Practice Lead Engineering & Planning

Design streets that move people-not just cars.

At Toole Design were leading the way in creating safer more connected communities through sustainable multimodal transportation design. Were looking for an experienced transportation professional to lead Toole Designs integrated transportation engineering and multimodal planning practice to join us in Austin TX. This firmwide leadership role combines practice leadership with active project delivery.

Why Youll Love Working Here

Were not just another firm were a purpose-driven team of engineers planners landscape architects and urban designers who believe streets should work for everyone. At Toole Design youll work alongside thought leaders and industry experts who are committed to mentoring and helping you grow your expertise. We offer:

• A collaborative inclusive culture that supports your growth and advancement
• Hybrid schedule with in-office team days (TuesdayThursday)
• 8 paid holidays; and 24 days of PTO accrued annually
• Competitive salary excellent benefits and transportation perks: Benefits and Support
• Projects that truly improve lives through safe inclusive design rooted in ethics empathy and equity

What Youll Do

We design streets as public places with engineers planners landscape architects and urban designers working side by side. Your leadership style should support and encourage that collaboration.

Leading the Practice

As our Practice Lead youll mentor a talented team of engineers and planners guide business development help shape the firms technical direction and stay active on major projects that strengthen client relationships and grow the practice. You will report to our Engineering Director while collaborating closely with our Design and Planning Directors.

• Lead business development and practice business planning in support of annual growth targets in partnership with regional leadership
• Support the practices financial health through effective project delivery workload management staff development and quality control
• Collaborate with local regional and corporate leadership to advance practice priorities
• Help recruit and advise on hiring decisions to support local and firmwide growth goals
• Advance training innovation and quality control to keep our technical work at the forefront of the industry mentoring staff through project work
• Support marketing and raise the practices local and national visibility
• Guide subject matter resource groups that support practice delivery including traffic engineering multimodal planning transportation design and related specialties

Leading Projects

Serve as Principal-in-Charge Project Director Senior Technical Advisor or Project Manager on major transportation planning and engineering efforts. You will provide leadership on transportation planning projects including:

• Comprehensive plans long range transportation plans city- or area-wide mobility plans and corridor studies
• Multimodal traffic impact analysis traffic operations analysis and safety analysis
• Parking curbside management and transportation demand management strategies
• Public engagement policy development and implementation strategies

You will provide leadership on transportation engineering and design projects including:

• Multimodal street design that balances safety mobility access and placemaking objectives applying safe systems principles
• Conceptual geometric design for corridor and intersection reconfigurations with hand-off to civil engineering for final design
• Traffic signal design retiming and timing optimization
• Signing pavement marking maintenance of traffic and rapid-implementation design projects
• Road safety audits crash analysis and countermeasure selection

What Youll Bring:

• Desire to lead a practice - not just a project. Youre energized by developing the next generation of engineers and planners to see your impact through what they deliver
• Strategic thinking for where the practice should go what work to pursue and how to position the firm for whats next
• Commitment to technical excellence as a personal standard and to remain a trusted senior voice on signature complex projects
• Excitement to craft and communicate a vision that bridges planning and engineering
• 15 years of success on the types of transportation engineering and multimodal planning projects described above
• Demonstrated success building and leading teams programs practices and projects
• Experience in business development proposal strategy client development
• A belief that strong engineering makes great planning real - and that streets are public places where engineering rigor and urban design strengthen one another
• A commitment to creating safer more equitable and more sustainable transportation systems for the communities we serve

A PE is preferred. PTOE and/or AICP credentials are a plus. We welcome candidates whose careers have been rooted in either transportation engineering or multimodal transportation planning provided they have demonstrated success leading integrated teams delivering complex projects and growing a transportation practice.

Join Us. Make an Impact.

Were proud to be an ENR Top 500 design firm with one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry. If youre ready to do meaningful work with a supportive talented team-apply today.

Were targeting a range of $157000-$209500 for individuals with a PE and $138000-$190000 without.

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At Toole Design we foster a collaborative culture and welcome people of all backgrounds to help build more inclusive communities. We strongly encourage women and applicants from underrepresented communities people of color LGBTQIA immigrants first-generation college students/graduates those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between to apply. Were proud that about half our managers are women and we are committed to diverse leadership that reflects the communities we serve. Toole Design is a woman-owned equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

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Required Experience:

Senior IC