Senior Transportation Planner

Senior Transportation Planner – HDR

In the role of Senior Transportation Planner, we’ll count on you to lead large, multidisciplinary transportation planning, urban design, and environmental compliance projects while collaborating across all professions and client types.

• Plan, direct and monitor all aspects of large multidiscipline transportation planning, urban design, and environmental compliance projects
• Effectively collaborate across all professions and client types
• Establish client relations and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings
• Direct work of others in completion of required studies, documents and reports
• Demonstrate extensive public participation, agency coordination, planning and programming experience
• Participate in design development and contract document work sessions in conjunction with appropriate technical professionals and other disciplines
• Coordinate staffing and workload through entire project development to complete documents on schedule
• Perform other duties as needed

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Urban Design, or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience with transportation planning and urban design within a variety of scales from regional to block scale
• Strong background in non‑motorized facility planning, complete streets and site design
• Ability to quickly iterate viable design options using visual tools such as Remix and/or Rhino
• Ability to consistently deliver and oversee conceptual through final design of linear and site‑scale projects
• Exemplary analytical, technical, and communication skills

• Bachelor's degree in Planning, Engineering or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience with transportation planning
• Exemplary 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
• Commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, health, performance, and success, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. Expected compensation for this position ranges from $128,016 to $182,880 annually, depending on skills, experience, education and geographic location.

Primary:
United States–Washington–Seattle
Other:
United States–Washington–Bellevue

Full‑time, Regular position
Job posted:
Nov 14, 2025

HDR is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest, and conviction records.