People and Freight Transportation Planner Entry Level

Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP•Tampa, FL

21h•$70,000 - $125,000

About The Position

Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP (WRA) is seeking an entry-level transportation planning professional to support transportation planning, freight mobility, travel demand modeling, traffic operations, emerging technologies, and advanced analytics projects. The role contributes to data-driven planning and engineering work across multimodal transportation systems for people and goods in urban, suburban, and rural environments. Project work may span statewide, regional, corridor, port, airport, rail, intermodal, and last-mile freight studies, as well as analysis of street, highway, air, rail, seaport, and emerging modes such as drone delivery. The position may involve processing connected-vehicle, probe, and other large transportation datasets; developing decision-support tools; conducting statistical analyses; and supporting freight, transportation modeling, and intelligent transportation systems planning initiatives. The planner will work with multidisciplinary teams and contribute technical analyses, plans, visualizations, GIS products, reports, and presentations for clients and stakeholders. The position requires a relevant master's degree and 0–4 years of experience. WRA offers a flexible work schedule and a benefits package for full-time employees. The expected compensation range is $70,000–$125,000, with actual compensation dependent on factors such as qualifications, location, and experience. Applicants must be authorized to work full-time in the United States without current or future employment-based visa sponsorship.

Requirements

Master's degree in Urban Planning, Economics, Geography, Civil or Transportation Engineering, or a related field.
0–4 years of relevant experience.
Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills.
Familiarity with programming or scripting languages such as Python or R for data processing and analytics.
Coursework or experience planning for and evaluating multimodal transportation systems for people and freight, including street, highway, rail, port, airport, pipeline, and intermodal freight operations.
Coursework or experience applying transportation planning, traffic engineering, and travel demand modeling principles.
Ability to communicate technical information effectively, verbally and in writing.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
Ability to manage multiple assignments and meet project deadlines.
Currently authorized to work in the United States full-time without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

General understanding of freight transportation planning, logistics, and supply chain principles.
Practical experience with VISUM and VISSIM.
General understanding of travel demand modeling and transportation forecasting principles.
Familiarity with multimodal transportation data sources such as RITIS, INRIX, StreetLight, HERE, FAF, TRANSEARCH, ATRI, Geotab, the BTS Freight Analysis Framework, port and rail datasets, and Census freight-related data.
Experience processing, integrating, and analyzing large transportation datasets using statistical and data analytics techniques.
Knowledge of statistical analysis and data visualization methods.
Familiarity with freight demand forecasting, origin-destination analysis, commodity flow analysis, and freight performance measurement.
Understanding of network optimization concepts related to freight transportation, logistics, routing, distribution, and supply chain analysis.
Working knowledge of GIS software such as ArcGIS Pro or QGIS and spatial analysis.
Familiarity with SQL and database management.
Openness to learning and applying emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced analytics to freight planning and transportation decision-making.

Responsibilities

Support transportation systems management and operations, advanced technology, traffic operations, transportation planning, and freight mobility projects using tools and methods such as travel demand modeling, traffic operations modeling, systems engineering, stakeholder engagement, and advanced data analytics.
Conduct freight transportation planning studies supporting multimodal transportation, freight mobility, supply chain, and logistics planning.
Analyze multimodal mobility data to identify trends, bottlenecks, and opportunities to improve system performance.
Develop traffic forecasts, origin-destination analyses, commodity flow assessments, truck parking evaluations, and transportation network performance measures.
Support freight modeling and analytics, including logistics optimization, network analysis, and scenario evaluation.
Assist in preparing technical reports, public-facing transportation plans, data visualizations, GIS products, and client and stakeholder presentations.
Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver freight planning, transportation planning, travel demand modeling, traffic operations, and mobility projects.
Process and integrate large multimodal datasets, develop decision-support tools, conduct statistical analyses, and support freight, transportation modeling, and ITS planning initiatives.