Transportation Planner 3

DOWL • Vancouver, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Transportation Planning and Design Join our dynamic team of transportation planners and designers dedicated to creating innovative, practical solutions that improve safety, connectivity, and accessibility. Collaborating closely with our traffic engineers, you'll help develop and implement roadway improvements that solve immediate traffic challenges while supporting long-term community goals. If you're passionate about shaping smarter, safer transportation systems, we'd love you to be a part of our team! Summary The Transportation Planner 3 provides planning services including preparing transportation system plans, modal plans, long-range plans, transportation studies, transportation planning work programs, and other transportation-related planning documents as assigned. Duties include assisting with research, data analysis, technical writing and plan development, leading public meetings and outreach, preparing presentation materials and graphics, agency and stakeholder coordination, and other duties as assigned. The person in this position is expected to exercise a strong work ethic, desire to learn new skills, and have great organizational and communication skills. A Transportation Planner 3 should demonstrate proficiency in and assist with managing transportation planning concepts, apply functions including land use and transportation relationships, short-range and long-range planning, transportation system planning and analyses and evaluation, transportation public policy, traffic engineering, environmental analysis, public involvement and communications, land use planning and community development. A Transportation Planner 3 exercises discretion and judgement in all work tasks. This person is expected to work well with others, absorb and apply constructive criticism, and seek input and guidance from more experienced members of the team as necessary. This position will with limited guidance from a more experienced Transportation Planner.

Requirements

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Developing Technical Expertise in Market Sector Software (may include ArcGIS, TransCAD, Synchro, Vissim, Power BI, etc., dependent on position and other relevant skills and experience).
• Intermediate understanding of technical fundamentals.
• Team player, able to follow on large, complex projects and lead a small team on simple tasks.
• Anticipate the needs of other technical disciplines and takes responsibility for their results.
• Strong understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets.
• Able to predict and deliver individual tasks within a set level of effort.
• Able to consistently meet budget and schedule expectations on projects.
• Demonstrate strong familiarity with transportation planning documents, programs, codes, and state and federal regulations: Transportation and land use plans, policies, and programs; Transportation funding and program delivery mechanisms, plans, policies, and opportunities; Transportation system analyses; Transportation resiliency analyses; Population, economic, and demographic forecasts as they relate to transportation; Public and agency involvement plans and communication strategies; Transportation planning regulations, programs, and guidance documents.
• Bachelor's Degree in transportation planning, land use planning, civil engineering, communications, or associated field required.
• 4 years of experience required.
• 3 years of experience required with advanced degree.
• Driving is an essential job function or a valid driver’s license is required to support legitimate business purposes.
• Regularly required to sit.
• Required to talk and hear.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Nice To Haves

• Desire to learn new skills.
• Great organizational and communication skills.
• Demonstrate proficiency in and assist with managing transportation planning concepts, apply functions including land use and transportation relationships, short-range and long-range planning, transportation system planning and analyses and evaluation, transportation public policy, traffic engineering, environmental analysis, public involvement and communications, land use planning and community development.
• Exercise discretion and judgement in all work tasks.
• Work well with others, absorb and apply constructive criticism, and seek input and guidance from more experienced members of the team as necessary.
• Work with limited guidance from a more experienced Transportation Planner.

Responsibilities

• Preparing transportation system plans, modal plans, long-range plans, transportation studies, transportation planning work programs, and other transportation-related planning documents as assigned.
• Assisting with research, data analysis, technical writing and plan development.
• Leading public meetings and outreach.
• Preparing presentation materials and graphics.
• Agency and stakeholder coordination.
• Performing moderately complex tasks independently.
• Leading technical effort on small projects.
• Performing quality control of basic deliverables.
• Producing transportation system analyses, transportation planning reports, policy papers, meeting agendas and minutes, and public involvement and communication materials associated with transportation planning projects independently, or with very limited oversight.
• Demonstrating strong familiarity with transportation planning documents, programs, codes, and state and federal regulations.
• Frequent client communications.
• Resolving issues on small projects.
• Attending client meetings.
• Consistently using situationally appropriate communication tools (e.g., email versus phone versus in-person).
• Performing moderate to advanced levels of technical work on larger and more complex projects as assigned by the market sector.
• Assisting with some project management tasks.

Benefits

• High-Deductible Health Plan with a Health Savings Account (HSA) (including employer contribution).
• Flexible spending account.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Dependent care account.
• Employee assistance program.
• 401(k) plan with discretionary employer contributions for matching.
• Profit sharing.
• Student debt repayment.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

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