Multimodal Planner

Toole Design Group in Silver Spring, MD is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Multimodal Planner. Are you passionate about helping communities plan, build, and retrofit their transportation systems to make walking, bicycling, and transit safer, more attractive, more efficient, and healthier? Are you looking to collaborate with some of the most thoughtful and innovative transportation planners, engineers, landscape architects, urban designers, and policy experts? Do you thrive in a values-driven and collaborative work environment? If so, please consider joining our Mid-Atlantic Planning team!

You will be part of an interdisciplinary team that plans and designs multimodal transportation infrastructure in a wide range of contexts from streetscapes and retrofits in urban settings to signature trail projects in suburban and rural areas that highlight and enhance the natural environment. We help clients find people-first solutions that prioritize active transportation at all different scales, from national pedestrian and bicycle planning and design guidance to plans for state DOTs and cities across the region, to intersection, corridor, and bikeway advancements. Our work includes pedestrian and bicycle network plans, safety analyses, Vision Zero action plans, Safe Routes to School plans and program management, design guidelines, conceptual design, trails and greenways, wayfinding, transit, and shared mobility. Underpinning our work is our unwavering commitment to safer, human-centric streets and places.

As a Multimodal Planner, you will develop relationships with clients and partners, manage exciting and challenging projects, oversee tasks and proposals, lead analyses, represent Toole Design in project and stakeholder meetings, pursue and win work, and reinforce our reputation as trusted experts. You’ll collaborate to deliver a variety of projects focused on making places and travel experiences better for everyone. You’ll be at the table with clients and colleagues from a variety of disciplines, integrating input from a broad range of stakeholders to create award-winning plans that lead directly to implementation.

This Multimodal Planner position provides a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), a flexible spending account (FSA), and all staff start with at least 24 days PTO. We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

We are targeting a salary range of $83,000 to $95,000 for a Multimodal Planner, candidates with extra or exceptional qualifications may fall into a higher range.

Qualifications of a Multimodal Planner:

• Four or more years of planning experience, preferably with experience in consulting
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in transportation or urban planning, landscape architecture, urban design, or a related field, Additional experience can be substituted in lieu of a degree
• Knowledge of multimodal transportation planning practices and techniques
• Experience planning and conducting community and stakeholder engagement
• Demonstrated success independently managing projects and maintaining client satisfaction
• Strong writing skills and experience working as a lead writer for proposals and planning documents
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
• Motivation to win work for a growing office including forming and managing client relationships, identifying potential opportunities, and developing proposals and interview materials

It would be a plus if you have any of the following: 

• AICP certification
• A working knowledge of GIS software (ArcGIS or QGIS) and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator and InDesign) 
• Spanish language skills 

Work Schedule for a Multimodal Planner

This full-time position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week. We also provide employees with the flexibility and necessary to work from home up to 2 days per week. The Silver Spring office of Toole Design is conveniently located close to regional trails and networks, with on-street bike infrastructure, and just a few blocks from the Silver Spring Metro Station (Red Line), MARC Station, and bus depot. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit. 

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading planning, engineering, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers is committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race, or gender. As an Engineering News-Record top 500 design firm, we have also been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver improves our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

Ready to Join our Mid-Atlantic Team?
We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Multimodal Planner position, please visit our career page to apply.

At Toole Design, we have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage everyone, including those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, first-generation college students/graduates, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between - to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box below, if this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We're proud that about half of our managers are women and are committed to achieving diversity in our leadership to better represent the communities where we work, as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing

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