Massachusetts Jobs

Transportation Planner - ( 240004E0 )

Description

Join Stantec’s growing Urban Places Mobility Group to help us create the biking, walking, transit, and emerging mobility networks that serve the most livable, prosperous, sustainable, resilient, and equitable urban/urbanizing places in North America. We are an interdisciplinary, cross-continental team of leading transportation planners building a boutique practice with the full complement of resources of a global consulting firm.

We work closely with our architecture, planning, transit, engineering, environmental, landscape architecture, real estate development, smart city, transportation and other colleagues across Stantec to help a diverse range of public and private clients realize the full range of benefits that flow from dense, walkable downtowns, neighborhoods, and corridors. Driven by data, innovation, and grounded in real world applications, our plans inspire people with a spectrum of work that includes planning for parking, transit, pedestrian safety, traffic analysis, transportation demand management, development planning, mobility studies, smart mobility solutions, campus planning, freight access, and much more. Our Mobility Group team helps define and create the places, networks and infrastructure that connect people to prosperity and to each other.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking a creative, capable, and motivated junior transportation planner to support its Urban Places Mobility Group in Boston. The selected candidate will support the group’s growing local and national practice and work directly with industry-leading multimodal transportation planners across North America. Candidates must be willing to travel and ideally have a valid driver’s license. The preferred candidate will possess excellent writing, numerical and critical thinking skills, have fundamental experience with GIS and Adobe Suite, with an added benefit of some graphic design experience. Above all, the successful candidate will be highly self-motivated and curious, have a friendly, outgoing demeanor, and be able to multitask in a fast-moving environment.

Your Key Responsibilities

The role of the Entry-Level Transportation Planner will be to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team on transportation projects of various sizes and complexity. The candidate should have a working understanding of multimodal transportation processes, analysis, and methodology. The successful candidate should have a range of skills, as work will regularly include the following tasks in support of the range of projects described above:

• Conducting research and providing summaries of findings

• Data collection and documenting observations in the field

• A working knowledge of US Census Data and the American Community Survey, as well as other publicly available demographic, transit, bicycle, and transportation databases

• Working with and analyzing large datasets using spreadsheets (Excel, R, etc.)

• GIS analysis and mapping/cartography

• Preparation of PowerPoint slides and digital or physical presentation materials

• Development of graphics using Adobe Illustrator

• Attending client and public meetings

• Preparation of business development materials

• Report writing and production in Microsoft Office and Adobe InDesign

• Administrative and organizational work

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Excellent skills in research, data analysis, and problem solving

• Strong communications skills--verbal, written, and visual

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

• Experience with the production of planning reports and documents

• Experience with GIS map production, data analysis, and data management (ArcMap/ArcPro is desirable)

• A thorough knowledge and/or familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) is desirable

• Additional experience with engineering software such as AutoCAD or Synchro will be considered favorably

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment

• Demonstrated responsibility, maturity, and commitment to a team driven environment

• The ability to be based in Boston, for in-person work at least 4 days a week

• Willingness to travel as needed

Education and Experience

• A degree (preferably graduate) in Transportation, Urban Design, Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering, or a related field with at least 1 years of relevant work or intern experience

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required of the employee; other duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time, with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make a positive impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best (https://www.stantec.com/en/markets/transportation/urban-mobility) .

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : United States-Massachusetts-Boston

Organization : BC-2104 CommDev-US Northeast

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Dec 11, 2024, 10:14:19 AM

Req ID: 240004E0

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans