Lead Transportation Planner

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Are you ready to take an active role working on high-profile projects in the transportation planning field? BETA's Hartford office has an opening for a Lead Transportation Planner to join our rapidly growing team with a variety of exciting projects in progress. Do not miss this opportunity to work with and learn from industry-leading engineers and planners while contributing to the success and growth of an expanding office.

You will be responsible for leading, growing, and strengthening all aspects of the firm's Connecticut Planning practice : project management, staffing, training, mentoring, marketing, business development and client relations. You will lead initiatives, foster, and maintain strong lines of communication, both internal and external; provide quality work products; and proactively manage projects and staff; and understand project financials.

We work for municipalities, as well as with regional planning and state agencies. At BETA, the wide range of services that we provide to our clients results in considerable interaction and teamwork within the company. Our planners actively work daily with transportation engineers, landscape architects, structural engineers, and GIS / asset management specialists on a variety of projects.

Responsibilities :

• Lead corridor studies, streetscapes projects, complete streets, traffic calming, and shared streets
• Manage mobility and safety projects for people of all ages / abilities and all transportation modes
• Analyze transportation data, identify improvement measures, and steer concept plans
• Prepares client contracts, subconsultant and subcontractor agreements and amendments
• Maintain relationships with existing clients while also fostering new client relationships
• Leverage existing and future conditions for municipal master plans, traffic, pedestrian, bicycle and transit data to promote future projections / proposals
• Ensures client deliverables are in accordance with our agreement terms, client requirements, and the agreed upon schedule
• Follow up on financial aspects of projects including monitoring budgets, effective multipliers, profit, unbilled amounts, and accounts receivable
• Be the subject matter expert on socio-economic and environmental justice data
• Facilitating public meetings, workshops, and community outreach to gather feedback and build consensus on transportation projects
• Collaborate with other project managers / clients on complex planning and design projects
• Mentor staff and contributes to career development efforts
• Comprehend and be cognitive of contract risks and language
• Ensures company and client QA / QC procedures are followed
• Engage in internal / external meetings
• Performs other duties, as assigned

Preferred location is BETA's Hartford, CT office. Candidates should have flexibility to work from our other office locations. BETA also offers a hybrid work schedule, allowing employees to request working remotely up to 2 days per week.

Growth Opportunities :

Requirements

Skills Required :

Salary Description

91,000-$143,000 or commensurate

Salary : $91,000 - $143,000