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Toole Design Group in Austin TX is looking to hire an experienced and talented fulltime Senior Planner. Are you excited about transforming transportation networks and creating healthy and resilient communities Are you looking for opportunities to collaborate with other planners engineers and urban designers including thought leaders from across North America Are you motivated to sell win and manage large projects Would you like to work for a firm that is committed to the wellbeing of its employees If so please consider joining our Austin team.
This senior planning position earns a competitive salary and great benefits including medical dental vision life insurance disability a health savings account (HSA) and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike walk or use transit for a better quality of life.
About Toole Design
Toole Design is the leading engineering planning and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland we have expanded throughout the United States. Our talented team of planners landscape architects and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people regardless of age ability race or gender. As an Engineering NewsRecord top 500 design firm we have also been named a best firm to work for and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.
Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industryleading experts and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and teamoriented environment.
A Day in the Life of a Senior Planner
As a Senior Planner you develop relationships with clients mentor others and lead exciting and challenging projects throughout Texas while also supporting projects across our North American offices. You lead teams from a variety of disciplines; integrating input from a broad range of stakeholders to create awardwinning plans that build momentum toward positive change in communities and lead directly to implementation.
Our projects are at all different scales from national pedestrian and bicycle planning and design guidance for the Federal Highway Administration to State DOT and City Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plans. We work on multimodal corridor studies Vision Zero Safe Routes to School trails and greenways Complete Streets and Urban Street Design Guidelines and we push ourselves and our clients to proactively think about equity every step of the way.
Work Schedule for a Senior Planner
This fulltime position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week. This position is currently remote in the Austin Texas region with the expectation to eventually work inperson 2 to 3 days per week at an office in Austin. We will provide the necessary equipment and flexibility to work remotely along with other Austinbased team members.
About our Austin office
Austin is one of the most exciting cities for multimodal transportation. Whether its helping to deliver Austins Mobility Bond projects updating the Citys Urban Trails and Sidewalks Plans through ATX Walk Bike Roll designing highcomfort bikeways in Houston or creating Districtlevel Bike Plans for TxDOT Toole Design is helping to shape the future of Texas.
Since 2017 a team of Toole Design engineers and planners have provided fulltime onsite staff augmentation to the City of Austins Transportation Department to deliver Mobility Bond projects. We are creating a new standalone Austin office to complement this team by working on a range of planning and design projects across Texas many of which are already underway. Our vision for our new Austin office is one that is talented multidisciplinary diverse and cohesive.
Ready to Join our Austin Team
We understand your time is valuable so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Senior Planning position please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.
At Toole Design we have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better more inclusive communities. We encourage everyone including those from underrepresented communities women people of color LGBTQIA immigrants firstgeneration college students/graduates those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between to apply. Even if you dont think your current skill set checks every box below but this role seems to align with your strengths we want to hear from you.
Were proud that about half of our managers are women and are committed to achieving diversity in our leadership to better represent the communities where we work as well. Toole Design is a womanowned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).
Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contactingand asking for Human Resources or emailing
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Qualifications of a Senior Planner:
- At least 10 years of transportation planning experience at a consulting firm or public entity with experience in a consulting firm preferred
- A bachelors or masters degree in transportation or urban planning landscape architecture urban design or related field preferred (or additional work experience)
- AICP preferred
- Demonstrated success independently managing projects and maintaining high levels of client satisfaction
- The motivation to win work for a growing office including forming and managing client relationships identifying potential opportunities and developing proposals and interview materials
- Experience planning and conducting public outreach and engagement
- Strong writing skills and experience working as a lead writer for planning documents
- Knowledge of multimodal transportation planning practices and techniques
- A working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel Word and PowerPoint)
- A working knowledge of GIS software (ArcGIS or QGIS) and Adobe Creative Suites Cloud apps (Illustrator and InDesign) is a plus
- Fluency or a working knowledge of the Spanish language is a plus
Youll be great here if:
- You have a strong interest in multimodal transportation planning and design Safe Routes to Schools Complete Streets Vision Zero and transit integration
- You enjoy working on a variety of project types and leading teams towards successful outcomes
- You enjoy producing highquality work products and seeing your projects get built
- You have strong communication skills whether written verbal or graphically
- You can build relationships bring enthusiasm to exciting projects and are detail oriented with strong problemsolving skills
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
