Graduate Transportation Planner

You deserve a job that you feel proud of, where you can channel your knowledge and skills into projects that positively affect communities, and where you design your own path. This is Alliant. Become an employee-owner of a growing engineering and consulting firm where we strive to provide a diverse and equitable culture of support and opportunities. Our success is driven by our employee-owners, and we're excited to have you be a part of it.

The Impact You'll Have:

Our growing team of Transportation Planners are engaged in a wide range of interesting and innovative projects for our clients. Examples include multimodal corridor planning, planning policy and guidance, leading-edge safety planning, equity analysis, environmental documentation, grant applications, and online and in person community engagement activities. Regardless of the project, our team is dedicated to sharp thinking and analysis, strong communications, innovative approaches, and moving projects forward for the good of our clients and the communities we serve.

We are looking to add a Graduate Planner to our Transportation Planning team in our beautiful downtown Minneapolis office. The successful candidate will be eager to learn and grow through experience working on diverse transportation planning projects. This person will work closely with other planners and engineers at Alliant and with our clients.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in a wide range of transportation planning projects (safety planning, corridor studies, environmental documentation, guidebook development, etc.)
• Gather, analyze and interpret transportation and community data to develop supporting information and reports
• Prepare complete, accurate and well-written project documents that meet client scope requirements
• Support in-person and online community engagement activities
• Support the development and submittal of grant proposals

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Civil Engineering or related field
• Master?s degree in planning or related field preferred
• 0-4 years experience
• Experience using GIS and proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and client relationship skills
• Analytical skills, and familiarity with research techniques, local/regional geography, transportation networks, systems, and modalities
• Demonstrated interest in transportation planning, a high level of energy, enthusiasm and a positive attitude
• Intent to pursue AICP certification

Benefits:

At Alliant, we take care of our employees by offering a world class benefit package including:

• Competitive salary with bonus opportunities
• Market-leading Profit Sharing, ESOP and 401k Contribution programs
• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Company paid Life Insurance, Short-term disability and Long-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts for Medical and Dependent Care
• Wellness Programs & Competitions
• Generous Annual Leave and Compensatory Time Off programs
• Flexible Schedules
• Casual work environment
• Paid Professional Development and Training
• Community Involvement/Charity Events
• Numerous Employee Focused Events (Lunch & Learns, Office Recreation Room, Off-Site Socials, etc.)

Who We Are:

Alliant Engineering, Inc., an employee-owned company, is a growing engineering, planning, landscape architecture, and surveying firm with a strong culture of customer service, quality, delivery, and innovation. At Alliant we work hard; we have fun; and we love it.

We design solutions that address current needs while paving the way for a brighter future. We provide a culture of diversity, equity, and support, where everyone is given the opportunity to grow and succeed. We approach every project with unwavering confidence yet remain humbly committed to designing work that speaks for itself. At Alliant, our employee-owners are the force behind our success, and we can't wait for you to join us to build better communities with excellence and passion.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future.