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    Planning Associate I - Boca Raton, United States - Alta Planning + Design

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    Job Description Description Alta Planning + Design seeks a

    Planning Associate

    for our

    Boca Raton, FL

    office.

    This senior-level position is a great opportunity for someone who believes in the importance of active, multimodal, and sustainable transportation and who is interested in growing their career as a transportation planner professional.

    If you are looking to join an innovative organization and do work that connects people to places while advancing social justice, safety, and environmental resilience, apply with Alta today

    About Alta

    Alta Planning + Design is an active transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and

    education/encouragement

    programs.

    Alta was founded in 1996 when cities and communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling as the non-motorized transportation movement developed into a profession in the United States.

    We pioneered the field of active transportation, evolving our planning and design work into a visionary global practice that empowers people to live active, healthy lives and getting them to where they need to go.


    Our core values and work bring about positive change by creating places that are geared toward moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs and human experience, and empowering every person to live an active healthy life.

    As a global leader in mobility innovation for over 24 years with 175 people on staff, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience.

    Day to Day In this role, you'll have the opportunity to lead and directly influence a wide variety of active, multimodal, and sustainable transportation projects including on-street designs, trail planning and design, planning reports, and sustainable transportation best practices.

    You will engage residents, attend site visits and charettes, identify and communicate design opportunities and trade-offs, lead the assembly of design reports, and work closely with design guidelines and complete street projects.

    You will have the opportunity to work with and learn from an interdisciplinary team of dedicated professionals from across the company who have pioneered active transportation in the US, and have contributed to national best practices around facility design.


    An understanding and knowledge of Alta, its culture and services, the ability to collaborate across discipline boundaries and deliver solutions that meet client expectations in a cost-effective manner are required in order to successfully meet the requirements of this position.

    The essential priorities of this exempt, salaried position are to:

    Nurture and grow client and industry partner relationships and secure work in support of Alta's growth goals.

    Enhance Alta's reputation as a trusted advisor and expert by educating clients and other relevant parties and supporting solutions that will meet their business objectives.

    Appropriately manage large, complex projects in a budget-conscious and time-sensitive manner.
    Manage potentially large groups of staff.

    Qualifications

    Required

    Bachelor's degree in Planning or a related field of study.
    6+ years of experience in a consulting environment or public entity; 3+ years as a project manager; 3+ years managing staff
    Experience in the field of active, non-motorized transportation.
    Demonstrated understanding of the planning process and a general understanding of project management principles, methods and techniques.
    Ability to guide staff members and manage internal team expectations.
    Exhibits strong initiative and ability to capitalize on opportunities to enhance Alta's position in the marketplace.
    Ability to manage competing priorities, and multiple simultaneous projects involving cross-functional project teams within budgetary and schedule constraints.
    Strong initiative and the ability to work independently with little or no supervision.
    Ability and willingness to travel.
    Excellent professional ethics, leadership skills, accountability, and decision-making capabilities.
    Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication and analytic skills.
    Good presentation skills.
    Proficient in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Arc GIS, or similar products and Google Workspace Apps.
    Proficiency in an enterprise-wide resource planning and project management tool.
    Preferred

    Master's Degree in Urban Planning or similar field
    Expertise and experience in the field of New Mobility
    Experience managing large projects for both private and public clients.

    Experience writing and/or presenting white papers and/or providing expert level presentations at conferences and other events promoting the field of sustainable infrastructure and active, non-motorized transportation.

    Experience using Deltek Vision.
    Experience using Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst.
    Active participation in industry-relevant professional associations and committees.
    AICP Certification.

    What We Offer

    Flexible Schedule
    Alta offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule where most employees work from home three days per week. In-office days support our collaborative culture, one of our core values. Our Florida main office is located in Mizner Park,

    Boca Raton ; in the heart of Downtown and only a block from the Brightline Station.

    This allows us to access our clients in South Florida via train, and in Central Florida as well very soon.

    This is in addition to having several shared workspace locations in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach.


    Our office strongly believes in a flexible culture that understands that beyond employees, we are people who may be parents, have hobbies, or need a hybrid schedule to mitigate long commutes.

    Our passion drives our dedication and commitment to do what we do.
    Compensation
    The pay range for this job in

    Boca Raton, FL

    is

    $74,700–$95,4500

    annually. Placement within the range is based upon experience, skill-sets, and qualifications.

    Benefits
    Alta offers comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees:


    Medical:
    PPO or HSA medical plans, Alta pays 75% of the cost.

    Dental/Vision:
    PPO, Alta pays 90% of the cost.

    Life Insurance:
    Alta pays 100% of the premium for life and AD&D, equal to your base compensation.

    401k:

    Alta provides a safe harbor match up to 4%.


    PTO:
    21 days accrued annually to start.

    Holidays:

    11 total company paid holidays
    Parental Leave/Short-Term Disability

    Additional benefits:


    Wellness reimbursement up to $800 annually, Alta Gets Around benefit of up to $900 annually, 5-year travel award, and professional development opportunities.

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