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HDR is looking for highly-motivated professionals with a passion for transit and transportation planning, our robust transportation planning practice. This position would support HDR's portfolio of rail transportation planning, transit planning, and infrastructure finance engagements on the eastern seaboard with opportunities to contribute to work across North America. This position requires an eagerness to learn all aspects of HDR's Transportation Planning practice, exquisite attention to detail, exceptional organizational skills, quantitative agility, and desire to work in a team environment.
Primary Responsibilities
In the role of Transit Planner, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Support the creation of technical reports, presentations, and other materials to document planning study findings (such as corridor studies)
- Collect, assimilate and manage project-related data
- Contribute to technical reports, presentations, and other materials for stakeholders and clients to document planning study and concept design findings
- Assist in preparation and participation of public information meetings and hearings
- Support the work of others in the completion of required studies, documents, and reports
- Make active contributions to planning work sessions in conjunction with appropriate technical professionals and other disciplines
- Participate in a variety of transportation planning projects including complete streets, transit planning, long-range planning, community planning, or concept development
- Participate in corridor studies associated with FRA CID projects
- Participate in corridor studies associated with FTA CIG projects
- Assist in projects relating to emerging transportation technologies
- Perform other duties as needed
Portfolio of Potential Project Types will Include:
* Strategic Plans
- Transit plans
- Corridor studies
- Statewide Rail Plans
- State of Good Repair grant applications
- CRISI grant applications
- NEPA environmental clearance documents for rail and transit (i.e, Categorical Exclusions, Environmental Assessments)
- BRT and bus priority feasibility
- Alternatives analyses for transit projects
- Short and long-range transit and transportation plans
- Transportation planning reports
- Zero-emissions transition plans for transit agencies
- Local, regional and statewide multimodal transportation plans
- Transit-oriented development
- Transit studies for multiple modes
- Bicycle and pedestrian studies
- Community engagement
Preferred Qualifications
- 2 years of relevant transportation and transit planning experience
- Agility with Microsoft Office Suite, ESRI GIS Suite
- Quantitative agility, especially with respect to basic economic concepts
- Experience with design packages such as Adobe CS
- Experience working on projects for with transit agencies, municipalities, state, and federal government organizations
- Preference given to local candidates or candidates that have demonstrated prior local experience in DC, Maryland, or Virginia and willingness to live locally
- Bachelor's degree in Urban Planning or closely related field
- Experience with Microsoft Office programs
- Self-starter with excellent writing and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong conceptual, organizational, problem-solving and research abilities
- May require the ability to travel
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.
At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.
USA: We are a Federal Contractor, Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified candidates regardless of minority, veteran, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or any other status protected by law.
CANADA: We welcome applications from all qualified individuals.
AUSTRALIA: We consider all qualified candidates regardless of gender, ethnicity, country of birth, political or religious affiliation, health status, or any other status protected by law.
At HDR, health and safety matters.
For some positions, you may be required to provide drug and alcohol testing, before or during employment, based on our Drug Testing and Drug Free Workplace Policy.
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