Transportation Planner - Washington, United States - HDR

HDR

Verified Company

Washington, United States

1 day ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Transportation Planner

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day.

As we work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves:
What is our impact on the world?

Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better.

Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

HDR is looking for highly-motivated professionals with a passion for transit and transportation planning, our robust transportation planning practice.

This position would support HDR's portfolio of rail transportation planning, transit planning, and infrastructure finance engagements on the eastern seaboard with opportunities to contribute to work across North America.

This position requires an eagerness to learn all aspects of HDR's Transportation Planning practice, exquisite attention to detail, exceptional organizational skills, quantitative agility, and desire to work in a team environment.

Primary Responsibilities
In the role of Transit Planner, you'll have the opportunity to:

Support the creation of technical reports, presentations, and other materials to document planning study findings (such as corridor studies)
Collect, assimilate and manage projectrelated data
Contribute to technical reports, presentations, and other materials for stakeholders and clients to document planning study and concept design findings
Assist in preparation and participation of public information meetings and hearings
Support the work of others in the completion of required studies, documents, and reports
Make active contributions to planning work sessions in conjunction with appropriate technical professionals and other disciplines
Participate in a variety of transportation planning projects including complete streets, transit planning, longrange planning, community planning, or concept development
Participate in corridor studies associated with FRA CID projects
Participate in corridor studies associated with FTA CIG projects
Assist in projects relating to emerging transportation technologies
Perform other duties as needed

Portfolio of Potential Project Types will Include:

Strategic Plans
Transit plans
Corridor studies
Statewide Rail Plans
NEPA environmental clearance documents for rail and transit (i.e, Categorical Exclusions, Environmental Assessments)
BRT and bus priority feasibility
Alternatives analyses for transit projects
Short and longrange transit and transportation plans
Transportation planning reports
Zeroemissions transition plans for transit agencies
Local, regional and statewide multimodal transportation plans
Transitoriented development
Transit studies for multiple modes
Bicycle and pedestrian studies
Community engagement

Preferred Qualifications

2 years of relevant transportation and transit planning experience
Agility with Microsoft Office Suite, ESRI GIS Suite
Quantitative agility, especially with respect to basic economic concepts
Experience with design packages such as Adobe CS
Experience working on projects for with transit agencies, municipalities, state, and federal government organizations

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Urban Planning or closely related field
Experience with Microsoft Office programs
Selfstarter with excellent writing and communication skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Strong conceptual, organizational, problemsolving and research abilities
May require the ability to travel
An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employeeowned culture is a must

What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute.

Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental,