Early Career Transportation Planner

WSP
Atlanta
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Transportation & Fleet OperationsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Interpersonal skills","Communication","Self-leadership","Attention to detail","Ethical decision-making"]

Support WSP’s Planning Team with local transportation planning assistance, including collecting and compiling observational, spatial, and environmental data to inform safe movement of people and products. Help prepare plans, zoning and permitting-related materials, and perform quality control for accurate measurements and reporting. Create visualizations and documentation (memos, reports, and presentations) and use tools such as CAD, ArcGIS, and Sketch-Up to support multimodal, equitable development projects.

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Early Career Transportation Planner

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Job Summary

Support WSP’s Planning Team with local transportation planning assistance, including collecting and compiling observational, spatial, and environmental data to inform safe movement of people and products. Help prepare plans, zoning and permitting-related materials, and perform quality control for accurate measurements and reporting. Create visualizations and documentation (memos, reports, and presentations) and use tools such as CAD, ArcGIS, and Sketch-Up to support multimodal, equitable development projects.
Location: Atlanta
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Transportation & Fleet Operations
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Assist with collecting, identifying, and compiling observational, spatial, operations, and environmental data for projects, research, and surveys.
  • •Under direct supervision, help prepare general plans, specific/master plans, zoning codes, permitting policies, and development standards focused on transportation and multimodal accommodation.
  • •Maintain quality control for accurate measurements, demographics, patterns and trends, statistical analysis, and reporting.
  • •Perform basic professional transportation planning work to verify site characteristics and support planning for equitable development, transportation demand management, and multimodal access.
  • •Prepare data visualizations and generate complete technical documentation, including memos, meeting minutes, transmittals, presentations, and other written materials.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionDisabilityLife InsuranceRetirement Savings

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s Degree in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Environmental Planning, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • •Analytical skills and familiarity with research techniques, local/regional geography, transportation networks, systems, and modalities.
  • •Familiarity with approval processes, zoning laws, permitting requirements, notification and compliance practices, and applicable regulatory frameworks.
  • •Interpersonal and communication skills for interacting with technical and non-technical audiences.
  • •Familiarity with discipline-specific software such as CAD, ArcGIS, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite, and Sketch-Up, plus basic proficiency with business writing and office tools.
Experience:Transportation planningUrban planningEnvironmental planning
Education:Bachelor's in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, or Environmental Planning
Skills:Interpersonal skillsCommunicationSelf-leadershipAttention to detailEthical decision-making
Languages:US
Tech Stack:CADArcGISAdobe IllustratorAdobe Creative SuiteSketch-Up

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

WSP
Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Professional Services
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
Founded: 1959
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