Transportation Planner

Join TKDA's Planning Services team and elevate your career in transportation planning. With us, you'll tackle meaningful projects, collaborate with industry experts, and find ample opportunities for professional growth and development.   As a Transportation Planner, you will lead projects, mentor graduate planners, and collaborate with expert professionals on a variety of small to large-scale projects. You will become engaged in all aspects of the planning and design process, including community / stakeholder engagement, planning documentation, and program management through to construction administration. We offer an energizing work environment where our focus is to further advance and diversify our planning and community engagement services.   We take a “Seller-Doer” approach to business development. You will work closely with senior leaders throughout the Surface Transportation division to elevate our services and strengthen our reputation by shaping marketing strategies, nurturing relationships with clients and agency partners, identifying and tracking business opportunities, developing compelling proposals, and delivering impactful presentations and projects.    Hybrid Work Environment: Tuesday - Thursday In-Office | Monday & Friday WFH

Job Responsibilities

• Develop schematic designs, corridor studies, and transportation plans
• Lead all aspects of project management (planning, coordinating, and monitoring) for assigned projects
• Apply effective written and verbal communication skills when preparing technical reports and documentation, participating in project team meetings, and interacting with community members and clients; ability to scale and present technical information to small and large audiences
• Engage with a diverse audience of stakeholders and community groups through meetings, workshops, and open houses
• Manage online engagement forums and focus groups
• Develop communication and marketing materials and other graphics for a diverse group of clients
• Market and showcasing planning services and capabilities to current and prospective clients; contribute to establishing and cultivating relationships within the planning community to create opportunities to partner on larger projects
• Travel throughout the Milwaukee metro area to attend project meetings, conduct on-site assessments, and facilitate community engagement meetings/events; ability/flexibility to attend occasional evening and/or weekend meetings and travel overnight

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree transportation planning, urban planning, civil engineering, landscape architecture or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant planning experience
• 1 year prior project management experience (i.e. designing and implementing complex projects or initiatives from beginning to completion)