Transportation Planner (Part-Time)

hntb; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB is seeking an experienced planning professional in Nashville to lead urban and transportation planning initiatives. You will coordinate multi-discipline project teams, conduct research, and develop planning concepts to meet client needs and regulatory expectations.

The role requires strong leadership, client engagement, and the ability to mentor junior staff while delivering comprehensive analyses and environmental documentation for large infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Urban Planning, Geography, Engineering or related field with 8+ years of experience, or Master's Degree with 7+ years of experience.
• Master's Degree in Urban Planning, Geography, Engineering or related field with 7+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Leads internal and external coordination with project team members across disciplines.
• Leads client meetings and participates in client interactions.
• Conducts research on planning issues, policies, and concepts and formulates recommendations.
• Develops conceptual planning alternatives for urban and transportation planning projects.
• Leads the preparation and production of technical plans, studies, reports, and environmental documents.
• Leads public and stakeholder engagement and presents information to the community.
• Coordinates with clients, sub-consultants, and in-house staff to complete tasks.
• Mentors staff and provides direction on project work.

Skills

Leadership

Project coordination

Client meetings

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Urban Planning, Geography, Engineering or related field

Master's Degree in Urban Planning, Geography, Engineering or related field

Tools

GIS software

Traffic software

Safety software

Job description

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails being responsible for applying planning strategies utilizing various technologies and tools to gather and analyze data, assess outcomes, and develop reporting and visuals to effectively communicate findings. This position performs tasks for planning projects including research, studies, and documentation, coordinating with multi-discipline team members, from concept development through project completion. This position develops technical solutions and strategies for medium to large sized planning projects to ensure that the client's technical requirements for all planning aspects of projects are fully met. May serve as a task leader or project manager on a limited basis for select medium scale projects and regular task assignee on multiple projects.

What You’ll Do:

• Leads aspects of internal and external coordination with project team members, including other discipline areas involved with the project.
• Leads client meetings, participates in client meetings and interactions.
• Conducts or directs research on issues, policies, and concepts pertaining to planning, and formulates recommendations.
• Develops conceptual planning alternatives for urban and transportation planning projects
• Leads tasks with minimal direction related to the preparation and production of technical plans, studies, written reports, and environmental documents for transportation and infrastructure projects.
• Leads public and stakeholder engagement and presents information to the community.
• Leads coordination with clients, sub-consultants, and in-house personnel on a regular basis to complete assigned tasks.
• Mentors and provides direction on the work of less experienced staff.
• Coordinates the preparation of scopes of work, fee proposals, and responses to RFPs for projects.
• Writes major sections of and leads production of plans, studies, reports, and environmental documents for transportation and infrastructure projects. Also coordinates and synthesizes the contributions of others.
• Provides work direction and leads Planners and support staff on assigned projects.
• Research data sources, gathers data, and conducts analysis of data for use in projects.
• Develops planning and analysis strategies using tools such as GIS, traffic, or safety software to manipulate data, assess scenarios, and perform project analysis.
• Leads planning processes and technical solutions that best meet the project needs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's Degree in Urban Planning, Geography, Engineering or related field and 8 years related professional experience, or
• Master's Degree in Urban Planning, Geography, Engineering or related field and 7 yrs of relevant experience

What You’ll Bring:

• Draws conclusions and makes recommendations to the client to move the project forward and determine direction. Provides direction to less experienced staff.
• Oversees implementation of the research plan by less experienced staff. Applies evaluation methodologies to interpret conclusions and makes recommendations.
• Responds to client questions and leads the comment resolution process. Leads the preparation of the report.
• Manages client meetings and oversees preparation of meeting materials with support.

What We Prefer:

• Master's degree in Urban Planning or related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE), American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP), Professional Transportation Planner (PTP), Certified Environmental Professional (CEP), Envision, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP)

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations: Nashville, TN (City Center)