Transportation Specialist

DESCRIPTION

Michael Baker International, is currently seeking a full-time Transportation Specialist to join our team in our Louisville, KY office.

The ideal candidate will be driven, intellectually curious, committed to excellence, and demonstrate a desire to make a difference in the communities we serve.

The Transportation Specialist will support planners, traffic engineers, and project managers with planning activities, including data collection, analysis, reporting and presentations.

The Transportation Specialist will also serve as a planning project manager and assist with client development and serve as a point of contact for transit and planning agencies in Kentucky and the Great Lakes Region.

RESPONSIBILITIES


* Knowledge of planning disciplines, such as urban and community planning, resiliency and hazard mitigation planning, transportation planning, policy analysis, highway finance, bicycle/pedestrian planning, emerging mobility, including autonomous and Connected vehicles and Mobility as a Service, and transit planning


* Ability to conduct research and prepare statistical planning reports


* Collect and compile a variety of quantitative and qualitative data to prepare reports and maps


* Conduct field evaluations and assessments


* Research requirements and standards


* Perform Project Manager duties for the management of assigned projects


* Develop reports under the direction of the department manager


* Reviews and evaluates transportation construction plans or studies in regard to bike/pedestrian and multimodal accommodations


* Participates in the development of Long-Range Planning efforts, studies, including major investments studies, environmental assessments, preliminary engineering studies, and other related activities.


* Develops and reviews conceptual project/plan design, project definition/criteria, scheduling, conceptual cost, and scope of services for long-range planning efforts, including development and review of project options and recommendations base upon input of major stakeholders and the community input.


* Works with major institutional stakeholders, business and community leaders, and neighborhoods to advance planning studies working to achieve consensus for recommendations that are cost-effective


* Develops and recommends innovative solutions for transportation strategies and programs


* Ensures that all planning activities comply with appropriate Federal and local regulations, policies, and procedures.


* Performs technical reviews of projects and prepares reports, analysis, and correspondence


* Participates in presentations, formal and informal to Boards, staff, consultants, governmental agencies, and public

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS


* Bachelor's Degree


* Minimum 10 years of experience in planning projects including transportation technology, traffic planning, modeling, safety, land use, transit, or policy planning


* Master's D...