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AECOM Senior Planner - Transportation/Urban Planning in Newark, Delaware
Company Description
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Job Description
Job Description
AECOM has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Transportation Planner to join our team. In this role, you will be a leading member of a multidisciplinary team that includes transportation, environmental, design, and communications professionals. The Senior Transportation Planner works collaboratively with planning and engineering staff to support clients with original solutions to challenging problems.
The ideal candidate has a passion for growing a planning practice that transforms local communities by investing strongly in client relationships and business development opportunities. The role can be hybrid or office-based out of the Greater Pennsylvania area and may require regular travel around Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia.
Job Responsibilities
Manage Transportation and Urban Planning projects from inception to close-out
Mentor and supervise emerging planners within the Transportation Planning department
Engage in client relationship and business development activities to drive the growth of the planning practice in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia and New Jersey
Prepare, facilitate, and lead public and stakeholder engagement programs
Prepare technical solutions, reports, and visuals to support a variety of planning project types, including: transportation, environmental, community, equity, and sustainability planning
Work collaboratively among other planning and technical disciplines, including Traffic Engineering, Municipal Planning, and Water Resources.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Urban Studies, Environmental Science or a closely related field and six (6) years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience &/or education.
AICP certification or ability to obtain within 1 year
Preferred Qualifications
Experience planning and designing solutions for a variety of transportation projects, including transit, streetscaping, and bicycle and pedestrian planning
8 years of transportation planning (or closely related) experience
2+ years of experience with client relationship management, business development &/or project management
Experience working closely with the public and conducting public outreach
Experience in assembling and supporting the writing of grants (i.e. - Federal, IIJA, etc.)
Self-motivated individual with strong organizational skills and the ability to work both collaboratively and independently
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Excellent written, verbal, and visual presentation skills
Additional Information
Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.
Relocation assistance is not available for this role.
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Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $110,000.00 - $140,000.00.
About AECOM
AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10111498
Business Line: Transportation
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: East
Career Area: Planning
Work Location Model: On-Site
Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc