HNTB

Senior Planner and Grants Manager

HNTB$95K — $115K *
Transportation
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a relevant field (e.g., Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning) with significant experience (9-10 years) in related roles.
  • Proven experience in transportation funding, including securing and administering major grants.
  • Familiarity with public sector program delivery and managing multi-agency initiatives.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical tasks and mentor team members effectively.
  • Strong background in transportation planning and environmental documentation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of a transportation funding strategy for capital improvement and road bond programs.
  • Continuously monitor funding opportunities and evaluate project eligibility.
  • Oversee the preparation of complex planning documents, studies, and reports.
  • Facilitate public and stakeholder engagement, presenting findings to the community.
  • Guide coordination with clients and team members to ensure project objectives are met.
  • Support department leadership with strategic initiatives and project management as needed.
  • Identify and recommend process improvements to enhance project efficiency.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits program including health, dental, and retirement planning.
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship.
  • Support for obtaining additional certifications or licenses.
  • Flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.
Full Job Description
This position will lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive transportation funding strategy for capital improvement and road bond programs. Responsibilities include continuously monitoring federal, state, regional, and discretionary funding opportunities; evaluating project eligibility and competitiveness; leading grant application development; coordinating with clients, stakeholders, and other funding partners; and managing post-award compliance, reporting, and reimbursement activities. The ideal candidate will have experience in transportation funding, infrastructure grants, transportation planning, or public sector program delivery, with a proven track record of securing and administering major grant awards and advancing complex, multi-agency transportation initiatives.

This opportunity entails being responsible for applying planning strategies utilizing various technologies and tools to gather and analyze data, assess outcomes, and develop reporting and visuals to effectively communicate findings. This position performs tasks for planning projects including research, studies, and documentation, coordinating with multi-discipline team members, from concept development through project completion. This position directs the technical production of planning assignments as task assignee and may serve as a Project Manager on a limited basis for select medium and large-scale projects. Coordinates with project manager, project designer and other disciplines on multiple large scale and complex transportation planning, urban design, or landscape architectural projects to ensure that the client's technical requirements of projects are fully met.

What You'll Do:
  • Under minimal direction, performs a variety of more highly complex professional planning, environmental planning, landscape architecture and urban design project responsibilities, and leads technical tasks.
  • Writes and/or reviews major sections of and leads production of plans, studies, reports, and environmental documents for projects. Coordinates and synthesizes the contributions of others.
  • Leads, prepares, and reviews graphics, technical reports, work plans, scopes of work, fee proposals, and responses to Request for Proposals for projects. Prepares and reviews budgets, invoicing, and billing.
  • Leads public and stakeholder engagement and presents information to the community.
  • Provides guidance and mentors staff.
  • Leads coordination with clients, sub-consultants, and in-house personnel on a regular basis to complete assigned tasks.
  • Recommends process and system improvements that result in greater efficiencies, enhanced capacities, and improved service delivery.
  • Supports department managers and office leadership with strategic planning, staffing/training, and other special projects.
  • May serve as project manager or task lead.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.


What You'll Need:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Geography, or related field and 10 years related experience, or
  • Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Geography, or related field and 9 yrs of relevant experience


What You'll Bring:
  • Provides consultation on research approaches, evaluation methodologies, and conclusions to make recommendations to less experienced staff or clients.
  • Oversees the preparation of reports and provides consultation on structure and content, including conducting quality reviews. Presents and defends reports to audiences.
  • Manages client meetings and oversees preparation or meeting materials without oversight from others.


What We Prefer:
  • Master's degree in Urban Planning or related field.
  • Professional Engineer (PE), American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP), Professional Transportation Planner (PTP), Certified Environmental Professional (CEP), Envision, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP)


Additional Information

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Locations:
Austin, TX, Round Rock, TX

NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:

HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

About HNTB

HNTB Corporation is an American infrastructure design firm that was founded in 1914. The firm has designed many bridges, roadways, airports, and other infrastructure projects throughout the United States. HNTB has worked on many high-profile projects, including the Hoover Dam Bypass, the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement, and the new terminal at Kansas City International Airport. The firm has over 60 offices throughout the United States and employs over 5,000 people.
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