What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Transportation Engineer position at Alta Planning + Design?
Job Description
Job Description
Description
Alta is looking for a Senior Transportation Engineer to join our growing Oakland office design team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who believes in the importance of active, multimodal, and sustainable transportation. In this role, you will work on the design of a variety of sustainable transportation projects and work on projects focused on making a positive impact on communities around California and across the country. This may include concept-level design for projects like complete street reconfigurations, development of construction documents, and production of high-quality graphics.
Specific project work will involve bikeway design, shared use path design and feasibility, streetscape design, civil design, and urban design. You will be challenged to think at various scales from the systems-level down to specific sites or intersections and learn from industry leaders in active transport. Engineers who enjoy working closely with other disciplines will appreciate our Oakland team’s multi-disciplinary approach that encourages collaboration with our planners, landscape architects, graphics designers, outreach specialists, and data analysts. If you are looking to join an innovative organization and do work that connects people to places while advancing social justice, safety, and environmental resilience, apply with Alta today!
About Alta
Alta Planning Design is a sustainable transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education / encouragement programs. Alta was founded in 1996 when communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling as the non-motorized transportation movement developed into a profession in the United States. We pioneered the field of active transportation, evolving our planning and design work into a visionary global practice that empowers people to live active, healthy lives and gets them to where they need to go.
Our core values and work bring about positive change by creating places that are geared toward moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs and human experience, and empowering every person to live an active healthy life. As a global leader in mobility innovation for over 26 years, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience.
Day to Day
Our Engineering Associates will be involved in helping foster livable communities in all parts of the country. Projects would range from small natural surface trails to large arterial multi use paths; from Complete Streets to regional / multi-state bicycle and trail networks. A day in the life of could consist of :
- Managing transportation projects at various levels of planning and design.
- Leading specific portions of design plans, and contributing to high quality reports
- Contributing to proposal and scope development
- Communicating with internal and external clients
- Mentoring staff and contributing to internal professional development programs
- Nurture and grow client and industry partner relationships; secure work in support of Alta’s growth goal
Qualifications
Required
Preferred
What We Offer
Flexible Schedule
Alta offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule where most employees work from home three days per week. In-office days support our collaborative culture, one of our core values.
Compensation
The pay range for this job in Oakland is $120,000-$175,000 annually. Placement within the range is based upon experience, skill-sets, and qualifications.
Benefits
Alta offers comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees :
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Salary : $120,000 - $175,000
