Senior Transportation Planner

Stanley Consultants, Inc.; Florida; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Health insurance

Professional growth

401K match

Job summary

Stanley Consultants, Inc. seeks a Senior Transportation Planner to lead and grow its Florida planning practice, with a focus on FDOT and public-sector clients.

The role combines technical leadership, project management, and business development to deliver complex planning assignments across the state. You will direct corridor and multimodal studies, mentor staff, and build lasting client relationships while advancing national transportation planning initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning, transportation planning, civil engineering, or related field.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of transportation planning experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading FDOT transportation planning projects.
• Experience with pursuits, proposals, and interviews.
• AICP certification preferred; other professional credentials are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead transportation planning projects for FDOT, MPO/TPO, county, municipal, and other public-sector clients.
• Perform and manage transportation planning efforts including corridor and systems planning, multimodal planning, long-range transportation planning, SIS-related planning, growth management and land use coordination, safety planning, complete streets, and transportation studies.
• Oversee complex planning projects involving investigation, data analysis, technical evaluation, community and stakeholder engagement, and preparation of public-facing documents and client deliverables.
• Serve as Project Manager, Project Lead, or Task Lead, with responsibility for scopes, schedules, budgets, technical analyses, and deliverables.
• Lead and support FDOT planning pursuits and business development, including identifying opportunities, developing win strategies, assembling teams, developing technical approaches and proposals, and participating in interviews.
• Build and maintain relationships with FDOT and other key transportation planning clients throughout Florida.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary transportation teams and mentor planning staff in their professional development.
• Provide planning expertise and support to the Florida and broader national transportation planning practice.

Skills

Technical writing

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Client relationship building

Business development

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning / transportation planning / civil engineering

Master’s degree preferred

AICP certification preferred

Job description

Description

We are currently seeking a Senior Transportation Planner to support and grow our transportation planning practice in Florida. This position will provide technical and project leadership for transportation planning assignments, with a strong emphasis on FDOT and other public-sector clients.

The successful candidate will have strong transportation planning experience, knowledge of the FDOT planning environment, and the ability to contribute to both project delivery and business development. This individual will develop and maintain strong client relationships, lead complex planning assignments, and help identify, pursue, win, and deliver transportation planning work.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Lead transportation planning projects for FDOT, MPO/TPO, county, municipal, and other public-sector clients.


• Perform and manage transportation planning efforts including corridor and systems planning, multimodal planning, long-range transportation planning, SIS-related planning, growth management and land use coordination, safety planning, complete streets, and transportation studies.


• Oversee complex planning projects involving investigation, data analysis, technical evaluation, community and stakeholder engagement, and preparation of public-facing documents and client deliverables.


• Serve as Project Manager, Project Lead, or Task Lead, with responsibility for scopes, schedules, budgets, technical analyses, and deliverables.


• Lead and support FDOT planning pursuits and business development, including identifying opportunities, developing win strategies, assembling teams, developing technical approaches and proposals, and participating in interviews.


• Build and maintain relationships with FDOT and other key transportation planning clients throughout Florida.


• Collaborate with multidisciplinary transportation teams and mentor planning staff in their professional development.


• Provide planning expertise and support to the Florida and broader national transportation planning practice.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in urban and Regional Planning, Transportation Planning, Civil Engineering, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.


• 10+ years of relevant transportation planning experience.


• Demonstrated experience working on and leading FDOT transportation planning projects.


• Demonstrated experience with transportation planning pursuits, proposal development, and interviews.


• Strong technical writing, presentation, and communication skills.


• Demonstrated ability to build client relationships and contribute to business development.


• AICP certification preferred; other relevant professional credentials are a plus.

Work-Life Balance

We realize there’s more to life than just work. We help you meet the demands of work, family and personal life through several flexible options.

What we offer:

Member-Owned. Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance, and personal reward.

Paid Time Away. Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave, and professional development leave.

Health Insurance. We provide a comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement, and mental health resources.

Financial Health. We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection, and many other benefits.

Professional Growth. When your skills grow, so do we, which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership, and more.

Financial Rewards. We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation, and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans.

Stanley Consultants does not welcome unsolicited resumes from staffing and recruiting agencies. Any unsolicited resumes submitted to Stanley Consultants, including but not limited to resumes submitted directly to Stanley Consultants members, or any of our representatives, will be deemed the property of Stanley Consultants.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)