Toole Design Group in Philadelphia, PA is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Project Planner. Do you have a strong background in transportation planning with multimodal experience? 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? Do you want to help communities create places and systems that benefit people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds while collaborating with innovative transportation planners, engineers, landscape architects, urban designers, and policy experts? Would you like to work for a firm that is committed to the well-being of its employees? If so, please consider joining our growing Philadelphia 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 provide our employees with financial incentives to walk, bike, or use transit.

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

You are part of an interdisciplinary team that delivers multimodal transportation policies and plans in a wide range of contexts including dense urban environments, suburban communities, and small-town and rural areas throughout Philadelphia and the greater Mid-Atlantic region.

As a Project Planner you will manage projects and tasks, 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.

We help clients find people-first solutions that prioritize active transportation at all different scales, from national pedestrian and bicycle planning and design guidance to plans for state DOTs and cities across the region, to intersection, corridor, and bikeway advancements in Philadelphia. Our work includes pedestrian and bicycle network plans, safety analyses, Vision Zero action plans, Safe Routes to School plans and program management, design guidelines, conceptual design, wayfinding, transit, and shared mobility. Underpinning our work is our unwavering commitment to safer, human-centric streets and places that exemplify equity, ethics, and empathy.

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 up to 2-3 days per week. Toole Design is in the process of opening our first Philadelphia office, conveniently located in Center City and easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit. 

Ready to Join our Philadelphia 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, please submit a cover letter with your application. We recognize that well-qualified candidates are often unwilling to apply if they do not meet 100% of qualifications and requirements and encourage interested professionals to consider applying even if their background, experience, or education may differ from this advertisement. Let us know how you will meet the demands of the role and bring your unique experience and perspective to the team.

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 or related experience
• AICP Certification is a plus
• Experience independently managing tasks or projects, including oversight of budgets, reporting requirements, and project deliverables
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and multi-phased projects
• Experience with active transportation planning
• Experience with public and stakeholder engagement
• Strong cultural competency with people from racial backgrounds different than your own
• Software proficiency 
  • Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • GIS software (ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, QGIS)
  • Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Communication skills 
  • Strong written and verbal communication
  • Strong presentation and coordination skills for internal and external meetings
  • Spanish language abilities are a plus

You'll be great here if:

• You are excited about transforming transportation networks and creating healthier and more vibrant places to live, work, and play
• You value diversity, equity, and inclusion in the planning profession and beyond 
• You enjoy collaborating across disciplines and offices to do great work for clients
• You take pride in delivering 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