Assistant Vice President, Transportation Planning

Company: WSP Global Inc.
Location: Minneapolis
Posted on: October 18, 2024

Job Description:

This Opportunity
WSP USA, Inc. (WSP) is looking for an Assistant Vice President, Transportation Planning, for our Minneapolis, MN office. We have an immediate opening for a motivated and highly skilled transportation planner with experience in multimodal mobility, sustainable transportation, and transportation planning and safety studies. This position is expected to serve as a technical expert, client advisor, staff mentor and project manager on Minnesota and regional projects and programs. This position will work closely with planning, environmental, civil, and transit/rail staff across WSP to research, analyze, document and present information related to various types of transportation projects across the Midwest and United States. -
Your Impact

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• Provide oversight with data collection efforts for identifying and compiling observational, spatial, and environmental data concerning a variety of matrices for projects, research, and surveys. -
  
• Ensure the appropriate use of topographic maps, aerial photographs, GPS data, and other visualization tools to determine exact locations of project areas, associated physical / urban / population / economic / political sensitivities, and to uncover primary, secondary, and tertiary impacts.
  
• Prepare, complete, and/or review general plans, specific/master plans, community plans, zoning codes, comprehensive plans, permitting policies and/or development standards for assigned projects, with a particular emphasis on transportation and multimodal accommodation. Ensure technical reports and presentations explain research, findings, and recommendations to plan, address, prevent, control, or restore larger-scale planning challenges and complex problems.
  
• Perform professional transportation planning work and conduct investigations, inspections, studies, and surveys to gain further information on a particular problem or issue, verify site characteristics, and/or to plan for future needs affecting equitable development, construction, transportation demand management, mobility planning, and multimodal access.
  
• Prepare data and visualizations such as tables, charts, reports, models, infographics, cross-sections, and 3D illustrations for the interpretation or presentation of more complex and larger scale data, findings, or analyses.
  
• Prepare applications and represent clients in the approval process with local and regional jurisdictions.
  
• Prepare, coordinate, and facilitate public involvement and consensus-building meetings in support of client project work, answering public questions on behalf of the client, and assisting with long-range planning efforts on larger-size or more complex projects.
  
• Read, interpret, compose, and review Planning Reports, Categorical Exclusions, EA's, EIRs, and other technical documents.
  
• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams in executing project work, approval or permitting strategy, impact assessments, and regulatory strategy, including project budgets, tracking hours and expenses, and task completion.
  
• Provide high level oversite for desk-based research and site work, including measurements, data interpretation, demographics, patterns and trends, and computer modeling.
  
• Provide analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of facts and data obtained during field and site investigations, offering input with developing action plans for more significant to high-level challenges and development activities to minimize impacts to the community, population, local economy, and environment.
  
• Coordinate with clients, resource agencies, and planning and technical staff, providing a high level of strategic advice, consultancy, and subject matter expertise. -
  
• Develop a client base for providing high level transportation planning services including identifying additional business development opportunities and engaging in proposal writing and submission.
  
• Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
  
• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.
  
• Remain current in latest transportation planning subject matter, practices, regulations, and techniques.
  
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
  
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
  
  Who You Are
  Required Qualifications
  
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  • A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in transportation planning and policy work.
    
  • The successful candidate will have worked on and led projects similar to those described above, overseeing the work of others successfully.
    
  • A Bachelor's Degree in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Environmental Planning, Civil Engineering, Public Policy, or a related field.
    
  • Ability to contribute and interact well with others as well as develop and manage high quality technical and professional deliverables on projects and proposals. -
    
  • Experience with project administration and project management in the transportation sector.
    
  • Possess strong communication skills, a high level of energy, enthusiasm, and positive attitude
    
  • Proficiency with the transportation project development cycle, including from planning to implementation.
    
  • Good computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office programs including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are necessary. Experience with MicroStation and/or GIS programs is highly desirable.
    
  • Ability to effectively present and communicate ideas orally and in written form and excellent writing skills are required. The successful candidate may be requested to provide prior samples.
    
  • Ability to work in the United States, and possession of a valid driver's license is required.
    
  • Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
    
  • Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements. -
    
    Preferred Qualifications -
    
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    • Master's Degree is preferred.
      
    • Essential professional licensure/certification.
      
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