Senior transportation planner

SmithGroup is an award-winning, integrated design firm that blends research, data and technology with innovation and a creative spirit to deliver resilient, inclusive spaces that solve our clients' greatest challenges. Our teams create exceptional design solutions for healthcare, science and technology, workplace, mixed use, higher education, cultural, waterfront, parks and open spaces, and urban environments. We are looking for passionate problem solvers who want to elevate design, push boundaries and move us closer to a carbon-free future. Care to join us? The Milwaukee office of SmithGroup is looking for a Senior Transportation Planner to join our team. Working with us, you will:

• Be a collaborative team member, using your multimodal transportation planning expertise to shape and guide the development of complex projects from concept to final design that range from complete streets and urban trails to urban design, mixed-use development, and campus planning projects.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team of planning and design professionals from SmithGroup offices across the country.
• Independently scope and conduct transportation planning studies across a range of scales using the latest software platforms and analytical tools.
• Ability to determine and facilitate the collection of traffic and transportation data for multiple modes of travel (vehicle, bike, pedestrian), including managing subconsultants or other traffic data providers.
• Engage with Marketing, Business Development and other disciplines to effectively market our services in our growing mobility practice, including involvement in the preparation of qualification and proposal packages, interview materials and technical proposals as well as participate in thought leadership opportunities.
  

An ideal candidate has:

• A bachelor’s degree in Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 15 years of experience working as a Transportation Planner or related field.
• Experience in leading or managing project teams.
• Professional registration and sustainability accreditation preferred.
• Excellent knowledge of, and familiarity with the use of graphic programs such as SketchUp, Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, GIS and AutoCAD. Knowledge of BIM is helpful.
• Expertise in multi-modal corridor design principles and methods – especially related to active transportation infrastructure.
• Excellent skills in urban design and master planning.
• Proficiency with trasnportation software platforms, which may include VISSIM, Synchro, SimTraffic, HCS, PTV Vistro and/or other modeling platforms. SmithGroup will work with you determine the most appropriate software platforms to utilize to support our project needs.
• Experience utilizing AASHTO, MUTCD, FHWA, and other technical guidance to inform the design, layout, and arrangement of transportation infrastructure. Sustainable design experience a plus.
• Desire to think innovatively and creatively – to use traffic engineering expertise to help guide and inform design solutions within a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Proficiency with MS Work, Excel, and Powerpoint.
  

SmithGroup's competitive compensation and benefit package is designed to meet the needs of a diverse staff. It includes flexible scheduling, a hybrid work environment, 401(k), parental leave, wellbeing resources, PTO immediately available to new hires, plus 15 extra Fridays off - on top of holidays. Join us and see first-hand how these and other programs - like one-on-one career coaching and professional development opportunities - build culture, enhance collaboration and yield richer, more inclusive solutions. If you are not sure that you meet all of the suggested qualifications described above, please don't leave this page. Your talents and attributes could be just what we're looking for - and we strongly encourage you to apply. If you need additional accommodations to complete the application process, please contact