Transportation Planner

Stantec•Nashville, TN

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

Stantec is seeking an experienced Transportation Planner with a traffic and safety focus to join our growing Tennessee transportation team. This position may be based in our Nashville or Chattanooga, Tennessee offices. We seek a team player who desires a highly collaborative work environment, has excellent client and communication skills, and strong design capabilities. We seek a candidate with expertise in transportation planning and engineering studies, including expressways, corridors and intersection studies, traffic forecasting, operational analysis, and safety analysis. The ideal candidate will have both a passion for improving the safety of transportation facilities and optimizing the flow of traffic. Opportunities for advancement include leadership and/or project management courses, business development involvement, and delegation of responsibilities to traffic engineering staff. The Transportation Planner will work independently on smaller projects, and as a team member of a larger project under the guidance of transportation sector leadership, which includes the leaders of our Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning (TPTE) and Roadway Design groups. You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of transportation projects including Safe Streets for All studies, transportation planning studies, traffic engineering studies, and highway/corridor/intersection improvement projects from conceptual through final design.

Requirements

Ability to work independently and develop task deliverables in a complete and reviewable manner.
Experience working with public agencies, including TDOT, municipalities, counties, and MPOs.
Confidence in public speaking before audiences of laypersons, stakeholders, teaming partners, and owners.
Experience in working on a variety of projects, including traffic analysis and microsimulation, expressway and interchange studies, multimodal corridor studies, intersection studies, traffic calming studies, safety studies, transportation demand management plans, transportation impact studies, bicycle and pedestrian facility planning, and local/regional transportation plans.
Familiarity with guidelines within the MUTCD to make signing and striping recommendations.
Strong task and project management skills such as understanding of task assignment, schedule, budgeting, and efficient use of time and resources.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning or related field.
Certification as a planner (AICP) by the American Planning Association.
10+ years of relevant traffic planning experience.
Proficiency is expected with software programs including some or all of the following: CUBE/Voyager, TransCAD, VISUM, ArcGIS, Python, AASHTOWare Safety, IHSDM, HSM worksheets, CAP-X, and TDOT’s IIE Tool.
Will primarily work in an office setting; may require some field work.

Nice To Haves

Experience with CAD software such as Bentley’s Microstation and OpenRoads Designer and Autodesk’s AutoCAD and Civil3D is a plus

Responsibilities

Support delivery of key client contracts including Nashville DOT Engineering On-Call, TDOT Data Management On-Call, TDOT Traffic Signal and Roadway Lighting On-Call, and TDOT Transportation Planning On-Call.
Perform safety-related services, such as compilation of existing crash data, multidisciplinary field reviews, review of crash data to determine potential causes, recommendation of crash countermeasures, use of Highway Safety Manual methodologies, and economic benefit-cost analyses of such safety improvements.
Conduct multi-modal transportation analyses, including traffic, bike/ped, and freight, using Complete Streets practices for our most vulnerable road users.
Work with a variety of analysis software programs effectively, including some or all of the following: CUBE/Voyager, TransCAD, VISUM, ArcGIS, Python, AASHTOWare Safety, IHSDM, HSM worksheets, CAP-X, and TDOT’s IIE Tool.
Work with a suite of Microsoft products including the following: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams, and Project Professional
Convert results and measures of effectiveness from such software to make timely and informed recommendations to clients, elected officials, and stakeholders.
Interact directly with state and local government clients and review agencies at project meetings and ensure that all client project designs satisfy engineering standards and exceed client expectations.
Work with multi-disciplinary teams on tasks such as regional transportation planning studies, traffic calming studies, traffic impact studies, road safety audits, transit station facility design, surface/garage parking lot design, transportation management plans, intersection design, signal design, roadway design, signing and pavement marking plans, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Transportation Systems Management & Operations (TSM&O), site plan design, construction staging plans, and traffic and signal operation analysis.
Prepare written technical reports to document the results of engineering/planning studies and surveys, including Traffic Impact Statements.
Build and maintain relationships with key clients and review agencies both through project involvement and professional organization involvement, such as TAPA and TSITE events.