Principal Planner

Toole Design • Silver Spring, MD

16h • Hybrid

About The Position

Design streets and public spaces that connect people. At Toole Design, our multidisciplinary teams are creating safer and more accessible streets, trails, parks, civic spaces, and mobility networks. We're looking for a Principal Planner to join our team in Silver Spring, MD. Our Silver Spring office is truly interdisciplinary: urban designers, landscape architects, planners, and engineers work side by side to tackle issues from multiple perspectives. Our projects focus on improving safety, livability, and accessibility for people walking, biking, and taking transit. We work on projects across the design spectrum, from high-level systemwide planning and visioning to final engineering designs. Our planning team's diverse portfolio includes Vision Zero Action Plans, Active Transportation Plans, Trail Planning, Safe Routes to School projects, Urban Design and Placemaking projects, and supporting multiple transportation planning and design on-call contracts for area jurisdictions. We regularly collaborate on projects with our offices and colleagues in the Mid-Atlantic and across the country.

Requirements

• Master's degree in urban planning, transportation planning or a related field; AICP preferred
• 15+ years of transportation planning experience in the Mid-Atlantic, ideally the DMV region
• 6+ years at a private consulting firm managing and delivering public-sector projects and business development
• 4+ years of supervisory experience, including staff management, coaching, and professional development
• Extensive knowledge of multimodal transportation planning practices
• Proven track record managing complex projects (clients, subconsultants, schedules, budgets) delivered on-time and on-budget
• Experience winning work: client relationships, business development, proposals, and interviews
• Excellent written, verbal, and public speaking skills

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams on complex and impactful multimodal transportation projects, providing strategic oversight and ensuring the delivery of high-quality work.
• Reinforce our firm's reputation as trusted experts.
• Engage with a broad range of stakeholders to create impactful plans that build momentum towards positive change in communities.
• Supervise and mentor planners in the Silver Spring office.
• Manage workload and staff utilization.
• Help recruit for our growing planning team.

Benefits

• A collaborative, inclusive culture that supports your growth and advancement
• Hybrid schedule with in-office team days (Tuesday–Thursday)
• 8 paid holidays
• at least 16 days of PTO accrued annually
• Competitive salary
• excellent benefits
• transportation perks
• Projects that truly improve lives through safe, inclusive design rooted in ethics, empathy, and equity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal