Transportation Planning Engineer

Our client is a small, succesful DBE transportation planning consultancy based in Austin Texas. In addition to a competitive salary, bonus, and benefits package, this role offers the kind of exposure and impact that only a smaller, high-performing firm can provide. Here, your responsibilities will be both technical and organizational—giving you the opportunity to broaden your skillset and truly contribute to the firm's future. As expert advisors to the transportation advisory market, we at redmondsearch can assure this is

Our client is a small, succesful DBE transportation planning consultancy based in Austin Texas. In addition to a competitive salary, bonus, and benefits package, this role offers the kind of exposure and impact that only a smaller, high-performing firm can provide. Here, your responsibilities will be both technical and organizational—giving you the opportunity to broaden your skillset and truly contribute to the firm's future. As expert advisors to the transportation advisory market, we at redmondsearch can assure this is a tremendous business opportunity for someone with the right mindset.

If you’re feeling underutilized, boxed in, or simply ready for more visibility and influence, we encourage you to reach out.

As a Project Manager you’ll play a key role in delivering high-impact transportation planning solutions. Ideal candidates will be deeply curious problem solvers, capable of both technical depth and planning-level thinking. You will work across stakeholder engagement, corridor studies, economic analysis, and forecasting, often collaborating with TxDOT or large consultant partners.

Responsibilities:

• Lead or support planning projects (corridor studies, long-range plans, etc.)
• Collaborate with stakeholders and clients
• Analyze transportation data and trends; perform BCA and feasibility analysis
• Draft reports, technical memoranda, presentations, and visualization tools
• Integrate planning models and traffic forecasting where needed
• Stay current on tech and regulations; participate in continuing education, obtain additional marketable credentials or leadership roles in relevant professional and trade organizations (APA, ITE)

Qualifications:

• Required: Bachelor’s in Engineering, Urban/Transportation Planning or similar
• Required: PE license (or EIT with PE eligibility and intent to sit)
• Desired: AICP, PTOE, PMP, RSP, or equivalent marketable certifications
• Software: Experience with tools such as TransCAD, SYNCHRO, VISSIM, HCS, GIS. (experience with any transportation modeling or microsimulation, traffic operations modeling tool is permissible)
• Bonus: Python, R, dashboarding or automation capability
• Must demonstrate analytical thinking and comfort with both detail and big picture

Preferred Experience:

• 5+ years experience (compensation tiered to relevant desired experience)
• Familiarity working with TxDOT (strongly preferred)
• Stakeholder engagement (nice-to-have)
• Experience managing small-to-medium fee-based projects ($50K–$250K)

All inquiries will be handled with strict confidentiality and will not be shared without your permission. Once you choose to apply via this advertisement, you will be asked a few questions. We need this step to ferret out the deluge of irrelevant applicants. The questions are require only YES/NO responses, and you will be required to submit a resume or project biography. Please apply herein or contact Rebekah at [email protected] for more information.

If you’re feeling underutilized, boxed in, or simply ready for more visibility and influence, we encourage you to reach out.

As a Project Manager you’ll play a key role in delivering high-impact transportation planning solutions. Ideal candidates will be deeply curious problem solvers, capable of both technical depth and planning-level thinking. You will work across stakeholder engagement, corridor studies, economic analysis, and forecasting, often collaborating with TxDOT or large consultant partners.

Responsibilities:

• Lead or support planning projects (corridor studies, long-range plans, etc.)
• Collaborate with stakeholders and clients
• Analyze transportation data and trends; perform BCA and feasibility analysis
• Draft reports, technical memoranda, presentations, and visualization tools
• Integrate planning models and traffic forecasting where needed
• Stay current on tech and regulations; participate in continuing education, obtain additional marketable credentials or leadership roles in relevant professional and trade organizations (APA, ITE)

Qualifications:

• Required: Bachelor’s in Engineering, Urban/Transportation Planning or similar
• Required: PE license (or EIT with PE eligibility and intent to sit)
• Desired: AICP, PTOE, PMP, RSP, or equivalent marketable certifications
• Software: Experience with tools such as TransCAD, SYNCHRO, VISSIM, HCS, GIS. (experience with any transportation modeling or microsimulation, traffic operations modeling tool is permissible)
• Bonus: Python, R, dashboarding or automation capability
• Must demonstrate analytical thinking and comfort with both detail and big picture

Preferred Experience:

• 5+ years experience (compensation tiered to relevant desired experience)
• Familiarity working with TxDOT (strongly preferred)
• Stakeholder engagement (nice-to-have)
• Experience managing small-to-medium fee-based projects ($50K–$250K)

All inquiries will be handled with strict confidentiality and will not be shared without your permission. Please apply herein or contact Josie at [email protected] for more information.