Practice Lead - Engineering & Planning

Toole Design•Portland, OR

14d•$138,000 - $209,500•Hybrid

About The Position

Toole Design is seeking an experienced transportation professional to lead its integrated transportation engineering and multimodal planning practice. This firmwide leadership role combines practice leadership with active project delivery and is based in Portland, Oregon. The Practice Lead will mentor engineers and planners, guide business development and practice planning, shape technical direction, support financial health and growth, and remain actively involved in major projects and client relationships. The role reports to the Engineering Director and collaborates closely with the Design and Planning Directors. The Practice Lead will serve in roles such as Principal-in-Charge, Project Director, Senior Technical Advisor, or Project Manager on major transportation planning and engineering projects. Planning work includes comprehensive and long-range transportation plans, mobility plans, corridor studies, traffic impact and operations analysis, safety analysis, parking and curbside management, transportation demand management, public engagement, policy development, and implementation strategies. Engineering and design work includes multimodal street design, conceptual geometric design, traffic signal design and optimization, signing and pavement marking, maintenance of traffic, rapid-implementation projects, road safety audits, crash analysis, and countermeasure selection. The role calls for strategic leadership, technical excellence, collaboration across disciplines, and a commitment to safer, more equitable, and sustainable transportation systems. Toole Design describes itself as an employee-owned, purpose-driven firm of engineers, planners, landscape architects, and urban designers. The position offers a hybrid schedule with in-office team days Tuesday through Thursday.

Requirements

15+ years of success on transportation engineering and multimodal planning projects of the types described.
Demonstrated success building and leading teams, programs, practices, and projects.
Experience in business development, proposal strategy, and client development.
Strategic thinking about practice direction, work pursuits, and positioning the firm for future opportunities.
Commitment to technical excellence and the ability to serve as a trusted senior voice on complex projects.
Ability to craft and communicate a vision bridging transportation planning and engineering.
Commitment to safer, more equitable, and more sustainable transportation systems.
Demonstrated success leading integrated teams and delivering complex projects.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.
PTOE and/or AICP credentials are a plus.
Candidates may have careers rooted in either transportation engineering or multimodal transportation planning, provided they have demonstrated success leading integrated teams, delivering complex projects, and growing a transportation practice.

Responsibilities

Lead business development and practice business planning in support of annual growth targets, in partnership with regional leadership.
Support the practice's financial health through effective project delivery, workload management, staff development, and quality control.
Collaborate with local, regional, and corporate leadership to advance practice priorities.
Help recruit and advise on hiring decisions to support local and firmwide growth goals.
Advance training, innovation, and quality control, and mentor staff through project work.
Support marketing and increase the practice's local and national visibility.
Guide subject matter resource groups supporting practice delivery, including traffic engineering, multimodal planning, transportation design, and related specialties.
Serve as Principal-in-Charge, Project Director, Senior Technical Advisor, or Project Manager on major transportation planning and engineering efforts.
Lead transportation planning projects involving plans, mobility studies, corridor studies, traffic and safety analysis, parking and curbside management, transportation demand management, engagement, policy, and implementation strategies.
Lead transportation engineering and design projects involving multimodal streets, conceptual geometric design, traffic signals, signing, pavement marking, maintenance of traffic, rapid implementation, safety audits, crash analysis, and countermeasure selection.
Build and lead teams, programs, practices, and projects while developing the next generation of engineers and planners.
Maintain client relationships and contribute to the firm's technical direction and practice growth.