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Principal Active Transportation Lead

SLR Consulting
New Haven, CT Full Time
POSTED ON 4/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/24/2025
Job Title Principal Active Transportation Lead

Vacancy No VN4768

Employment Type Permanent

Contract Type Full-Time

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The Active Transportation Lead will be at the forefront of the evolving transportation field, including:

  • Bicycle-pedestrian planning
  • Micro-mobility
  • Safe Streets
  • And more!

This position will be held within our Community and Mobility Planning group (CAMP) and work closely with our team of transportation planners and engineers, environmental professionals, and urban planners/designers.

Job Description

We are SLR Consulting (US), a 500 coast-to-coast team of advisory, environmental/engineering, and regulatory professionals. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen.

As our new principal level Active Transportation Lead, you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal.

Working @ SLR

With us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long-run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

Here’s what else you’ll enjoy as part of our team:

  • Competitive total compensation package including medical, dental, orthodontia, vision, FSA/HSA, generous PTO accrual, 10 paid holidays, 401(k) retirement account with company matching program, company paid life insurance, short & long term disability insurance, and employee assistance program.
  • The salary range for this position is $120,000 - $150,000. Final agreed upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.
  • Full-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

  • Win work, identify new client and project opportunities, manage projects and client relationships
  • Establish, maintain, and grow client relationships
  • Public outreach and engagement
  • Lead and mentor junior staff
  • Prepare proposals and respond to RFPs/RFQs
  • Ensure projects are on time and on budget
  • Collaborate across disciplines
  • Develop creative, yet realistic solutions

Qualifications/Education/Memberships:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering, Planning, Urban Planning, or a related field
  • 10 years of professional work-related experience with a track record of advancing in responsibility
  • Familiarity with emerging best practices/guidelines in active transportation, smart cities, micro-mobility, and urban transportation
  • Familiarity with local, state, and federal guidelines/standards, policies, and procedures
  • Possess a valid driver's license
  • Willing to travel by car or airplane, including overnight travel
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
  • Licensed PE is a plus

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) are at the core of who we are and want to be.

SLR is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, civil union status, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or veteran status.  

At SLR, we embrace diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within and outside our organization. We respect and celebrate differences and want to ensure that we continuously strive to build a place where everyone feels included and is encouraged to be their authentic self. 

We are committed to these values, and our SLR Culture & Diversity Team works to actively promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across our people and talent processes, operations, and client work around the world. If you have a disability and need reasonable accommodations at any point in the application or interview process, please contact us at careers-us@slrconsulting.

Country United States

Office Boston; New Haven

Salary : $120,000 - $150,000

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