Planner

Are you passionate about active transportation? Are you interested in how people and families choose to travel to and from their daily destinations? Do you want to create places and transportation networks that benefit all users? If so, we’re looking for someone like you to join our team as a Planner in our Los Angeles, CA office.

** This position is a regular, full-time position that is temporarily a fully remote position.**

Why join Toole Design?

At Toole Design, we’re working to create vibrant, multimodal transportation solutions for people of all ages and abilities. Our mission is to make walking and biking possible for every trip. Our staff of 200+ planning, engineering, and design professionals are passionate about making a difference in communities large and small. The pace is fast, our team is creative and dynamic, and you will collaborate with planners, engineers, and urban designers on transformative projects in California and across the country.

As a Planner, you will contribute to projects, lead analysis, work directly with our clients, represent Toole Design in project and stakeholder meetings, and reinforce our reputation as trusted experts. You’ll work with other planners, landscape architects, urban designers, and engineers to deliver a variety of exciting project types focused on making places and travel experiences better for everyone, including local, regional, and state-wide active transportation plans, Vision Zero plans, corridor studies, wayfinding plans, and Safe Routes to School plans.

Toole Design is a committed to building a diverse and welcoming team. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities.  We are an equal opportunity, woman-owned business and are proud that half of our managers are female and of our commitment to achieving racial diversity amongst the firm leadership.  No matter what your background is – we encourage you to apply for this position.

About our Los Angeles office:

Southern California is poised to change significantly over the next decade, with transportation improvements at the forefront of its evolution, and this is your opportunity to join a rapidly growing team to help build it, alongside a talented mix of planners and engineers who strive to support one another and our communities. Whether it’s Metro’s Measure M Capital Expenditure Plan, preparing for the Olympics in 2028, or working on mobility-as-a-service technology, Toole Design is poised to help shape this future.

The Los Angeles Office is located in Downtown LA and opened in 2018. We are walking distance from the Metro A (Blue), E (Expo), Red, and Purple Lines, Metro Bike Share, and dozens of bus lines. You will experience a company culture that is rooted in family, fun, and creative thinking. Strong values, flexibility, and exceptional quality work are just a few of the characteristics we hold in high regard.

You’ll be great here if you:

• Are excited about transforming transportation networks and creating healthy and resilient environments for communities
• Enjoy collaborating across disciplines and offices to do great work for clients
• Deliver high-quality work on time and on-budget
• Know how to get the message across, whether it’s written, verbal, or graphic
• Are motivated to find potential clients and solve new challenges
• Thrive on engaging our clients and their communities in the public outreach process

We’ll offer you:

• The opportunity to learn how we discuss, plan, and develop multimodal transportation policies, programs, and networks for communities within California and across the country
• Competitive salary and industry-best benefits
• A workplace that practices what it preaches, with engaged colleagues and financial incentives to bike, walk, and use transit on your commute
• Exceptional opportunities for professional development through internal training and with professional associations

How to Apply:

If you would like to be considered as a potential candidate for this position, please click “Apply for this Job” below or visit our careers page http://www.tooledesign.com/company/careers and select the corresponding position. Toole Design Group, LLC is an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer) and encourages women and minorities to apply. No phone calls, please. For more information about Toole Design Group, visit our website (www.tooledesign.com), follow us on Twitter (@tooledesign), or like us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/TooleDesignGroup).

It would be a plus if you have:

• Fluency in Spanish
• Experience with bicycle and pedestrian projects
• Experience conducting public outreach and engagement
• Strong writing skills and experience working as a support and/or lead writer for planning documents
• Experience in the various stages of marketing, including business development, proposal strategy and writing, and interviewing
• Experience in graphic production in Adobe Creative Suite, including data visualization, graphic design, and document layout