Transit Planner - Military Veterans

PLANNING PRACTICE

Michael Baker's full-service Community & Transportation Planning Practice provides expertise, creativity, and dedication to a wide range of projects. Our community-driven planning process shapes innovative and sustainable outcomes, while our well-established project management process delivers projects on time and within budget. We leverage the latest technology involving geospatial planning tools, public involvement, visualization, and communication tools to truly engage the community and produce successful projects that have public support. Our plans integrate policy, funding, and follow-through actions to support ongoing achievement of our clients' vision and goals.

DESCRIPTION

Michael Baker International seeks an industry-experienced Transit Planner to join our Dearborn, MI office. This is not a remote role and will require someone to sit in the Dearborn office daily. The ideal candidate will be self-driven, intellectually curious, committed to excellence, and demonstrate a desire to build strong client relationships. Under limited supervision, the Planner will support planners and project managers with active transit planning activities, including data collection and analysis, reporting, and presentations, within the Detroit area, state of Michigan, and as well as by collaborating with transit experts located in various Michael Baker offices throughout the United States. Responsibilities include:

• Developing both short-term and long-term plans to address transportation issues and future needs, designing projects for transit services, public transit expansions, and multimodal interaction.
• Engaging with stakeholders, including government agencies, transit agencies, community groups, and the public. Gathering input and ensuring plans meet transit needs.
• Analyzing data and using transportation modeling to forecast future demands and evaluate project impacts.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of transit programs and make recommended improvements.

The successful candidate will possess the following characteristics:

• Knowledge of planning disciplines, such as feasibility studies, development plans, corridor studies, service performance reviews, Title VI, and other transit studies.
• Knowledge of public transit funding processes, programs, and grants.
• Knowledge of different modes of public transit operations.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to a technical and non-technical audience.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills. Ability to research, compile, analyze, coordinate, and prepare technical planning reports pertaining to the client's scope of work.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for preparing and presenting reports and projects.
• Ability to serve as a liaison with clients and future clients promoting transit planning services.

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Planning or a related field.
• 3-5 years of transit planning experience in the areas of technical consulting, industry operations, or a combination thereof.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as strong analytical skills.
• American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification.
• Prior experience working at a transit agency, state department of transportation, or metropolitan planning organization MPO.
• Experience with ReMix, StoryMaps, WebMaps, Survey Monkey, Survey 123, and transit software.

COMPENSATION

The approximate compensation range for this position is $89,569 to $135,115. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.

ABOUT US

Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management, has been solving some of the world's most complex infrastructure challenges for more than 80 years with a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity.

Based in Pittsburgh and with nearly 100 offices nationwide, we partner with clients on everything from roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and airports, to water treatment plants, arctic oil pipelines, environmental restoration and specialized overseas construction. We serve as a trusted adviser to the communities we serve, making them safer, more accessible, more sustainable and more prosperous.

We provide visionary leadership in facilitating transformational change for our clients. Our work delivers differentiating innovations and dedicated experts who challenge the status quo and share a world of diverse experience and an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit. We deliver quality of life.

We Make a Difference.

Michael Baker International is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Michael Baker International provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. Michael Baker International maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.

EEO is the Law. Applicants to and employees of Michael Baker International are protected under Federal law from discrimination.

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