Transportation Planner

VHB’s growing Charlotte, NC office is looking for a Transportation Planner to join our team This is an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic team, across diverse disciplines, giving you exposure to a wide variety of projects in size and scope.

VHB’s passionate professionals include engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who partner with public and private clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. Together, we work to improve mobility, enhance communities and economic vitality, and balance development and infrastructure needs with environmental stewardship.

Responsibilities:

Serve as a Task or Project Manager on a variety of multimodal transportation-related projects. This will include managing project schedules and budgets, leading the development of project deliverables and providing quality control.
Manage multiple projects continuously.
Work directly with client project managers and maintain good client relationships.
Prepare and deliver technical presentations.
Prepare technical reports.
Conduct transportation planning and data-driven analyses.
Assist in business development and identify prospective pursuits.
Represent VHB at conferences, seminars, and industry events.

Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge and experience in transportation planning related topics are required.
Excellent analytical, technical, written, and verbal communication skills including public speaking.
Strong capability in the use of computer applications including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Familiarity with transportation principles and standards, including guidelines provided by ULI, ITE, NACTO, and state/local standards in the Washington D.C. region.
Experience with ArcGIS, Google Sketchup, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign or Microsoft Visio is a plus
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
Team-oriented with a strong capability to work independently
Motivated to learn and think critically

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Planning, or related field, Master’s degree preferred
Minimum of 5-10 years of progressive Transportation planning experience
Familiarity with long-range and multi-modal transportation planning for North Carolina
Professional Engineer license or AICP preferred. PTP certification is a plus.