Senior Planner

Toole Design Group LLC

$120K — $145K *
Transportation
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Project management experience, including client and subconsultant management.
  • 8+ years in relevant roles, ideally within California.
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in planning or a related field.
  • Experience with public outreach and engagement processes.
  • Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.
  • Experience managing collaborative projects with diverse teams and external partners.
  • Motivated to pursue and win new work, including forming client relationships.
  • Fluency in Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Lead impactful active transportation and safety projects.
  • Develop strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.
  • Mentor junior staff and support their professional growth.
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams on complex projects.
  • Engage with a range of stakeholders to shape project outcomes.
  • Oversee project scopes, budgets, and multiple parallel work streams.
  • Support business development efforts by identifying opportunities and preparing proposals.

Benefits

  • Working in a supportive and talented team environment.
  • Opportunity to be part of a low turnover, ENR Top 500 design firm.
  • Engagement in meaningful projects that improve community safety and accessibility.
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

Design streets that move people-not just cars.
At Toole Design , we're leading the way in creating safer, more connected communities through sustainable multimodal transportation design. We're looking for a Senior Planner to join our team in Oakland, CA. Someone who's excited to lead impactful active transportation projects and safety projects that reflect our mission and values.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Planner focusing on Vision Zero, Active Transportation Plans, and Safe Routes to School projects, you will develop relationships with clients, mentor others, and lead exciting, fun, and challenging projects throughout California, while also supporting projects across our North American offices. You will lead teams from a variety of disciplines on complex and impactful work, help pursue and win work, and reinforce our firm's reputation as trusted experts and advisors. You will engage with and integrate input from a broad range of stakeholders to create impactful plans that build momentum towards positive change in communities.

Our Oakland office is truly interdisciplinary: urban designers, landscape architects, planners, and engineers work side by side to tackle issues from multiple perspectives. Our projects focus on improving safety, livability, and accessibility for people walking, biking, and taking transit. We work on projects throughout the design spectrum, from high-level systemwide planning and visioning to micro-level final engineering designs.

Join Us. Make an Impact.
We're proud to be an ENR Top 500 design firm with one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry. If you're ready to do meaningful work with a supportive, talented team-apply today.

We are targeting a salary range of $120,000 to $145,000 for this position.

Requirements

What You Bring:
  • Project management experience, including client management, subconsultant management, scope/budget development and management, and delegating/overseeing multiple parallel tracks of work
  • 8 or more years of experience on similar work, preferably in California
  • A bachelor's or master's degree in planning or a related field
  • Experience planning and conducting public outreach and engagement
  • A proven track record delivering high-quality projects on-time and on-budget
  • Experience leading projects that involve coordinating collaborative work between staff teams, consultant partners, and public sector or nonprofit partners
  • The motivation to win work, including forming and managing client relationships, identifying potential opportunities, and developing proposals and interview materials
  • Fluency or a working knowledge of the Spanish language is a plus

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