- Senior
- Escritório em Juneau
Why DOWL?
DOWL is a top-ranked, multi-disciplined consulting firm with over 60 years of experience in civil engineering and related services. Our in-house expertise spans Civil and Land Development, Construction-Related Services, Transportation and Structures, and Water and Environmental Services. At DOWL, you’re valued. We support your growth, offer great benefits, and foster a culture of integrity, professionalism, and teamwork.
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 Senior Transportation Planner 2 provides complex planning services including preparing transportation system plans, modal plans, long-range plans, transportation studies, transportation planning work programs, and other transportation-related planning documents. Duties including conducting 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, mentor others with less experience, and have excellent organizational and communication skills. A Senior Transportation Planner 2 should demonstrate excellent 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 Senior Transportation Planner 2 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 primarily works autonomously and without oversight.
Job Responsibilities and Duties
To be successful in this position, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Software
- Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) - Advanced
- Market Sector Software (may include ArcGIS, TransCAD, Synchro, Vissim, Power BI, etc., dependent on position and other relevant skills and experience) - Proficient
Technical Expertise
- Advanced understanding of technical fundamentals
- Demonstrates expertise to others within and beyond market sector
- Provides unique solutions to complex technical challenges
- Leads internal mentoring
- Performs quality control of complex deliverables
Team player and team leader with the ability to follow on large or complex projects. Provides clear communication and direction, sets expectations, and takes responsibility for results of the team.
Leads the production of and provides quality control for the following:
- Transportation system analyses
- Transportation planning reports
- Policy papers
- Meeting agendas and minutes
- Public involvement and communication materials associated with transportation planning projects
Strong understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets. Able to predict and deliver individual tasks within a set level of effort. Develops budgets and schedules for complex tasks and projects. Breaks down complex projects into logical tasks. Able to consistently meet budget and schedule expectations on projects. Able to prioritize multiple assignments to successfully deliver all assigned projects on time and on budget. Mentors others on above.
- Expertly interprets, selects, and employs transportation planning documents programs, codes, and state and federal regulations
- Actively mentors others on interpretation of transportation planning documents programs, codes, and state and federal regulations and interpretation
- Understands associated limitations of transportation planning documents programs, codes, and state and federal regulations and interpretation
Client Interaction
Frequent direct communications with clients on large/complex projects. Leads technical client project meetings. Understands appropriate messaging and legal risks. Participates in project interviews.
Other
Other duties as assigned.
Level of Work/Accountability
Primarily performs advanced technical tasks on complex, demanding projects for the market sector. Operates with a high level of autonomy. Reviews the work of others. Mentors others with less experience. May provide some project management services.
Supervisory Duties
May be a supervisor:
- Oversees team operations and the daily workflow of the team
- Organizes workflow and ensures that employees understand their duties or delegated tasks
- Recruits and hires new employees
- Implements training for new hires and identifies training opportunities for current staff
- Communicates information from leadership to employees and vice versa
- Monitors employee productivity and provides constructive feedback and coaching
- Sets goals for performance and deadlines in ways that comply with company’s plans and vision and communicates them to employees
- Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations
- Decides on reward and promotion based on performance
- Handles discipline and termination of employees as needed and in accordance with company policy
Education and/or Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in transportation planning, land use planning, civil engineering, communications, or associated field required
- Years of experience required: 10 years
- Years of experience required with advanced degree: 9 years
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- PTP and/or AICP preferred
- Must have a valid driver’s license and a good driving record
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands. The employee 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.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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