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Project Planner
Toole Design Group / Los Angeles, CA
Posted on: November 1, 2018
Application Deadline: Open until Filled
Job Description
Are you fascinated by the built environment? Are you passionate about how people and families travel to and from their daily destinations? Do you want to work on challenging projects that make communities more livable and equitable? If so, we’re looking for someone like you to join our team as a PROJECT PLANNER in our Los Angeles office.
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 175+ 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 Southern California and across the country.
As a PROJECT PLANNER, you will contribute to projects, lead analysis, work directly with our clients, represent Toole Design Group 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, emerging mobility, Vision Zero plans, corridor studies, wayfinding plans, and Safe Routes to School plans.
You’ll be great here if:
• You are excited about transforming transportation networks and creating healthy and resilient environments for communities
• You enjoy collaborating across disciplines and offices to do great work for clients
• You take initiative, and deliver high-quality work on time and on-budget
• You are detail-oriented and have strong organizational skills
• You know how to get the message across, whether it’s written, verbal, or graphic
• You’re motivated to find potential clients and work with multi-disciplinary teams to solve new challenges
• You 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 in Southern 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
About our Southern California/Los Angeles office:
This is an opportunity to perform work you love in the heart of the most dynamic transportation region in the nation. Southern California is poised to change significantly over the next decade, with transportation improvements at the forefront of its evolution. 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. You’ll be joining a rapidly growing team in an exciting market and location. The Southern California Office is located in Downtown Los Angeles and opened in 2018. We are walking distance from the Metro Red Line, Metro Bike Share, and dozens of bus lines. Our office director enjoys bicycling or riding the bus in to work and will happily join you on a post-work summit in Elysian Park to take in the Greater Los Angeles environs. You will experience a company culture that is rooted in family, fun, and creative thinking. We strive to support each other and not just work together, but experience life together. Strong values, flexibility, and exceptional quality work are just a few of the characteristics we hold in high regard.
Required Experience / Skills / Education
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in urban planning, landscape architecture, urban design, engineering, or a related field
• At least 5 years of planning experience at a consulting firm, public entity, non-profit, or higher learning institution
• Experience conducting public outreach and engagement
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and multi-phased projects
• Strong writing skills and experience working as a support and/or lead writer for planning documents
• Experience independently managing tasks or projects
• Proficiency using Excel for data and demographic analysis as well as a working knowledge of ArcGIS and/or QGIS
It would be a plus if you have:
• Experience with bicycle and pedestrian projects and related public outreach
• Experience in the various stages of marketing, including business development, proposal strategy and writing, and interviewing
• Proficiency in graphic production in Adobe Creative Suite, including data visualization, mapping, and document layout
• Spanish language abilities
Application Instructions
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 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, follow us on Twitter (@tooledesign), or like us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/TooleDesignGroup).
