Project Manager - Transportation Planning

Kimley-Horn; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kimley-Horn in DC is seeking a Senior Transportation Planner/Project Manager to lead a growing transportation planning practice and deliver complex projects across multimodal mobility, parking, safety, and climate resilience. You will mentor staff, manage client relationships, guide public engagement, and oversee scopes, budgets, and schedules while expanding the practice regionally.

This role emphasizes leadership, business development, and high-quality deliverables in a collaborative team

Qualifications

• 12+ years of planning experience on large capital transit projects.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, or related field.
• AICP certification preferred.
• Strong client service and communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead and grow a planning practice and manage budgets.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multidisciplinary transportation planning projects.
• Oversee parking, mobility plans, corridor studies, safety, transit, rail, pedestrian, bike, EV, climate plans.
• Lead public engagement and grant writing.
• Mentor staff and foster teamwork.
• Engage with clients on program management, capital planning, and policy development.
• Drive business development and client relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Team collaboration

Business development

Client service

Mentoring staff

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, or related

Job description

Overview

Kimley-Horn of DC has an opportunity for a motivated Senior Transportation Planner/Project Manager to join our team!

Responsibilities

• Be a leader in a growing, multidisciplinary transportation planning practice.
• Manage the planning, production, and delivery of transportation planning projects, including:
  • Parking
  • 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

• 12+ years of 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.