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Senior Transportation Planner

TKDA
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Full Time
Posted December 11, 2025
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Job Description

A Senior Transportation Planner leads transportation projects, mentors junior staff, engages with community stakeholders, and collaborates on all phases of planning and design, while also contributing to business development and client relationship management within a collaborative, employee-owned firm.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead transportation planning projects of varying scales
  • Mentor graduate planners and collaborate with professionals
  • Engage in community stakeholder engagement and planning documentation
  • Manage project programs from planning through construction administration
  • Contribute to business development by shaping marketing strategies and developing proposals
  • Build and maintain relationships with clients and agency partners
  • Identify and track new business opportunities
  • Deliver impactful presentations and project deliverables

Requirements

  • Experience in transportation planning, including leading projects and mentoring graduate planners, with involvement in small to large-scale projects.
  • Proficiency in all aspects of the planning and design process, including community stakeholder engagement, planning documentation, and program management through to construction administration.
  • Ability to work closely with senior leaders and professionals to shape marketing strategies, nurture client and agency relationships, identify and track business opportunities, develop proposals, and deliver presentations and projects.
  • Experience working in a hybrid work environment with in-office work from Monday to Friday and remote work from Tuesday to Thursday.
  • Educational background or professional experience sufficient to lead transportation planning projects (specific degree requirements are not explicitly stated but implied).
  • Completion of a standard pre-employment background screening, including Social Security verification, educational verification, review of criminal convictions, and driving history.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range (personalized Total Compensation Overview provided after offer)
Hybrid work environment (In-Office Monday and Friday, WFH Tuesday - Thursday)
Health benefits (medical, dental, vision, and life insurance from day one)
Annual incentive plan (discretionary bonuses)
HSA contributions (monthly employer contributions for HSA-eligible plans)
401(k) match (employer matching on 401(k) deferrals)
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Paid time off (PTO accrued based on experience)
Eight paid holidays per year

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