Senior Multimodal Transit Planning Leader

Jacobs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Principal Transportation/Transit Planner to lead the growth of its California Transportation Planning Practice. You will manage a range of transportation and transit plans, engage stakeholders, and deliver multi-modal projects across California within a collaborative, diverse team.

You will leverage your experience in technical project delivery and business development to grow client relationships, pursue opportunities, and guide strategic planning initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in planning, policy, engineering or a related field.
• At least 20 years of experience in technical project delivery, transportation planning, project management, analysis, and/or studies.
• Experience leading business development efforts for transportation and transit clients, including opportunity identification, team formation, pursuit strategy, and proposal development.
• Experience leading transportation and transit planning projects, including multimodal corridor studies, complete streets initiatives, traffic engineering, ITS, land use planning, and environmental analyses.

Responsibilities

• Lead the growth and development of transportation planning services within your region/local market and support practice growth across California.
• Identify opportunities in the market, build client relationships, and develop winning pursuit strategies.
• Lead planning and feasibility studies, stakeholder engagement plans, and deliverables for multi-modal transportation systems, transit networks, active transportation networks, and sustainable transportation development/ emerging mobility.
• Prepare needs analyses, alternatives development and evaluation, and short- and long-range strategies for agency staff.
• Conduct independent research and draft state-of-the-industry analyses and technology recommendations.
• Engage with clients, subconsultants, and stakeholders.
• Foster and build client relationships with transit agencies, MPOs, RTPAs, local jurisdictions, and state agencies.
• Support business development, proposal development, and strategic account management across California.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Client relations

Communication skills

Time management

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in planning/policy/engineering

Tools

ArcGIS

Adobe Creative Cloud

MS Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Principal Transportation/Transit Planner to lead the growth of its California Transportation Planning Practice. You will manage a range of transportation and transit plans, engage stakeholders, and deliver multi-modal projects across California within a collaborative, diverse team.

You will leverage your experience in technical project delivery and business development to grow client relationships, pursue opportunities, and guide strategic planning initiatives.