Planning Manager - Seattle, United States - Toole Design

Description

Job Description

Toole Design Group in Seattle, WA is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Planning Manager. Do you have a strong planning background with a successful track record of project management for multimodal transportation planning projects? Do you feel passionate about providing safe, comfortable, and connected options to help people of all ages and abilities get where they need to go? Would you like to lead a team in advancing cutting-edge transportation projects that center social and environmental equity, implementing Vision Zero principles, and improving quality of life? Do you love mentoring other planners and bringing out the best in them? If so, please consider joining our Seattle Planning team.

This Planning Manager position earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), a flexible spending account (FSA), and PTO starting at 22 days. We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading planning, engineering, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States and Canada. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race, or gender. We have been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

A Day in the Life of a Planning Manager

As a Planning Manager, you will lead a team of local planners delivering multimodal transportation plans and projects at all scales for cities, counties, MPOs, and state DOTs. You will manage and mentor staff: coordinating workloads, supporting team morale, professional development, and ensuring high-caliber work products. You will tap into your technical expertise in multimodal planning to troubleshoot and coach team members on client and project management challenges. As a project manager yourself, you will also lead and support multimodal transportation projects throughout Washington state and beyond. You will partner with staff from a variety of disciplines: integrating input from a broad range of stakeholders to create award-winning plans and programs that build momentum toward positive change in communities.

Our projects are at all different scales, from national pedestrian and bicycle research and design guidance for the Federal Highway Administration to plans and studies for states, cities, and counties. We work on multimodal corridor studies, Vision Zero projects, active transportation plans, new mobility and curbside management, trails and greenways, Complete Streets, design guidelines, and more. We ensure that we and our clients proactively think about equity every step of the way. You'll recruit staff in consultation with Directors and senior leadership and will help establish and maintain company culture that creates a desirable and inclusive place to work. You'll also lead and support proposals, business development initiatives, and strategy/negotiations, while keeping abreast of new methods, developments, and opportunities that emerge in the industry.

We are targeting a salary range of $110,000 to $135,000 for this position. Candidates with more years of experience or extra qualifications may fall into a different salary range.

Qualifications of a Planning Manager:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in urban planning, landscape architecture, urban design, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience
• 2+ years of consulting experience
• 5+ years of project management experience, including success managing larger ($200K or more) complex transportation projects; overseeing parallel tracks of work by staff teams, consultants, and subconsultants; maintaining high levels of client satisfaction on challenging projects; and managing schedules and budgets
• Experience or interest in supervising a team including involvement in hiring, personnel matters, performance reviews, and staff mentorship
• Experience delivering community transportation plans, corridor studies, safety studies, or other types of multimodal transportation projects
• The drive to identify and pursue business development opportunities for a growing office
• A willingness to develop new techniques, lead projects in new practice areas, or oversee the use of new tools
• The ability to facilitate training for other employees, clients, agency staff, and professional organizations

You'll be great here if:

• You have strong leadership skills and enjoy supervising planners who are passionate about and great at what they do
• You enjoy and excel at mentoring and coaching staff toward shared goals
• You are internally motivated by a mission-driven approach to safe, sustainable, and equitable transportation planning
• You enjoy producing high-quality work products and seeing your projects get implemented
• You have strong communication skills, whether written, verbal, or through graphics
• You can build relationships, bring inspiration and enthusiasm to projects, and are detail oriented with strong problem-solving skills

Work Schedule for a Planning Manager:

This position typically works a flexible full-time schedule. We also provide employees with the flexibility and necessary equipment to work from home 2-3 days per week. The Seattle office of Toole Design is conveniently located in the heart of Seattle's Business District blocks from the Pike Place Market, Seattle Art Museum, Central Public Library, and Waterfront. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit or ferry. RapidRide lines C, D and E stop right in front, and multiple Sound Transit light rail and Sounder Commuter rail lines are a short walk to the office. Bike lanes are close by on 2nd and 4th avenues.

Ready to Join our Seattle Planning Team? We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Planning Manager position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page. This position will be posted until it is filled.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those who identify as women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, individuals with disabilities, and people at all the intersections in between these and other underrepresented groups to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We're proud that about half of our managers are women and we are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting and asking for Human Resources or emailing

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