Toole Design Group in Boston, MA is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Project Planner. Are you passionate about helping communities plan, build, and retrofit their transportation systems to make walking, bicycling, and transit safer, more attractive, more efficient, and healthier? Are you looking to collaborate with some of the most thoughtful and innovative transportation planners, engineers, landscape architects, urban designers, and policy experts? Do you thrive in a values-driven and collaborative work environment? If so, please consider joining our Boston team!
 

This Project Planner position earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading planning, engineering, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States and Canada. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers is committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race, or gender. We have been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver improves our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.
 

A Day in the Life of a Project Planner

Our planning group works on a wide range of projects, including active transportation plans, transit plans, multimodal corridor studies, street designs, Safe Routes to School (SRTS), curbside management and parking, transportation demand management, and micromobility plans. You will manage community engagement, as well as planning and design activities using the Safe System Approach. Help identify and deliver safety countermeasures, crash modification factors, and safety performance functions. Familiarity with GIS, road safety audits, crash analyses, speed management, equitable engagement practices and industry design stands will assist in your development of Vision Zero Action Plans, Local Roadway Safety Plans and other safety related initiatives. 

We are known for our progressive approach to community engagement and partner collaborations. The planning group works closely with the design, engineering, landscape architecture, and urban design practices within the firm.
 

As a Project Planner you will manage projects, tasks and proposals, lead analyses, work directly with our clients, represent Toole Design in project and stakeholder meetings, pursue and win work, and reinforce our reputation as trusted experts. You’ll work with other planners, landscape architects, urban designers, and engineers to deliver a variety of exciting projects focused on making places and travel experiences better for everyone. You’ll be at the table with clients and colleagues from a variety of disciplines, integrating input from a broad range of stakeholders to create award-winning plans that lead directly to implementation.

Work Schedule for a Project Planner

This full-time position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week.  We also provide employees with the flexibility and necessary equipment to work from home 2-3 days per week. Our office is located in Boston’s Downtown Crossing, directly adjacent to the iconic Boston Common, within a short walk to all of the major rapid transit lines and close to both North and South Station commuter rail lines. Applicants should be willing to travel within New England to support public engagement activities.
 

Ready to Join our Northeast Team?
We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Project Planner position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.
 

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities — women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between — to apply. Even if you don’t think your current skill set checks every box below, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We’re proud that about half of our managers are women and are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing HR@tooledesign.com.

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Qualifications of a Project Planner:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in urban planning, landscape architecture, urban design, engineering, public health, or a related field. Additional experience can be substituted in lieu of a degree
• 5 or more years of planning experience
• Certification as an AICP is a plus
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and multi-phased projects
• Relevant work experience in one or more of the following areas: bicycle and pedestrian planning and design; transit planning; multimodal corridor studies; community and stakeholder engagement; and/or policy (e.g., curbside management, parking, TDM, micromobility) active transportation planning, streetscape design, transit, and trails
• Relevant safety work in one or more of the following areas is a plus: Safe System Approach, Vision Zero, safety countermeasure design, crash modification factors, safety performance functions 
• Experience and interest in public outreach and engagement, a plus
• Successful track record working independently on completing and/or managing tasks
• Motivation to win work for a growing office including forming and managing client relationships, identifying potential opportunities, and developing proposals and interview materials

Software proficiency:

• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• GIS software (ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, QGIS)
• Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)

You’ll be great here if:

• You are excited about transforming transportation networks and creating healthy and resilient environments for communities throughout New England
• You enjoy collaborating across disciplines and offices to deliver great work for clients
• You deliver high-quality work on time and on budget
• You know how to get the message across, whether it’s written, verbal, or graphical
• You’re motivated to tackle new challenges and develop creative solutions
• You thrive on engaging communities in the public outreach process
• You can build relationships, bring enthusiasm to exciting projects, and are detail oriented with strong problem-solving skills
• You’re motivated to find potential clients