Senior Transportation Specialist

Location: Buffalo, New York, United States of America; regular in-person activities are required in the Buffalo–Niagara region, with occasional travel elsewhere in Western and Upstate New York.

Salary: $74,090.00–$125,954.00 per year for full-time employment.

Company

hirify.global is a global advisory and technology services provider supporting governments and organizations with transportation, environmental, energy, and community-focused consulting and technology services.

What you will do

• Support or lead multimodal transportation planning assignments involving sustainable mobility, transportation demand management, long-range planning, mobility programs, resilience, and technical assistance.
• Research and analyze transportation, demographic, land use, policy, program, performance, stakeholder, and public-priority information to develop findings and recommendations.
• Prepare technical and public-facing reports, memoranda, strategic plans, presentations, and factsheets.
• Plan and facilitate virtual and in-person workshops, focus groups, interviews, public meetings, and other stakeholder outreach.
• Coordinate project activities, schedules, budgets, deliverables, subcontractors, clients, and hirify.global team members.
• Support proposals and pursue new business opportunities with state and local clients.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in urban planning, transportation planning, public policy, or a related field plus 3+ years of relevant professional experience; or bachelor’s degree in one of these fields plus 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in one or more of transportation demand management, mobility management, shared mobility, first- and last-mile transportation, or programs expanding alternatives to driving alone.
• Experience in metropolitan, regional, or statewide long-range transportation planning.
• Experience with multimodal transportation planning involving transit, walking, bicycling, roadways, freight, shared mobility, or demand-responsive services.
• Experience with transportation system performance analysis and measurement or project prioritization.
• Experience with public and stakeholder engagement, including focus groups, workshops, surveying, public meetings, and coordination with community-based organizations.
• Authorization to work in the United States is required. The position is not eligible for new H-1B visa sponsorship.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in urban planning, transportation planning, public policy, or a related field plus 6+ years of relevant professional experience; or bachelor’s degree in one of these fields plus 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in transportation planning, mobility, or community development initiatives for public-sector organizations.
• Strong research, analytical, and technical writing skills.
• Strong verbal communication, presentation, and facilitation skills, including the ability to convey complex ideas to diverse audiences.
• Strong organizational skills and experience coordinating multidisciplinary projects, managing multiple deliverables, and working with clients, agencies, and stakeholders.
• Experience with transportation agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, transit providers, municipalities, or community-based organizations in New York State.
• Ability to participate regularly in in-person activities in the Buffalo–Niagara region and travel occasionally elsewhere in Western and Upstate New York.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with pay determined by experience, skills, certifications, competencies, geographic location, education, and contract provisions.
• Collaborative workplace focused on sharing expertise and achieving professional goals.
• Equal opportunity employment with reasonable accommodations available throughout the application and employment process.