Lead Transportation Planner

　　Req ID 17599

　　Lead Transportation Planner

　　Who We Are

　　At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to innovate. We’re looking to grow our teams with people who are ready to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines. To do this, we hire candidates of all experiences, skillsets, backgrounds and walks of life. We actively foster a work environment and culture where inclusion and diversity is part of our fundamental structure. This is delivered behaviorally, through our policies, trainings, local partnerships with professional diverse organizations, internal networks and most importantly with the support and sponsorship of our leaders who help drive our commitment to an inclusive, diverse, welcoming and equitable work environment. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

　　This Opportunity

　　WSP is initiating a search for a full-time Lead Transportation Planner to join our Detroit, MI office. We have an immediate opening for a motivated and highly skilled planner with experience on a multitude of projects: including transit and rail studies, environmental planning/NEPA, corridor studies, jurisdictional transportation plans, and complete streets. The Lead Transportation Planner is expected to serve as a task lead, deputy project manager, staff mentor, and trusted client advisor on multimodal transportation projects, working closely with planning, environmental, and engineering staff across WSP’s Midwest region.

　　The successful candidate must be a motivated team player, able to provide high-level technical planning assistance and excited to help clients grow new processes, projects and programs. The candidate should have a demonstrated working knowledge of land use and transportation planning issues in Michigan, as they relate to transportation projects, with skills to provide analysis, communication, collaboration, GIS to support transportation projects and ensure regulatory compliance for a variety of client projects related to equitable transportation development, mobility planning, multimodal access, and funding. Ideally, the candidate would have a strong desire to help our clients achieve safe, complete networks for users of all ages, abilities, and identities backed with a demonstrated working knowledge of progressive transportation planning, policy, and design practices such as Complete Streets, Vision Zero, Safe System, and equity-driven practices complemented by a knowledge of the associated funding, planning, and implementation processes for Michigan local, regional and state agencies. Ideally, the candidate would have experience with one or more of the following agencies in response to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

　　Your Impact

　　Perform professional transportation planning work and conduct investigations, inspections, studies, and surveys to gain further information on a particular problem or issue, verify site characteristics, and/or to plan for future needs affecting equitable development, construction, transportation demand management, mobility planning, and multimodal access.

　　Prepare comprehensive plans, corridor plans, and environmental documentation specific/master plans, community plans, zoning codes, comprehensive plans, permitting policies and/or development standards for assigned projects, with a particular emphasis on multimodal transportation.

　　Prepare data visualizations (i.e. tables, charts, reports, models, infographics, cross-sections, and 3D illustrations) for the interpretation or presentation of complex data, findings, or analyses.

　　Prepare drafts of technical memos, meeting minutes, transmittals, presentations, and other written materials.

　　Perform external coordination activities with clients, resource/regulatory agencies, subcontractors, technical, staff, local stakeholders, and the community.

　　Prepare, coordinate, and facilitate public involvement and consensus-building meetings in support of client project work, answering public questions on behalf of the client, and assisting with long-range planning efforts on medium- to large-sized projects.

　　Prepare drafts of technical memos, meeting minutes, transmittals, presentations, and other written materials summarizing research with findings and conclusions.

　　Provide high level oversight for desk-based research and site work, including measurements, data interpretation, demographics, patterns and trends, and computer modeling.

　　Perform business development activities and proposal writing.

　　Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

　　Who You Are

　　Required Qualifications

　　Minimum of 7 years of experience in transportation planning

　　Bachelor’s Degree in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Environmental Planning, Public Policy, Engineering, or a related field

　　Knowledge of, and experience with, federal, state, and local transportation planning processes, including the NEPA process

　　Knowledge of project management and project administration protocols

　　Experience working on a variety of public agency environmental analysis and documentation types, with prior FTA and FRA experience preferred

　　Knowledge and experience with federal, state and local transit and rail funding programs, including discretionary grant programs

　　Strong communication skills and the ability to effectively present and communicate ideas (both orally and in written form)

　　Strong computer skills (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, GIS)

　　Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek, including occasional travel

　　Preferred Qualifications:

　　· Additional computer skills (i.e. Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD)

　　· Additional involvement in planning/transportation/environmental-related organizations or societies

　　· Experience working in the transportation planning and/or street design field, actively engaging in one or more of the following: street design projects, street design manuals, mobility and active transportation plans, Vision Zero plans, strategic plans, equity analyses, corridor studies, and community engagement.

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　　Additional Requirements

　　To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.Additional Details

　　Travel Required: 10%

　　Job Status: Regular

　　Employee Type: Full

　　Primary Location: DETROIT - GRISWOLD ST

　　All locations: US-MI-Detroit

　　About WSP

　　WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. www.wsp.com

　　WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

　　At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

　　WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

　　The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

　　NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

　　WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.