What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Planner position at IBI Group?
We are a global architecture, engineering, planning, and technology firm defining the cities of tomorrow.
By connecting design and technology, we change how people experience their built environment. We work across disciplines to create the intelligent systems, sustainable buildings, and efficient infrastructure that shapes the way people live, move, learn, and heal.
With over 3,000 employees and 60 offices around the world, we understand what it takes to work locally and scale globally.
At IBI, we’re defining the cities of tomorrow.
IBI Group's Transit & Mobility Data team is hiring a Transportation Planner to join their team. It is preferred that this position be in Boston MA, Washington DC, Portland OR, or San Diego CA. Remote work from locations in North America will be considered for a strong candidate.
IBI Group's Transit & Mobility Data team works with transit agencies across North America to deliver a wide variety of transit planning, data analytics, and technology projects. While we have proven analytical and software capabilities, we distinguish ourselves by also bringing a thorough understanding of operations, planning, and the latest in technology to our projects. Our staff have experience in the planning and operations space, and we utilize their expertise to help agencies make sound decisions that are supported by analysis of operational data collected from on-board systems such as automated passenger counter (APC), automated vehicle location (AVL) and automated fare collection (AFC). Our practice also has a special emphasis on utilizing open source software and data, such as GTFS/GTFS-realtime and OpenTripPlanner to build analytical tools that support our analysis.
Most of the things you’ll work on:
- Apply transit service planning principles and develop modern approaches to assist in the comprehensive design of modern transit systems and corridors
Analyze historical and realtime operational and spatial data to assess the quality and performance of transit services
Prepare technical memos, reports, dashboards, and presentations
Coordinate with clients, and other design disciplines, offices, and staff
Contribute to proposals and other business development efforts
You'll need to have:
- Experience with transportation planning, engineering, or data analysis
- Familiarity with and/or interest in public transit and multimodal transportation
- Attention to detail and ability to balance priorities and multiple projects
- Interest in developing new skills and excitement for new challenges
It’s a bonus if you also have:
- Experience with managing transportation planning, engineering or data analysis projects
- Familiarity with transit and mobility data (e.g. APC, AVL, AFC, GTFS, GTFS-realtime, OpenStreetMap) and/or open source transit software and planning tools (e.g. OpenTripPlanner and Conveyal Analysis)
- Familiarity with programming languages such as SQL, Python, and R
Additional Information
Our client base is broad and located across the US. A hallmark of our work is that we have gained the long-term trust of our agency partners, maintaining long term relationships and being able to respond to their needs. Some of our clients include: SANDAG, NCTD, Caltrans, San Francisco MTC, Las Vegas RTC, LA Metro, Portland TriMet, King County Metro, Boston MBTA, Westchester County Beeline, Washington Metro, Tampa HART, Chicago RTA, Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC), VDOT, MassDOT, MDOT, DelDOT and others.
IBI Group is pleased to provide a competitive benefit package and pays association dues and licensing fees.
As part of IBI Group's selection process, candidates may be requested to consent to background checks relevant to the role under consideration for, prior to receiving a job offer (as applicable under state law). These could include: work references, education and credential confirmation and employment verification.
We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. IBI Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability.
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