What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

Within HNTB's new Planning & Mobility Department, the Sr. Urban Planner / Engagement Specialist will have the opportunity to lead planning and engagement on pivotal transportation projects lead by city and state agencies within the tri-state area and beyond. You will have an opportunity to learn HNTB's innovative Public Involvement and Equity Planning Tools which bring equal opportunities for all communities surrounding project areas.

As Sr. Planner you will be responsible for applying planning strategies utilizing various technologies and tools to gather and analyze data, assess outcomes, and develop reporting and visuals to effectively communicate findings. This position performs tasks for planning projects including research, studies, and documentation, coordinating with multi-discipline team members, from concept development through project completion. You will direct the technical production of planning assignments as task assignee and may serve as a Project Manager on a limited basis for select medium and large-scale projects. The Sr. Planner coordinates with project managers, project designers and other disciplines on multiple large scale and complex transportation planning, urban design, or landscape architectural projects to ensure that the client's technical requirements of projects are fully met.

As Engagement Specialist, you will be responsible for coordination and implementation of public engagement and involvement programs for infrastructure projects. This position plays a role in the development of communication strategies including materials, and digital and print content. In this role you will perform research, gather data, and create project messaging resources to educate the community while also participating in the development of digital strategies. You will develop and implement effective dissemination of outreach materials, facts and information on project messaging and support client activities to stakeholders according to the public outreach plan including external agencies, associations.

What You’ll Do:

• Under minimal direction, performs a variety of more highly complex professional planning, environmental planning, landscape architecture and urban design project responsibilities, and leads technical tasks.

• Writes and/or reviews major sections of and leads production of plans, studies, reports, and environmental documents for projects. Coordinates and synthesizes the contributions of others.

• Leads, prepares, and reviews graphics, technical reports, work plans, scopes of work, fee proposals, and responses to Request for Proposals for projects. Prepares and reviews budgets, invoicing, and billing.

• Leads public and stakeholder engagement and presents information to the community.

• Provides guidance and mentors staff.

• Leads coordination with clients, sub-consultants, and in-house personnel on a regular basis to complete assigned tasks.

• Recommends process and system improvements that result in greater efficiencies, enhanced capacities, and improved service delivery.

• Supports department managers and office leadership with strategic planning, staffing/training, and other special projects.

• May serve as project manager or task lead.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Geography, or related field and 10 years related experience, or

• Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Geography, or related field and 9 yrs of relevant experience

What You’ll Bring:

• Provides consultation on research approaches, evaluation methodologies, and conclusions to make recommendations to less experienced staff or clients.

• Oversees the preparation of reports and provides consultation on structure and content, including conducting quality reviews. Presents and defends reports to audiences.

• Manages client meetings and oversees preparation or meeting materials without oversight from others.

• Assists with social media (e.g., monitoring, content development and assisting with strategy) and providing direction to less-experienced staff.

• Develops materials and documents by using Adobe products (e.g., Photoshop, InDesign, InCopy), and Microsoft products (specifically PowerPoint formatting, consistency, and editing templates) and reviewing work of less-experienced staff.

• Monitors stakeholder databases, giving direction for updates and creation of new databases.

• Provides direction and guidance for research and disseminating information for review.

• Executes the client plan for events and public outreach, reviewing deliverables, and interacting with clients, the public, internal partners, and others.

• Action oriented.

• Ensures accountability.

• Collaborates.

• Communicates effectively.

What We Prefer:

• Master's degree in Urban Planning or related field.

• Professional Engineer (PE), American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP), Professional Transportation Planner (PTP), Certified Environmental Professional (CEP), Envision, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP)

• Envision Certification and experience leading Envision projects.

• Strong background in Public Engagement & Communications for NY/NJ Agency Projects.

• Fluency in Spanish preferred.

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and 3D rendering programs as well as ArcGIS.

• Confident in Public speaking.

Additional Information

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations:

New York, NY

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The approximate pay range for New York is $120,833.65 - $236,245.27. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:

HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Planning Group

ReqID: R-20372