Transportation Planner

Steer

Transportation Planner at Steer North America planning multimodal transportation solutions. Collaborating with teams to improve transportation systems and advocate for sustainable mobility solutions.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeLos Angeles • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $80,000 - $108,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work alongside colleagues to conceptualize, develop, and deliver on new and existing client projects, including in multimodal planning, regional planning, TDM, and equitable and sustainable mobility.
Identify transit needs and prioritize investment across California’s state highway system
Create a Smart City Strategic Plan for the Southern California region
Determine service options for new BRT routes across New Jersey
Examine the economic impact of rail on economically distressed regions
Review and revise internal program requirements for major transit agencies
Manage their own work, and the work of others, to budget and quality expectations
Support Steer’s Planning & Design practice via client engagement, work winning, and proposal development
Serve as an in-house resource in the areas of behavior change analysis
Mentor and support early career professionals

Requirements

What you’ll need

5-10 years’ relevant experience in the transportation or planning sector, through consultancy or public sector work;
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, Master’s degree preferred
Experience developing successful proposals for public sector requests (including EOIs, RFQs, and RFPs);
The ability to work autonomously yet collaboratively with colleagues and our clients in a fast-paced environment;
An existing right to work in the United States or Canada;
Ability to provide technical leadership across multiple disciplines or skills, such as: strategic planning for public sector transportation agencies; multimodal planning, governance and public policy development, business case development, and data analysis and visualization
Experience with one or more complex transportation models and related analytical tools, such as GIS, EMME, TransCAD, R, Python or similar; as well as visualisation tools such as Illustrator, InDesign, Tableau, Power BI or similar
Successfully led or had a lead role on transportation planning and policy projects;
Proven experience with behavioural change analysis tools and concepts commonly used in the transportation industry, such as market segmentation and stated preference surveys;

Benefits

Comp & perks

Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
3% 401(k)/RRSP contribution
Discretionary annual bonus
Generous paid time off including vacation, public holidays, sick time, and volunteering days- up to 44 days (US) and 47 days (Canada) annually
Group Share Incentive Plan, providing employees with the opportunity to share in the long-term success of the firm
Commuter benefits (US)

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Hard Skills & Tools

multimodal planningregional planningtransit needs assessmentbehavior change analysisstrategic planningdata analysisbusiness case developmenttransportation modelingeconomic impact analysisproposal development

Soft Skills

collaborationautonomyleadershipmentoringclient engagementwork managementquality assurancecommunicationorganizational skillsfast-paced environment adaptability

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree