Practice Builder - Transportation Planning

About the role

Kimley-Horn has an opportunity for a motivated Senior Transportation Planner and Project Manager to join our team in the Greater Houston Area, Texas (TX).

Responsibilities

• Be a leader in a growing, multidisciplinary transportation planning practice.
• Manage the planning, production, and delivery of transportation planning projects, including:
  • Transportation mobility plans
  • Multimodal corridor studies
  • Safety action plans
  • Transit studies
  • Passenger rail studies
  • Pedestrian and bicycle studies
  • Parking and curbside management studies
  • Electric vehicle plans
  • Climate adaptation and resilience plans
  • MPO studies, including Long Range Transportation Plans (LRTPs)
  • Public engagement
  • Grant writing
• Mentor and develop staff, provide leadership in an environment that encourages teamwork, initiative, and growth.
• Lead project outreach activities including guiding the direction of public engagement, giving presentations, meeting with community members, businesses, and organizations to explain the project scope, impacts, benefits, mitigations, etc.
• Assist clients with program management, capital planning, and policy development.
• Leadership responsibilities include:
  • Operate with integrity and sound business principles.
  • Provide practice vision, business planning and strategy, establishing goals, building and maintaining positive client relationships.
  • Open communication with partners and team, along with growing and directing a Transportation Planning practice.
  • Manage projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, help recruit, and be a positive role model.

Our system for rewards is designed to recognize staff as they move along a path to success. Bonuses, promotions, path to ownership recognition, and other forms of advancement are performance based, because as a firm we focus on results.

Requirements

• 8+ years of planning experience, including large capital transit infrastructure projects
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, or related field
• Registered American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Preferred
• Local and regional experience preferred
• Provide high quality deliverables with exceptional client service
• A desire to lead and grow a planning practice
• Business development and marketing experience including writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgets for projected work.
• Ability to work in a team environment and effectively communicate at all levels of the organization.

Benefits

• Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to-1 company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (salary + bonus) and additional profit-sharing contribution.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Time Off: Personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.
• Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k), and performance-based bonuses.
• Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.
• Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family building benefits, and childcare resources.