Entry Level Transportation Planner - Philadelphia, United States - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Verified Company

Philadelphia, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Your Impact:

Our People & Places Solutions business reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering lifesaving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow._
Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed today and into tomorrow._

With a recent infusion of funds to plan, design, and construct new transportation infrastructure, cities and private stakeholders are moving quickly to identify solutions that enhance the safety, mobility, and liveability of communities large and small.

Aging infrastructure and robust population growth has strained many transportation networks in and beyond the existing transportation system.

Coupled with today's challenge to combat the climate crisis and decarbonize rapidly, Jacobs is looking to hire a collaborative Transportation Planner to join our regional Advanced Mobility Group.

As a subset of our Advanced Mobility Group, the Transportation Planners on our team work on innovative planning projects alongside traffic/ITS engineers, environmental engineers and planners and sustainability and resiliency experts with a wide variety of talent and experience.

At Jacobs, we're partnering across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design, digital technology, and support capabilities of our Global Integrated Delivery (GID) teammates.

By joining Jacobs, you'll commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Work as part of the Advanced Mobility Group to deliver a range of transportation planning and engineering projects.
Prepare transportation reports and plans based on project analyses and assessments to support decisions on transportation systems, policies, and standards.
Coordinate and attend project meetings with clients, public officials, engineers, planners, and transportation system users, including presentation development and delivery.
Collect and analyze data, and prepare studies to support decisions on transportation systems, policies, and standards.
Fuse multiple datasets and create dashboards to extract insights and propose recommendations.

Here's what you'll need:

Bachelor's Degree in Urban Planning, Geography, or a related field.
Ability to utilize computer systems as a resource to effectively manage projects.
Excellent technical writing with the ability to develop work plans and document technical discussions.
Must keep current in the planning specialty through continuing education.
Resourceful, curious, and selfdirected.
Experience with GIS
Ability to deal with large datasets and sort through large amounts of data

Ideally, You'll Also Have:

Ability to gain AICP certification within 4 years.
Familiarity with complete streets and bike/ped planning.
Experience working with departments of transportation, planning or transit agencies.
Master's Degree in Urban Planning, Geography or related field.
Ability to create midblock section drawings and other visuals for proposals and projects.
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, missioncritical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cuttingedge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $15 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 60,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector._