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Sr. Transportation Planner FDOT

Jacobs
Jacobs Salary
Tallahassee, FL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/23/2025
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Thriving communities. Healthy cities. A brighter future. At Jacobs, we’re combining knowledge and imagination to shape the next generation of innovative transportation solutions, particularly in Transportation Planning. If you want to join a company that invests in you, your success, and the global community, consider joining us as a Senior Transportation Planner in Florida.

When you join us, you’ll support a variety of transportation plans, including multi-modal corridor planning studies, feasibility studies, service planning studies, long-range plans, and other transportation programs. This is your opportunity to work on engaging projects that impact communities throughout Florida and FDOT (Districts 2 and 3). You will collaborate with a multi-disciplined, highly skilled, and diverse team of planners, engineers, designers, scientists, and environmental specialists leading projects both locally and nationally.

This role offers motivated individuals a chance to provide leadership and influence within Jacobs’ growing transportation and land-use planning practice in Florida.

In this role, you will

  • Conduct planning studies, stakeholder engagement plans, and prepare planning deliverables for
    • Multimodal transportation systems
    • Transit networks, facilities, and corridors
    • Active transportation networks, trails, and paths
    • Sustainable transportation and traffic development
    • Emerging mobility and innovative technology
    • Local land use planning
    • Social and economic inclusion
  • Prepare a range of transportation planning documents, including long-range regional transportation plans, transit plans, facility plans, service plans, and environmental studies
  • Conduct needs analysis, alternatives development and evaluation, and short- and long-range strategies to support agency staff in delivering projects and programs
  • Engage with clients, subconsultants, and stakeholders
  • Support business development pursuits and help build strong client relationships
  • Help expand the transportation planning team
  • Assist with Federal, State, and Local grant applications

Jacobs Planners have opportunities to grow their technical and project management expertise while tackling complex transportation challenges.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

  • Bachelor's or Master’s degree in planning, policy, engineering, or related field
  • At least 10 years of experience in transportation and land use planning, analysis, and studies
  • Demonstrated experience working on transportation projects within FDOT (Districts 2 and/or 3), including direct engagement with agency officials and local stakeholders.
  • Experience in planning, land use, active transportation, transit, and/or multimodal corridors
  • Project management and leadership experience as a planner, task manager, or project manager in transportation planning
  • Strong client-facing skills with experience managing small and large transportation planning projects
  • Ability to develop and deliver technical presentations to stakeholders, regulatory agencies, and/or the public


Ideally, you’ll also have

  • Previous experience with Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), Counties, or Municipal transportation projects
  • A multi-faceted background, including public sector project experience
  • Advanced technical writing abilities
  • Experience facilitating discussions and presenting complex information
  • Knowledge of ESRI ArcGIS applications, Adobe Creative Cloud applications, and Microsoft Office


Posted Salary Range Minimum

109,000.00

Posted Salary Range Upper

170,000.00

Jacobs’ health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, one floating holiday, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $109,000.00 to $170,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Salary : $109,000 - $170,000

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