Overview

Kimley-Horn has a rewarding opportunity for an experienced Senior Transit Planner/Project Manager to join our team in Charlotte, NC overseeing various, large transportation and transit infrastructure projects, as well as leading community and stakeholder engagement activities.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will have a strategic mindset and a passion for leading large public transportation/transit planning projects. Their focus will include leading transportation planning for transit projects including Commuter Rail, Bus Rapid Transit, Light Rail, and Fixed and On Demand services. This role will be responsible for collaborating with municipalities, regional entities, transit agencies, and members of the public. The successful candidate will also play a role in business development by tracking transportation planning opportunities.

Activities Include:

• Manage large, complex, and multi-disciplinary transportation infrastructure projects, or significant portions of the projects.
• Mentor and develop staff, provides leadership in an environment that encourages teamwork, initiative, and growth.
• Lead project outreach activities including guiding the direction of public engagement, giving presentations, meeting with community members, businesses, and organizations to explain the project scope, impacts, benefits, mitigations, etc.
• Collaborate with agencies and municipal clients on complex planning and project delivery challenges.
• Conduct public presentations including community meetings, board meetings, and city council meetings.
• Perform project management duties such as managing large tasks and projects, performing research, report writing, leading public involvement meetings and maintaining client relations in support of transportation infrastructure projects.
• Develop schedules, review invoices, manage progress reports, prepare scopes, and track budgets.

Qualifications

Required:

• A strong passion to provide clients with exceptional service
• A minimum of 8 years of planning experience, including large capital transit infrastructure projects
• Strong knowledge of planning principles related to transit and transportation
• Demonstrated project management experience
• Experience in transportation and transit planning project work including, but not limited to transit planning, bus rapid transit, light rail, complete streets, pedestrian and bicycle planning
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience with public outreach, community engagement, providing presentations to public officials and communication with a variety of individuals
• Outgoing, self-motivated team player
• Ability to work with and balance priorities among multiple projects and project managers

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
• AICP accreditation, or P.E. license
• An entrepreneurial spirit