Senior Transit Planner

ABOUT THE POSITION

Senior Transit Planner/Project Manager | Orlando, FL

Join our dynamic team as a skilled consultant with expertise in Transit Planning. We're seeking a proven leader adept at managing projects for municipal, transit, regional, and state agencies, specializing in transformative initiatives with the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority or FDOT. If you're passionate about shaping the future of mobility and thrive in collaborative environments, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

Serve as the technical task lead and/or project manager on multi-disciplinary bus transit projects
• Coordinate technical work and stakeholder engagement
• Develop project strategies and approaches
• Perform research and analysis and participate in making recommendations to clients
• Develop specifications, cost estimates, and project schedules
• Technical report and other deliverables preparation
• Mentoring and guiding junior-level staff on technical methods
• Participation in business development activities and assistance with proposals Track project deliverable progress and coordinate completion across teams
• Coordinate and communicate with internal and external project team members

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Confidence in public speaking before laypersons, stakeholders, and teaming partners
• Capacity to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and set priorities
• Team-oriented with strong capability to motivate others
• Must demonstrate an ability in collaborative problem-solving with stakeholders, clients, and teammates
• Thorough understanding of technical transit and transportation planning analysis methods
• Superior technical skills, producing consistent high-quality work products
• Must be a highly motivated self-starter
• Proficient in MS Office
• Proficient with ArcGIS

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in transportation, planning, or related field
• 11-15+ years' experience in multimodal transportation and transit planning
• Experience in project management with a track record of organizing and training junior-level staff on project components
• Experience conducting multimodal analysis, preparing reports, and developing transit service plans or concept designs
• Experience coordinating with public agency staff, private consultants, stakeholder outreach teams, and professionals in other disciplines for successful project completion

We are VHB! We're an inspired and innovative team of engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who partner with clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. Our work helps improve mobility, enhance communities, and contribute to economic vitality. We do this while balancing development and infrastructure needs with stewardship of our environment.

Our people make us great! VHB provides a differentiating employee experience, which includes:

• Diverse and inclusive culture of collaboration and innovation
• Opportunity to work on complex, transformational projects
• Community and social responsibility as sustainable stewards
• Focus on learning, development, and career growth
• Best-in-class benefits, including flexible, hybrid workplace

We are consistently rated one of the top AEC firms to work for across our 30+ offices on the East Coast. We're growing, and we hope you'll join us!

VHB is a proud Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion-supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. All individuals receive consideration for employment based on their qualifications without discrimination for race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, pregnancy, marital status, or any other basis protected by law.

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