Experienced Community Planner / PM

Mead & Hunt is seeking a Transportation Planner to join its Mid-Atlantic Community Planning Department within the Transportation Planning Business Unit. This position will lead and support multidisciplinary transportation planning projects that improve safety, mobility, access, and quality of life in communities across the Mid-Atlantic.

The successful candidate will combine strong project delivery, policy and technical research, client service, staff leadership, and business development skills to advance practical, equitable, and implementable transportation solutions.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead or support transportation plans, studies, programs, and implementation strategies related to Vision Zero, Complete Streets, active transportation, Safe Routes to School, performance management, public engagement, legislative review, transportation funding, and multimodal transportation planning.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and deliverables while maintaining strong communication with clients, partner agencies, stakeholders, and internal teams.
• Develop clear technical memoranda, reports, presentations, graphics and visualizations, policy analyses, performance measures, funding strategies, and public-facing materials.
• Plan and facilitate stakeholder meetings, workshops, interviews, and public engagement activities that translate community and agency input into actionable recommendations.
• Research federal, state, regional, and local transportation policies, legislation, guidance, funding programs, and emerging practices, with particular attention to Mid-Atlantic issues and trends.
• Lead, mentor, and coordinate junior staff; assign work, provide technical direction, review deliverables, and support staff development.
• Contribute to proposals, scopes of work, fee estimates, schedules, interview materials, and other pursuit activities.
• Support business development by strengthening client relationships, identifying opportunities, contributing to strategic positioning, and representing Mead & Hunt at professional and industry events.
• Collaborate with planners, engineers, designers, communications professionals, and other disciplines to deliver integrated transportation solutions.
• All levels of planning roles involve growing responsibilities for data analysis, long-range planning, research, site visits, supporting project materials, and public engagement

The successful candidate must have:

• Bachelor's degree in planning or related field plus eight (8) years of relevant experience

--OR--

• Twelve (12) years of relevant experience

The ideal candidate will have any/all of the following:

• Professional certification or licensure such as American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP),
• Experience managing projects and mentoring or supervising junior staff.
• Experience preparing successful proposals and supporting client development or strategic business development initiatives.
• Familiarity with federal and state transportation programs, grant opportunities, performance-based planning, and funding implementation strategies.
• Experience working with state departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, transit agencies, school systems, community organizations, or similar partners in the Mid-Atlantic.
• Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating transportation planning projects, studies, programs, or major work tasks.
• Knowledge of transportation planning principles, public-sector decision-making, and current transportation issues and trends in the Mid-Atlantic.
• Ability to understand and interpret transportation planning data, traffic operations and safety analysis, socioeconomic data, big mobility data sets, geometric design criteria and best practices for roadways, bike lanes/ trails, transit facilities, curbside and micromobility
• Strong research, analytical, writing, presentation, facilitation, organization, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, exercise sound judgment, work effectively with multidisciplinary teams, and produce high-quality deliverables.

What Success Looks Like

The ideal candidate is a collaborative and proactive planner who can move comfortably between strategic thinking and detailed project execution. They communicate complex information clearly, build trusted relationships, support team growth, and help clients convert transportation goals into realistic policies, programs, projects, and funding actions.

Mead & Hunt proudly offers medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, paid sick leave, parental leave, a 401K plan with a generous company match, life and disability insurance, and an employee assistance program.

Salary Range: $105,000 to $140,000 - Actual compensation may vary due to other factors such as: experience, skill set or location.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of applicable pre-employment screening requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.

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