This Opportunity

Our Transportation and Environmental Planning Team based in Portland, Oregon is looking for a full-time Consultant Transportation Planner to support and grow our diverse range of transportation planning services. The position could be located in Portland, OR; Vancouver, WA; Boise, ID; or Anchorage AK. We work on projects of all scales, from small town multi-modal corridor enhancements, to some of the most complex large-scale highway and bridge improvements. Project work for the selected candidate could include complete streets planning and design, road user safety projects, high-capacity transit planning, new mobility strategies, and major highway modernization.

The Consultant Transportation Planner will provide coordination and analytical skills to support these varied projects. Tasks may include coordination of workstreams, writing reports and memorandums, analyzing data in GIS and/or Excel, developing work plans and facilitating delivery of materials, and supporting the creation of visuals. This position will provide support for multi-modal planning projects; transportation alternatives analysis; statewide, regional and local plans; and public involvement and communications or government relations, including committee coordination.

The ideal candidate will be flexible and responsive to support and lead tasks in a highly collaborative, dynamic environment to produce high quality deliverables. Candidates will not be expected to conduct all of the listed tasks within this job description, and will be encouraged to pursue pathways in alignment with career aspirations, project needs, and candidate skillset. The Consultant Transportation Planner will navigate and grow into a role that leverages and enhances their skills while allowing for immense professional growth and team collaboration. We offer a hybrid work model with three days in our office and up to two days working from home or another location of your choice each week.

It is widely stated—and supported by studies—that candidates, especially women, are less likely to apply for a job unless they believe they meet 100% of the hiring criteria. WSP's talent acquisition and Planning Team goals include hiring the candidate who is best able to meet the performance objectives of the role. We therefore encourage persons with non-traditional skill sets and experiences to apply, even if you believe you do not meet 100% of the qualifications and hiring criteria described.

Your Impact

• Collaborate with a team across departments (planning, communications, traffic, environmental, engineering) to deliver outstanding work products and strategies for client projects.

• Prepare plans and policy language, with a particular emphasis on transportation and multimodal travel.

• Lead development of technical memos, meeting minutes, transmittals, presentations, and other written materials.

• Analyze, evaluate, and interpret data using tables, charts, reports, or infographics.

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams for the preparation of technical reports summarizing research with findings and conclusions.

• Identify workstream gaps and develop/implement workplans associated with remediation.

• Conduct and/or support public involvement activities, including developing and implementing meeting work plans, creating presentation material or graphics, and staffing public and internal public agency meetings.

• Maintain quality control standards and procedures for written products, calculations, measurements, patterns and trends, statistical analysis, and reporting.

• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Transportation Planning, Public Policy, Urban Planning, Environmental Planning, or a related field; AND three (3) to five (5) years of experience working in the transportation and/or urban planning field.

• Any combination of experience and training that demonstrate possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities as listed, and ability to perform the essential job functions.

• Familiarity with the transportation project development cycle, from planning to funding to implementation.

• Strong organization skills and ability to work independently as well as part of a team to meet project objectives. A successful candidate would be able to: manage multiple projects or tasks, meet deadlines and deliverables, plan for upcoming tasks, and maintain responsive communication with the project team.

• Interpersonal and communication skills, expressing ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong analytical and writing skills to produce planning documents and technical memorandums.

• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

• Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may occasionally extend beyond the typical work day or week.

• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A member of and/or active participation in professional practice organizations such as APA, WTS, NAEP, APTA, ABPB, IBTTA or other related organizations.

• Experience working for or with public agencies involved in transportation and mobility.

• Post Graduate Education (Graduate Level courses, professional certification courses, Masters, PhD) or comparable work experience in transportation or land use planning.

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $64,000-$109,780

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.