Senior Planner and Grants Manager

What We're Looking For At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owned. This position will lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive transportation funding strategy for capital improvement and road bond programs. Responsibilities include continuously monitoring federal, state, regional, and discretionary funding opportunities; evaluating project eligibility and competitiveness; leading grant application development; coordinating with clients, stakeholders, and other funding partners; and managing post-award compliance, reporting, and reimbursement activities. The ideal candidate will have experience in transportation funding, infrastructure grants, transportation planning, or public sector program delivery, with a proven track record of securing and administering major grant awards and advancing complex, multi-agency transportation initiatives. This opportunity entails being responsible for applying planning strategies utilizing various technologies and tools to gather and analyze data, assess outcomes, and develop reporting and visuals to effectively communicate findings. This position performs tasks for planning projects including research, studies, and documentation, coordinating with multi-discipline team members, from concept development through project completion. This position directs the technical production of planning assignments as task assignee and may serve as a Project Manager on a limited basis for select medium and large-scale projects. Coordinates with project manager, project designer and other disciplines on multiple large scale and complex transportation planning, urban design, or landscape architectural projects to ensure that the client's technical requirements of projects are fully met. What You'll Do: Under minimal direction, performs a variety of more highly complex professional planning, environmental planning, landscape architecture and urban design project responsibilities, and leads technical tasks. Writes and/or reviews major sections of and leads production of plans, studies, reports, and environmental documents for projects. Coordinates and synthesizes the contributions of others. Leads, prepares, and reviews graphics, technical reports, work plans, scopes of work, fee proposals, and responses to Request for Proposals for projects. Prepares and reviews budgets, invoicing, and billing. Leads public and stakeholder engagement and presents information to the community. Provides guidance and mentors staff. Leads coordination with clients, sub-consultants, and in-house personnel on a regular basis to complete assigned tasks. Recommends process and system improvements that result in greater efficiencies, enhanced capacities, and improved service delivery. Supports department managers and office leadership with strategic planning, staffing/training, and other special projects. May serve as project manager or task lead. Performs other duties as assigned. What You'll Need: Bachelor's Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Geography, or related field and 10 years related experience, or Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Geography, or related field and 9 yrs of relevant experience. What You'll Bring: Provides consultation on research approaches, evaluation methodologies, and conclusions to make recommendations to less experienced staff or clients. Oversees the preparation of reports and provides consultation on structure and content, including conducting quality reviews. Present and defends reports to audiences. Manages client meetings and oversees preparation or meeting materials without oversight from others. What We Prefer: Master's degree in Urban Planning or related field. Professional Engineer (PE), American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP), Professional Transportation Planner (PTP), Certified Environmental Professional (CEP), Envision, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP). Locations: Austin, TX, Round Rock, TX At HNTB, we are harnessing the power of collaboration and innovation to establish a new vision for the future of mobility across our country. You don't have to look far to see our impact. For more than a century, HNTB's spark has connected people and places, expanded opportunity, and left a lasting impact on our communities. Our culture of integrity and inclusion, combined with groundbreaking solutions, has affirmed our reputation and positioned our firm as the industry leader in delivering extraordinary value. When you join HNTB, you are joining an employee-owned firm founded on the values of integrity, collaboration, personal accountability, respect for others, and the development of all employees. We are committed to the continual improvement of an inclusive workplace. We encourage our employees to bring their whole and authentic selves to work, provide them a meaningful welcoming environment where they are valued, celebrated and respected. Diversity of thought and unique perspectives drive innovation, engagement and retention, which makes HNTB better and brings value to our clients and our communities. Equal Opportunity Employer HNTB is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other status protected by law. We will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with a disability where appropriate. Work Authorization In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, we will only employ qualified individuals legally authorized to work in the United States (if the position is or will be one which is subject to U.S. law). Verification of employment eligibility will be required. HNTB participates in E-Verify Know your rights: Right to Work #J-18808-Ljbffr HNTB Corporation