Senior Urban Designer / Planner

Description

Toole Design Group in Oakland, CA is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Senior Urban Designer / Planner. Do you have a strong background in active transportation planning and design consulting, including marketing, business development, and project management? Do you have training or education in landscape architecture and/or urban design? If so, please consider joining our Oakland team.

This Senior Urban Designer / Planner position with a focus on streetscapes, corridors, active transportation planning, and public realm design earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading planning, design, and engineering firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States and Canada. Our talented team of planners, Urban Designers, landscape architects, and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race, or gender. We have been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

A Day in the Life of a Senior Urban Designer / Planner

As a Senior Urban Designer / Planner, you will lead exciting projects throughout the region and state, develop and nurture client relationships, and mentor colleagues. You will serve as Project Manager or Design Director, establishing project focus and direction. You'll lead a team of designers, planners, and engineers to develop successful project solutions; integrating input from a broad range of stakeholders to create award-winning plans and programs that create positive change in communities and lead directly to implementation. 

Our projects are at all different scales: national, state, regional, and local. They encompass research, policy, planning, design guidance, program development, inclusive engagement, implementation, and evaluation. As a Senior Urban Designer / Planner, you may work on streetscape master plans, multimodal corridor studies, trails and greenways, new mobility and curbside management, complete streets, Vision Zero and safety plans, among other project types. 

You will participate in business development pursuits in the Bay Area and across Northern California, helping to grow our Urban Design and Planning practices and building our portfolio for Urban Design as a core Toole Design service practice area. 

We are targeting a salary range of $110,000-$140,000 for this position. Exceptional qualifications or years of experience may fall into a different salary range.

Work Schedule for a Senior Urban Designer / Planner

This full-time position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week. We also provide employees with the flexibility and necessary equipment to work from home up to 3 days per week. Our office is conveniently located in downtown Oakland, two blocks from the 12th Street BART Station. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit.

About our Oakland Team

We are an incredibly talented and creative, entrepreneurial, hard-working group. We have planners, Urban Designers, and engineers that bring the full range of services Toole Design offers. We are a tight-knit team that has fun together and supports each other. We have active projects in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, San Jose, Half Moon Bay, Sacramento, Fresno, and many other communities of all sizes.

Ready to Join our Oakland Team?

We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Senior Urban Designer / Planner position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page. We will be accepting applications until the position is filled.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between - to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box below, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We're proud that about half of our managers are women and we are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer). Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing HR@tooledesign.com.

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Requirements

Qualifications of a Senior Urban Designer / Planner

• A bachelor's or master's degree in landscape architecture or urban design
• Extensive knowledge of multimodal transportation planning practices and design: streetscape design, site design, master planning, and leading your projects through all design phases
• At least eight (8) years of experience working on transportation projects or projects with a significant transportation component, preferably in California
• Outstanding written, verbal, and graphic communication skills
• Motivation to win work, including forming and managing client relationships, identifying potential opportunities, and developing proposals and interview materials
• Strong project management skills including development of project staffing and schedules, developing and monitoring project budgets
• Experience planning and conducting public outreach and engagement
• Fluency or a working knowledge of the Spanish language a plus
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suites Cloud, SketchUp, Lumion, and/or GIS software a plus
• For candidates trained in landscape architecture, PLA or ability to complete licensure within one year of employment preferred

You'll be great here if:

• You're passionate about contributing to the Bay Area's future as a more accessible, sustainable, and equitable region
• You understand equity and the role that systems of oppression have played in shaping access to public spaces, transportation resources, and opportunities
• You have a strong working knowledge of Northern California's geography, public agencies, and political landscape
• You enjoy managing projects and meeting client needs
• You've led complex projects that involve coordinating collaborative work between staff teams, consultant partners, and public sector or nonprofit partners; and managing schedules and budgets
• You can build relationships, bring enthusiasm to exciting projects, and are detail-oriented with strong problem-solving skills
• You enjoy producing high-quality work products and contributing to projects that get built