Associate Planner

GFT is seeking a Planner to support a major port and freight planning program in South Florida/Miami!

This role is an excellent opportunity for an early-career planning professional interested in transportation, freight, logistics, port, and land development projects. The successful candidate will work alongside experienced planners, engineers, logisticians, and project stakeholders to support planning studies, site evaluations, freight mobility initiatives, and implementation strategies associated with PortMiami's RAISE-funded Cargo Supply Chain Master Plan.

What you'll be challenged to do:

As a Planner, you will support transportation, freight, logistics, and port planning projects through research, technical analysis, site evaluation, conceptual planning, stakeholder coordination, and project documentation activities. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will help develop planning solutions that improve cargo movement, freight infrastructure, logistics operations, and economic development opportunities throughout South Florida.

In this capacity, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Support transportation, freight, logistics, and port planning activities.
• Assist with inland port and logistics facility planning, including site identification, screening, and evaluation.
• Evaluate potential sites based on land use, acreage, highway and rail connectivity, cargo operations, warehousing and distribution needs, and development constraints.
• Support real estate and property analysis, due diligence, and site-selection activities.
• Assist with conceptual master plans, site alternatives, implementation strategies, and project phasing.
• Review surveys, aerial mapping, property information, existing plans, and other technical materials.
• Support planning for highway, freight rail, intermodal, and logistics connections.
• Coordinate with public agencies, property owners, port users, logistics companies, engineers, and other project stakeholders.
• Prepare planning exhibits, presentations, meeting materials, and technical documentation.
• Review planning studies and consultant deliverables for consistency with overall program objectives.

At GFT, a privately held AEC firm, we innovate where transportation, water, power, and buildings converge. We call this the Infrastructure of Life. We measure our success by the strength of our relationships – that’s why we’re the employer of choice for 5,000+ of the industry’s brightest engineers, planners, architects, inspectors, designers, and more.

Our clients choose us for our expertise and prefer us for our nimble approach, creativity, and personal touch. Backed by over a century’s experience, together we’re building a lasting legacy for future generations: stronger communities, a healthier planet, and better lives.

GFT: Ingenuity That Shapes Lives is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veterans’ status or other characteristics protected by law.

Unsolicited resumes from third party agencies will be considered the property GFT.

GFT does require the successful completion of a criminal background check for all advertised positions. 

Location: Miamia, FL (PortMiami Office)
Core Business Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Employment Status: Full-Time

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