Assist clients with program management, capital planning, and policy development.
• Leadership responsibilities include:
  • Operate with integrity and sound business principles.
  • Provide practice vision, business planning and strategy, establishing goals, building and maintaining positive client relationships.
  • Open communication with partners and team, along with growing and directing a Transportation Planning practice.
  • Manage projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, help recruit, and be a positive role model.
• Our system for rewards is designed to recognize staff as they move along a path to success. Bonuses, promotions, path to ownership recognition, and other forms of advancement are performance based, because as a firm we focus on results.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of planning experience, including large capital transit infrastructure projects
• Bachelors Degree or higher in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, or related
• Registered American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Preferred
• Local and regional experience preferred
• Provide high quality deliverables with exceptional client service
• A desire to lead and grow a planning practice
• Business development and marketing experience including writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgets for projected work.
• Ability to work in a team environment and effectively communicate at all levels of the organization.

Why Kimley-Horn?

At Kimley-Horn, we do things differently. People, clients, and employees are at the forefront of who we are. Clients know we prioritize achieving their goals and growing their success. Employees know our culture and approach to business are built on a desire to provide an environment for everyone to flourish. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it— that’s why we welcome and develop passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. We take pride in how our employee retention, robust benefits package, and company values have led to Kimley-Horn’s placement on the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work” list for 18 years!

Key Benefits at Kimley-Horn

• Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to1- company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (salary + bonus) and additional profit-sharing contribution.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Time Off: Personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.
• Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k), and performance-based bonuses.
• Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.
• Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family building benefits, and childcare resources.