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AECOM has an exciting opportunity for a Transportation Planner III to join our team. In this role, you will be a member of a multidisciplinary team that includes transportation, environmental, design, and communications professionals. This planning position will work collaboratively with planning and engineering staff to support clients with original solutions to challenging problems.

The ideal candidate has a passion for growing a planning practice that transforms local communities by investing strongly in client relationships and business development opportunities. The role can be hybrid or office-based out of Newark, Delaware and may be serving clients out of the Delaware, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

Daily Duties & Responsibilities;

• Mentor emerging planners within the Transportation Planning department.
• Work collaboratively among other planning and technical disciplines, including Traffic Engineering, Municipal Planning, and Water Resources.
• Coordinate with multiple teams of communications, engineering, and project delivery professionals in a structured project delivery process.
• Translate complex concepts into accessible communications that inform and educate stakeholders and the public.
• Prepare or update graphics and copy for presentations, press releases, technical management plans, and reports.
• Develop designs for a variety of print and web-based communications, including flyers, websites, and social media.

Minimum Requirements

• BA/BS in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Urban Studies, Environmental Science or a closely related field years plus (4) years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree with two (2) years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience &/or education.
• AICP certification.
• Experience planning and designing solutions for a variety of municipal planning and transportation projects.
• (2) years of experience with client relationship management, business development &/or project management.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

• Sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.