Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

Project Manager - Transportation Planning

Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. • $110K — $130K *
Washington, DC 20011In-Person
Transportation
11 - 15 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of planning experience with large capital transit infrastructure projects
  • Bachelor's Degree or higher in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, or related
  • AICP certification preferred
  • Preferred experience in local and regional planning
  • Strong client service skills with a focus on high-quality deliverables
  • Leadership aspirations for growing a planning practice
  • Experience in business development, including proposal writing and budget management
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and levels.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a multidisciplinary transportation planning practice to drive growth
  • Oversee planning, production, and delivery of various transportation projects
  • Mentor and develop team members, fostering a collaborative environment
  • Guide public engagement activities, strengthening community relations
  • Assist clients in program management, capital planning, and policy development
  • Establish strategic goals and maintain positive client relationships
  • Manage projects profitably and transition tasks to qualified staff.

Benefits

  • Performance-based rewards system recognizing staff achievements
  • Opportunities for bonuses and promotions based on results
  • Clear path for ownership recognition and career advancement
  • Focus on mentorship and development of team members
  • Encouragement of teamwork and initiative in a supportive environment.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

  • Be a leader in a growing, multidisciplinary transportation planning practice.
  • Manage the planning, production, and delivery of transportation planning projects, including:
    • Parking
    • Transportation mobility plans
    • Multimodal corridor studies
    • Safety action plans
    • Transit studies
    • Passenger rail studies
    • Pedestrian and bicycle studies
    • Parking and curbside management studies
    • Electric vehicle plans
    • Climate adaptation and resilience plans
    • MPO studies, including Long Range Transportation Plans (LRTPs)
    • Public engagement
    • Grant writing
  • Mentor and develop staff, provides leadership in an environment that encourages teamwork, initiative, and growth.
  • Lead project outreach activities including guiding the direction of public engagement, giving presentations, meeting with community members, businesses, and organizations to explain the project scope, impacts, benefits, mitigations, etc.
  • Assist clients with program management, capital planning, and policy development.
  • Leadership responsibilities include:
    • Operate with integrity and sound business principles.
    • Provide practice vision, business planning and strategy, establishing goals, building and maintaining positive client relationships.
    • Open communication with partners and team, along with growing and directing a Transportation Planning practice.
    • Manage projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, help recruit, and be a positive role model.
  • Our system for rewards is designed to recognize staff as they move along a path to success. Bonuses, promotions, path to ownership recognition, and other forms of advancement are performance based, because as a firm we focus on results.


Qualifications

  • 12+ years of years of planning experience, including large capital transit infrastructure projects
  • Bachelors Degree or higher in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, or related
  • Registered American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Preferred
  • Local and regional experience preferred
  • Provide high quality deliverables with exceptional client service
  • A desire to lead and grow a planning practice
  • Business development and marketing experience including writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgets for projected work.
  • Ability to work in a team environment and effectively communicate at all levels of the organization.

About Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. is a multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm that provides planning, engineering, and design services for a wide range of clients. The company offers services in the areas of aviation, environmental, landscape architecture, land planning, parking consulting, roadway design, structural engineering, transit and rail, transportation planning, and water resources. Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. serves clients in the United States.
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Size
5,400 employees
Industry
Technical Services
* Ladders Estimates

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