Senior Transportation Planner

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HDR is hiring an experienced Senior Transportation Planner to work in our Orlando office to lead on-going and new transportation planning tasks and projects.
Primary Responsibilities:

- Lead project teams to successfully deliver on a variety of transportation planning projects including complete streets, transit planning, traffic analysis, long range planning, community planning, or PD&E
- Work in partnership with regional business development directors and client managers to develop a short-term marketing action plan for longer-term program development
- Provide overall support to area leadership to maintain regional planning practice profitability, staff development, and client relationships
- Responsible for developing transportation planning deliverables with technical accuracy and quality control
- Supervise transportation planners and c ontinue to build a growing, multi-disciplinary planning team, with special attention to developing internal staff for future project manager/deputy project manager roles
- Lead writing of technical reports, presentations, and other materials to document planning study findings
- Lead development of concepts and presentation materials for public meetings and project websites/pages
- Attend and participate in public meetings
- Participation in HDR National Practice Group(s), Industry Association(s), and Civic Organization(s)
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Preferred Qualifications:

- AICP Certification
- Project management experience
- Experience with Microsoft tools such as MS Project, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Sharepoint and OneDrive.
- Ability to multi-task and stay organized.
- Must be highly responsive to requests from clients.
- Strong verbal and written skills
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture
- Florida PE or ability to obtain within 6 months
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Experience working with or for FDOT
- Experience working with or for Florida Cities or Counties
- Experience working with or for an MPO/TPO organization

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Planning, Engineering or a related field
• A minimum of 10 years' experience with transportation planning
  
• Possess excellent analytical and communication skills
• Understanding of transit planning principles
• Positive attitude and ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and personnel
• Solid business development skills; demonstrated ability to relate well to clients; and demonstrated presentation skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees. Primary Location: United States-Florida-Orlando Industry: Highway + Road Schedule: Full-time Employee Status: Regular BusinessClass: Transportation Planning Job Posting: Feb 27, 2026