Senior Transportation Planner - Remote & Impactful Projects

Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Career development

Work-life balance

Flexible holidays

Paid Family Leave

Job summary

SEH is seeking a Senior Transportation Planner to join our West Region Transportation Practice Center. This full-time role offers remote work with occasional travel for client meetings and site visits, supporting multimodal transportation planning across Colorado and beyond.

You will conceptualize transportation and corridor studies, manage environmental documentation, and collaborate with clients to deliver high-quality planning projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Planning or Civil Engineering with an emphasis in transportation or related field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of consulting and/or public sector experience in transportation planning.
• Understanding of Federal and State of Colorado local agency project requirements.
• Experience working with cities and counties throughout the State of Colorado.
• Previous experience conducting studies and analyses.
• Previous experience with the design and implementation of public involvement efforts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication / presentation skills.
• Ability to travel as needed for team meetings, client consultations, on-site inspections/visits, etc.
• Occasional overnight travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Conceptual design of transportation and multi modal projects.
• Environmental documentation.
• Conducting transportation planning studies, and corridor studies.
• State Environmental Assessment Worksheets and Federal Categorical Exclusions, Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements.
• Prepare draft and final corridor studies, access control plans, project reports, and technical memos.
• Assist in marketing all types of transportation and municipal planning consulting projects.
• Interact with clients on behalf of the company on projects including project meetings, public meetings and workshops.

Skills

Bachelor-level transportation planning

Public engagement

Project coordination

Verbal and written communication

Travel readiness

Public sector consulting

Multimodal transportation studies

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Planning or Civil Engineering

Job description

SEH is seeking a Senior Transportation Planner to join our West Region Transportation Practice Center. This full-time role offers remote work with occasional travel for client meetings and site visits, supporting multimodal transportation planning across Colorado and beyond.

You will conceptualize transportation and corridor studies, manage environmental documentation, and collaborate with clients to deliver high-quality planning projects.