Senior Transit Planner
- Transportation
- Atlanta
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It’s an exciting time at AtkinsRéalis! We are rapidly growing in the US. Our company purpose is to build a better world for our planet and its people. We recognize the importance of making sure that our clients and employees, feel this purpose every day. AtkinsRéalis is proud of our company culture that promotes, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our company ethos include collaboration through the connection of people, data, and technology. We are a global firm, who leverages having employees located throughout the world, creating valuable partnerships and doing our part to make this planet and its people, thrive. We need energetic, passionate and eager professionals like you to join our team. There has never been a better time to be a part of AtkinsRéalis!
We are hiring! AtkinsRéalis seeks an energetic and highly motivated self-starter to join our Atlanta, Georgia office as a Senior Transit Planner. The selected candidate will have significant familiarity with FTA grants, environmental documentation, and overseeing projects from initial planning through design and execution. As the project manager, you will oversee county transit capital projects and facilities, and lead planning and design efforts for various Bus Rapid Transit, Transit Centers and MicroTransit projects.
About Us
AtkinsRéalis is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies. AtkinsRéalis has been providing infrastructure planning, engineering, construction, environmental consulting, urban planning, architecture, and program management services to public and private clients across the United States for more than 50 years. AtkinsRéalis has the depth and breadth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time-critical infrastructure projects and the urgent transition to a low-carbon economy.
How will you contribute to the team?
- Cultivate and maintain relationships with regional and local clients.
- Manage multiple concurrent projects of diverse scopes and complexities, including Bus Transfer Facilities, Bus Rapid Transit and MicroTransit projects, and Alternative Analysis for circulator systems.
- Lead the planning and development of project deliverables ensuring high quality.
- Collaborate directly with clients to deliver excellent service.
- Develop and oversee project budgets and meet contractual requirements.
- Perform technical analyses and compile project reports.
- Prepare and deliver technical presentations.
What will you contribute?
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in planning or related field. Master's or graduate level technical coursework preferred. This level may be achieved by Planners with seven years’ experience since bachelor’s or six years since Master's. Typical incumbent has 10 years' experience.
- Proven technical writing and communications skills. May be eligible for project management training.
- AICP Certification desired.
- 10+ years’ experience in transportation/transit planning - Technical background and expertise in transit and/or transportation planning.
- Experience with FTA processes and compliance, FTA grants, environmental documentation
- Experience with planning/programming of Transit facilities preferred.
- Potential to serve as Project manager once projects proceed to PE.
- Experience in project management.
- Experience with State and local transportation agencies, and their standards, policies and practices are preferred.
- Experience in Preliminary Engineering and NEPA work for High-Capacity Transit (HCT) projects.
- Experience with applying technical excellence in transit and transportation planning, particularly FTA, FRA, and USDOT project development and funding processes for projects.
- Project management or Senior Task Lead experience on transit and multi-modal transportation studies and projects; professional experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
- Working knowledge and project leadership on early project development phase for transit projects including general transit planning, alternatives analysis, capital investment grant program and federal funding, conceptual engineering, and environmental planning processes.
What we offer at AtkinsRéalis:
AtkinsRéalis realizes that health, mental and financial wellbeing, are all equally needed to achieve balance in life. We are pleased to offer a robust rewards package that help our employees have peace of mind in and outside of work. Our benefit offerings address all of the areas that are part of living a healthy life.
We recognize that what is important to people, continues to change. Some of our other benefits to ensure our employees feel supported, include continuing to offer health and dental coverage for domestic partners and a full list below. Our culture is one of providing support and training for our employees to thrive. We offer learning and development programs, training, career pathing opportunities, and a tuition reimbursement plan. At AtkinsRéalis, you will enjoy a robust rewards package which includes:
- Competitive salary
- Flexible work schedules
- Group Insurance
- Paid Family Leave
- Two Floating Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave (including maternity and paternity)
- Pet Insurance
- Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Learning and development programs, training, career opportunities and a highly regarded tuition reimbursement program
- An inclusive culture of Employee Resources Groups centered around women, African Americans, Hispanics, LGBTQ+, Neurodiversity and Emerging Professionals.
- A Foundation that is employee-funded with a 2-to-1 match from the company providing STEAM education for minorities from K-12 to college.
If this sounds like you and you would like to expand your career with us, apply today!
AtkinsRéalis is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. EOE/Minorities/Females/Veteran/Disability.
Please review AtkinsRéalis Equal Opportunity Statement here:
https://careers.atkinsrealis.com/equal-opportunities-statement
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Upon acceptance of an offer, all candidates must go through a drug screen test and background check. AtkinsRéalis is a federal contractor which mandates a satisfactory background screening report and drug test that supersedes state laws.
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