Senior Transit Planner

TYLin; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,200 - 142,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, disability and life insurance

Continuing education benefits

Paid time off

Employee assistance program

Retirement savings plan with company matching contributions

Job summary

TYLin is seeking a full-time Senior Transit Planner in New York City. The role involves leading transit planning projects, managing client relationships, and developing business opportunities. A suitable candidate should have 7-10 years of experience in transportation planning, strong communication skills, and proficiency in tools like Adobe Creative Cloud and ArcGIS Pro. The position offers a competitive salary range of $95,200 - $142,800 annually, alongside comprehensive benefits including medical insurance and a retirement savings plan.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years’ experience in the transportation planning field, including two years’ experience managing planning projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively.

Responsibilities

• Leading an interdisciplinary team on a variety of transit planning projects.
• Writing and reviewing technical reports and developing presentations.
• Understanding and interpreting data analysis results to develop recommendations and solutions.

Skills

Transit service development

Bus network redesigns

Bus priority/BRT planning

Rail planning studies

Tactical mobility lanes

Transit agency strategic plans

Education

Bachelor's degree in urban planning, transportation engineering, or related field

Master’s degree

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator & InDesign)

ArcGIS Pro

Interactive mapping software (like Remix)

Job description

TYLin is a globally recognized, full-service infrastructure consulting firm committed to providing innovative, cost-effective, constructible designs for the global infrastructure market. With over 3,000 employees throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe, the firm provides support on projects of varying size and complexity. Together, we enhance conventional designs with smarter, more resilient systems. We provide people with better mobility. We steward precious resources by finding more sustainable solutions.

Job Summary

TYLin is seeking a full-time Senior Transit Planner to be based in New York City or Northeast. This position will be part of a dynamic team that provides a range of planning services for public clients, including New York City DOT, MTA and NJ TRANSIT. This is an in-person position, though the successful candidate may work remotely with permission from manager.

This position will be focused on expanding our transit planning practice in the New York City and greater Northeast market, including managing transit planning projects, developing staff, creating business opportunities, and submitting written proposals. The successful candidate will have experience with (two or more) of the following: transit service development, bus network redesigns, bus priority/BRT planning, rail planning studies, tactical mobility lanes, and transit agency strategic plans.

Responsibilities

• Leading an interdisciplinary team on a variety of transit planning projects
• Writing and reviewing technical reports and developing presentations
• Understanding and interpreting data analysis results to drive development of recommendations and solutions
• Managing project budgets and schedules
• Help senior leadership develop a growth strategy for the transit planning practice in the New York City market.
• Managing client relationships
• Identifying new business opportunities and supporting business development
• Representing the company at industry events
• Leading proposal developmentDeveloping and implementing internal processes that make the work product better
• Active involvement with relevant industry organizations and participation in conferences and other industry events
• Authoring thought leadership (articles, blog posts, etc.) on these topics

Qualifications

• Entrepreneurial, enthusiastic, collaborative work style
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively
• Proficiency in using spreadsheets to interpret data and conduct complex analysis
• Expertise with Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator & InDesign) and ArcGIS Pro
• Familiarity with interactive mapping software, like Remix
• Experience managing transit planning projects at either a public agency or as a consultant for public agency work
• Transit planning experience in two or more of the following additional areas:
• Transit service development
• Comprehensive operations analyses/bus network redesigns
• Bus priority/BRT planning
• Corridor studies/tactical mobility lanes
• Transit agency strategic plans

Requirements

• 7-10 years’ experience in the transportation planning field, including two years’ experience managing planning projects
• Bachelor's degree in urban planning, transportation engineering, or related field; Master’s degree is preferred
• AICP or PE certification is desirable but not required

Compensation & Benefits

T.Y. Lin International is committed to pay equity. As part of that commitment, we have provided the base compensation range of $95,200 - $142,800 annually for this position and local market. We recognize that each candidate brings a unique set of skills, experience, education and competencies to the table that will be reflected in our offer. TYLin is proud to offer exciting career development opportunities.

TYLin offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Our benefits may include extensive medical, disability and life insurance coverage, continuing education benefits, paid time off, employee assistance program and a retirement savings plan with company matching contributions.

We encourage all candidates to explore our total rewards offering.

EEO Statement

TYLin is an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, provincial, state or local laws. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. The company and its employees are required to comply with all local health authority, legal or lawful client requirements.