Assistant Director - Transportation Planning Division

Alliance Transportation Group (ATG) delivers a full range of engineering, planning, and consulting services to address current and future transportation challenges.

Do you have a passion for transportation?

Do you want to be a part of a team that truly enjoys working together to make a difference?

ATG is currently seeking an Assistant Director - Transportation Planning in Austin, TX. The Assistant Director of Alliance Transportation Group's Planning Division is responsible for assisting in leading an experienced, multidisciplinary, high-energy team of multimodal transportation planners and travel demand modelers in pursuing, winning, and performing transportation planning studies for a wide variety of public sector clients throughout the US.

Responsibilities:

The Assistant Director, Planning Division will assist the VP-Planning Director in:

• Setting strategic direction for the firm's Planning Division
• Managing all aspects of the division operations and technical product delivery

• Meeting Division goals and metrics

• Supporting business development being carried out by practice leaders
• Developing and maintaining client / teaming partner relationships

• Identifying and attending relevant conferences, networking with industry leaders. and seeking out appropriate speaking opportunities
• Supporting proposal development
• Effectively managing pursuits as a Capture Manager and winning pursuits
• Approving scopes, fees, and contracts
• Overseeing workload management
• Promoting continuous improvement in division technical and operational capabilities through use of ATG's proven quality management program and best practice quality management principles
• Sourcing, attracting, and selecting talent

• Creating a positive and productive workplace

• Providing constructive, timely, effective feedback to staff through formal (goal-setting, performance reviews) and informal means

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of multimodal transportation planning experience
• 5+ years of supervisory experience and personnel management leading a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrated team leadership experience in successfully completing multimodal transportation systems planning, corridor studies, environmental analysis or other transportation planning activities
• Ability to successfully interact with clients or potential clients and teaming partners
• Ability to present complex analysis and make a persuasive case for recommendations to public policy makers, technical stakeholders and the public
• Understanding of the principles of multimodal transportation systems planning and corridor planning in the context of metropolitan and statewide planning regulations

Desired Qualifications:

• Master's degree or higher in Urban and Regional Planning, Transportation Engineering, Geography, Economics or related field.
• Professional certification (e.g. AICP/PE, etc.)
• Familiarity with the principles and techniques of travel demand modeling for both traffic forecasting and transit ridership forecasting
• Familiarity with the principles and techniques of traffic engineering and operational analysis using microsimulation tools
• Experience with Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) studies, Metropolitan Transportation Plans; Transit Systems Plans; Congestion Management Plans; Active Transportation Plans
• Experience with and understanding of Complete Streets principles and concepts
• Knowledge and understanding of FAST Act multimodal performance management and performance-based planning and programming processes

Current Openings for Assistant Director Transportation Planning Division Jobs at Alliance Transportation Group, LLC