Senior Transportation Planner
About The Position
AtkinsRéalis seeks a Senior Transportation Planner or Engineer in Denver, Colorado, to help expand its transportation planning expertise. The role supports high-profile projects for local municipalities, state DOTs, and federal clients in Colorado and nationally. The successful candidate leads technical elements of transportation planning and traffic engineering studies, including program support, corridor and safety studies, operational analyses, and large-scale transportation system analyses. The position shapes study approaches, coordinates technical work across multidisciplinary teams, and supports planning, environmental, and transportation investment decisions. Depending on project needs, the candidate may serve as a technical lead, task lead, deputy project manager, or project manager. The role involves conducting or overseeing complex transportation analyses and translating findings into clear, actionable recommendations for clients, agencies, stakeholders, and project teams. The candidate will support analyses of transportation system performance, traffic operations, travel demand, multimodal mobility, safety, and future transportation needs. Traffic microsimulation experience is desired, including knowledge of modeling methodologies, assumptions, calibration, validation, and interpretation. TransModeler experience is preferred; expertise with comparable platforms such as VISSIM or Aimsun is also considered. Familiarity with FHWA processes, alternatives analysis, and transportation studies supporting NEPA documentation is preferred but not required. The role may also involve mentoring junior staff, project management, proposal development, business development, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, or a related field.
- At least 8 years of experience in transportation planning, traffic engineering, transportation modeling, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience leading or supporting FHWA and NEPA transportation studies requiring system-level transportation analyses, traffic forecasting, alternatives evaluations, and transportation modeling.
- Experience developing, reviewing, or managing traffic microsimulation and transportation modeling efforts, including interpreting and communicating technical findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong technical writing, presentation, and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
- Demonstrated success applying transportation planning, modeling, operations, and safety analysis techniques across diverse projects.
- Strong organizational, communication, time-management, and budget-management skills.
- Ability to manage and contribute to multiple projects and technical tasks concurrently.
Nice To Haves
- Professional registration in the field of practice, such as P.E. or AICP.
- PTOE and/or RSP certification.
- Experience with TransModeler; demonstrated expertise in comparable microsimulation platforms such as VISSIM or Aimsun is also considered.
- Familiarity with FHWA processes, alternatives analysis, and transportation studies supporting NEPA documentation.
- Experience with traffic analysis software such as Synchro, HCS, IHSDM, or other analysis tools.
- Experience with regional travel demand modeling tools such as TransCAD, or ability to interpret and apply travel demand model results.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a technical lead, deputy project manager, or project manager for transportation planning, traffic engineering, and transportation systems analysis projects.
- Lead or oversee complex transportation analyses, including traffic microsimulation, traffic operations evaluations, transportation system performance assessments, alternatives analyses, and corridor studies.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior staff developing models, conducting analyses, and preparing technical documentation.
- Develop, review, and refine analytical methodologies, assumptions, and documentation to ensure technical rigor and consistency across projects.
- Interpret and synthesize complex technical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for clients, agencies, stakeholders, and project teams.
- Support corridor studies, transportation planning studies, safety assessments, multimodal analyses, and environmental documentation efforts.
- Provide quality assurance and quality control reviews for technical analyses, modeling efforts, and project deliverables.
- Participate in or lead client meetings, technical workshops, and stakeholder discussions, and serve as a trusted advisor on technical transportation issues.
- Assist with or lead proposal development, scope preparation, fee estimating, and business development activities.
- Mentor junior staff and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across transportation planning and engineering projects.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Company-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Employer-matched 401(k) with 100% vesting.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Paid Time Off.
- Leave of absence options.
- Flexible work options.
- Recognition and employee satisfaction programs.
- Employee assistance program.
- Voluntary benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
