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Transportation Planner

IBI Group

Transportation Planner

San Diego, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    IBI Group's Intelligence practice works on unique and leading-edge transit and other transportation technology projects for agencies across North America. We are looking for great people with a keen interest in public transportation to join our transit technology, transportation planning, and intelligent transportation system teams to assist transit agencies across North America.

    DUE TO COVID-19 WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A REMOTE WORK FROM HOME MODEL. WHEN THE RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED,  YOU WILL NEED TO BE LOCAL TO EITHER OUR SAN DIEGO, CA  OR SEATTLE, WA OFFICES.

    Examples of the types of projects that we typically work on may include concept development for transit-oriented hubs and corridors, strategic planning and operations for transit agencies, technology planning and design for border crossings, bus rapid transit planning, and smart cities and communities planning.

     MOST OF THE THINGS YOU’LL WORK ON:

    • Proactively support public agency clients in the planning, design, and implementation of strategies and concepts for various types of transportation and transit-related projects. This will include working with colleagues and agency staff to understand their needs, and helping to translate those into requirements, plans and documents to help the agency plan, design, and implement new plans, policies, and systems

    • Coordinating project activities, taking responsibility for tasks and deliverables, working with colleagues and subject matter experts from across the firm to come up with creative ideas and solutions, and preparing the materials and deliverables required for the project

    • Prepare project deliverables such as technical memos, reports, and cost estimates

    • Help with proposal preparation to pursue new work

    • Work with colleagues both within our group and with other planning, engineering and architecture professionals to determine how to integrate technologies with the environment around us

    • May travel 5-10% of time to project locations for client-facing assignments

  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    YOU'LL NEED TO HAVE:

    • EXPERIENCE OF 1-5 YEARS WITH TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS OR THE PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF TECHNOLOGY
    • Interest in emerging transportation mobility concepts such as shared mobility and the evolving alignment of technology, user needs and mobility.
    • Bachelor’s or Masters’ degree in Transportation, Transportation Engineering, Systems Engineering, Civil Engineering, City Planning, Urban Planning, Computer Science / Engineering, Mathematics, or a similar field.
    • Problem solving skills and a practical thinker
    • Strong organizational skills and self-motivated
    • Very strong written and verbal communication skills
    • Enthusiasm and passion for doing great work and furthering the future of mobility
    • Adept to learning new software's and systems
    • A portfolio with samples of your work, undergrad projects and a writing sample

    Additional Information

    Due to COVID-19 we are currently in a remote work from home model. When the restrictions are lifted  to return to the office, you will need to be local to either our SAN DIEGO, CA  or SEATTLE, WA OFFICES. 

    Our client base is broad and located across the US. A hallmark of our work is that we have gained the long-term trust of our agency partners, maintaining long term relationships and being able to respond to their needs. Some of our clients include: SANDAG, NCTD, Caltrans, San Francisco MTC, Las Vegas RTC, LA Metro, Portland TriMet, King County Metro, Boston MBTA, Westchester County Beeline, Washington Metro, Tampa HART, Chicago RTA, Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC), VDOT, MassDOT, MDOT, DelDOT and others.

    IBI Group is pleased to provide a competitive benefit package and pays association dues and licensing fees.

    As part of IBI Group's selection process, candidates may be requested to consent to background checks relevant to the role under consideration for, prior to receiving a job offer (as applicable under state law). These could include: work references, education and credential confirmation and employment verification.

    We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. IBI Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability.