BIRMINGHAM, AL

Neel-Schaffer, an Engineering News-Record Top 200 Design firm with offices in nine states, has an opportunity for a Transportation Planner to join our growing engineering firm in our Birmingham (AL) Office. Neel-Schaffer is not just a place to work, it is a promise of a living, dynamic environment where people collaborate, innovate, build enduring relationships, excel, and grow professionally in a strong culture of ownership.

In This Role, the Ideal Candidate Will

• Support transportation planning work for metropolitan transportation plans, long-range transportation plans, transit plans, and bicycle and pedestrian plans.
• Work with clients including Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), state Departments of Transportations (DOTs), and local governments (municipal and county/parish).
• Support a range of planning tasks, including existing conditions analysis, demographic data forecasting, community engagement, visioning, financial planning, and plan development.
• Prepare technical and non-technical reports and presentations.
• Assist project managers with tasks by completing them within deadlines and budget requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in urban planning, geography, public administration, engineering, or related field.
• 1 to 3 years of multimodal transportation planning (bicycle, pedestrian, and/or transit) experience with Bachelors degree or 2 years of experience with Masters degree.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)/
• Proficiency in GIS/
• Domestic travel may be required, mostly in the South/Southeast US. The frequency of travel is contingent on workload and project demands.

preferred qualifications

• AICP, PTP or approved certification in a related field.
• Advanced GIS experience (Accessibility Analysis, Network Analyst).
• Advanced data analysis and visualization experience (Excel, Access, PowerBI, Tableau).

Equal Opportunity Employer