Senior Transportation Planner V

3 weeks ago


Boston Massachusetts, United States AECOM Full time
Job Description

AECOM Transportation in New England is actively seeking an experienced Senior Transportation Planner for immediate employment for our New England team based out of our Boston, MA office.  Imagine working on rewarding transit projects throughout New England and nationally, within a growing multimodal transportation planning team. Be a leader on some of the best and most challenging transit/multimodal projects regionally, with opportunities to work on projects nationally.

The selected candidate can look forward to managing or leading tasks on projects such as multimodal corridor studies, complete street projects, active transportation projects, transportation safety projects, comprehensive operations and service planning studies, feasibility studies, innovative transit alternatives, e.g. micro-transit and shared-ride partnerships, automated vehicles and green energy alternatives, transportation decarbonization studies, bus rapid transit studies and strategic plans, rural transit projects, transit consolidation studies, grant writing, Title VI projects, and transit policy and research projects.

At the Planner V level, the candidate is expected to have project management experience. He/she possesses technical excellence in a specialty area that is critical to the success of the firm. He/she will source and follow up on business development leads. He/she will supervise the work of others and coach planners with less experience. Financial and project management goals are defined by the organization annually. He/she is actively sought out by clients for his/her expertise and has a strong professional network.  

The appropriately qualified applicant will also possess a flair for creative/innovative ideas and strong industry knowledge demonstrated throughout their 8 or more years of experience in the transit industry. A passion for transportation/transit planning and management with a mindset of continuous learning is essential.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

Project management, task leader, or key planning role on small scale to large scale transit and multimodal transportation projects

Lead/oversee a group of professionals with responsibility for team development and success

Support development of sustainable mobility projects, including long range transportation plans, innovative approaches to developing transportation alternatives for the future

Work with New England offices to support and help develop transportation planning practice throughout the region

Support climate change related planning projects and initiatives throughout the region

Support AECOM’s national multimodal transportation and electrification groups

Analyze planning projects related to transportation including land use policies, impact of projects and long-range planning needs

Define regional and local transportation planning problems and priorities

Prepare reports, recommendations, assessments and impact statements

Collaborate with land use planners, zoning professionals, economists and travel demand modelers to research, analyze, or resolve complex transportation, rail and transit design issues

Review and assist in designing public information surveys (online and intercept type) to identify areas of public concern

Lead public meetings or hearings to explain planning proposals, to gather feedback from those affected by projects, or to achieve consensus on project designs

Support efforts in developing and implementing projects related to corridor planning, highway/roadway/complete streets, and emerging technologies in transportation: e.g. automated and connected vehicles, TNCs and electric vehicles

Support transportation-related grant writing efforts

Direct development of stakeholder surveys and lead stakeholder engagement activities

Direct data collection efforts like ridership, bicycle/pedestrian counts, surveys, etc.

Direct the development of maps and graphics



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