Join a leading transportation and transit planning company and advance your career!
Foursquare Integrated Transportation Planning, Inc. (Foursquare ITP) is looking for qualified, motivated, passionate, and diverse candidates for Transportation Planner positions. These positions provide the opportunity to contribute to a wide variety of transportation planning projects and learn from some of the best and brightest in the industry.
Foursquare ITP's transportation planning work is focused in the following areas:
• Transit Service Planning.
• Transit Operations and Facilities Planning.
• New Mobility.
• Regional and Statewide Planning.
• BRT, Bus Priority, and Corridor Planning.
• Transportation Demand Management.
• Micromobility and Active Transportation.
• Strategic and Financial Planning.
Our planning work is supported by four cross-cutting teams focused on: Data Science, Design and Visualization, Public and Stakeholder Engagement, and GIS.
Role You will work as part of a team and will be responsible for transportation planning work such as data analysis and reporting; mapping, graphics, and visualization; use of technical tools; innovative research; and meeting participation on a wide variety of transportation projects. You will be involved in projects based on experience, interest, and skills, including transit development plans; transit service and operations planning; regional transportation plans; bus rapid transit and priority corridor plans; transportation strategic planning and performance monitoring; transportation demand management planning; and microtransit and micromobility planning.
Responsibilities will include:
• Participating in teams focused on a variety of project types with multiple project managers.
• Developing and applying a variety of methods for analysis.
• Conducting Geographic Information System (GIS) based analysis and developing legible maps for conveying complex information.
• Conducting primary and secondary research on a variety of topics.
• Writing to convey technical elements in reports.
• Contributing to team discussions.
• Participating in public and stakeholder outreach.
Required Education and Experience
• Masters degree in a topic related to transportation planning
Or
• Bachelors degree and 2+ years of experience as a transportation planner
Required Skills and Knowledge
In addition to having the appropriate training and skills, you must be a smart, motivated, self-starter who is passionate about transit and transportation planning and has excellent written and oral communication skills.
Requirements vary by level within the Junior Transportation Planner and Transportation Planner positions. They range from a bachelor's degree with no full-time work experience to a master's degree with several years of relevant work experience. Additionally, the selected candidate must have:
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Proven writing, research, and analysis capabilities.
• Experience with GIS.
• Other desired, but not required, skills include:
• Experience with graphic design programs such as InDesign, Illustrator, SketchUp, Rhino.
• Coding in R or Python.
• Tableau or Power BI.