Senior Transportation & Community Planner

Location: Hybrid in Anchorage or Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, with travel to communities and project sites throughout Alaska

Salary: $115,000–$160,000 per year

Company

Michael Baker International provides engineering and consulting services across transportation, infrastructure, environmental, architectural, and community planning projects.

What you will do

• Support public-sector transportation, safety, mobility, multimodal, corridor, and community planning projects.
• Gather, analyze, interpret, and visualize data for infrastructure and planning decisions.
• Develop maps, presentations, technical reports, grant materials, and public-facing communications.
• Support public meetings, workshops, interviews, stakeholder engagement, and community planning activities.
• Research public funding opportunities and support grant applications and implementation strategies.
• Coordinate with local governments, Tribal organizations, regional partners, state agencies, planners, engineers, GIS specialists, and project managers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in planning, Geography, Public Administration, Environmental Studies, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in transportation, community, regional, or infrastructure planning.
• Strong writing, communication, research, organizational, and project coordination skills.
• Experience with GIS, mapping, data visualization, graphic design, or presentation tools.
• Experience with transportation safety plans, corridor studies, multimodal planning, community plans, public engagement, grants, or proposal development.
• Ability to travel to Alaska communities and project sites as needed.

Nice to have

• Experience working with Alaska communities, Tribal organizations, local governments, or state agencies.
• Experience supporting public agencies, municipalities, Tribal organizations, or DOT-related programs.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work with planners, engineers, GIS specialists, environmental professionals, and project managers.
• Mentorship and hands-on project experience across urban, rural, and remote Alaska communities.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k), HSA, FSA, life insurance, and disability coverage.
• Paid time off, professional and personal development, commuter benefits, and wellness benefits.