Planner II - Transportation Planning

Location: Hybrid, Dublin, Ohio, United States; approximately 20% local/regional travel with occasional evening meetings or events.

Company

hirify.global provides environmental consulting and sustainable engineering services for water resources, resilient land use, energy transformation, and civil infrastructure.

What you will do

• Research and analyze transportation data for multimodal, active transportation, and safety-focused studies.
• Assist with transportation, active transportation, safety action, comprehensive, and land-use plans for municipal, regional, and state clients, including SS4A and Vision Zero-style plans.
• Conduct GIS analysis and create maps, graphics, layouts, crash maps, network screenings, connectivity and accessibility analyses, and project prioritization materials.
• Plan, support, and attend public meetings, workshops, stakeholder outreach, and other in-person or virtual engagement events.
• Prepare presentations, agendas, meeting summaries, and facilitate steering meetings; collaborate with planners, engineers, GIS analysts, government clients, and transportation agencies.
• Support technical analysis, reports, budgets, schedules, deliverables, grant applications, post-award reporting, field data collection, site visits, and safety audits.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Geography/GIS, or a related field, or a bachelor’s degree in city and regional planning, transportation, urban planning, geography, public policy, or a related field plus 2+ years of professional transportation planning experience.
• Experience with state and local government transportation planning and interest in public-sector and transportation agency clients.
• Experience using ArcGIS Pro and/or ArcGIS Online for mapping and data analysis.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain transportation planning concepts to the public.
• Creative problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze and synthesize technical, crash, demographic, and U.S. Census data.
• Valid driver’s license and willingness to travel locally and regionally for meetings, fieldwork, and events.

Nice to have

• Experience with crash datasets or safety analysis.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud or InDesign.
• Knowledge of federal and state transportation planning guidelines and funding programs, including FHWA safety guidance, Proven Safety Countermeasures, SS4A, HSIP funding, and state DOT processes.
• AICP certification or interest in pursuing AICP certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work environment in a collaborative, feedback-driven, people-focused culture.
• Medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.