Entry Level Transportation Planner

Industry

Transportation

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Your impact

Today's jurisdictions and transit agencies are working to identify solutions that enhance the safety, mobility, and livability of communities large and small. Coupled with the need to combat the climate crisis, decarbonize rapidly, and address the country's aging infrastructure, transit and transportation agencies face a multitude of challenges, and Jacobs is committed to helping them successfully solve these problems.

We are hiring an entry level Transportation Planner to join the Transportation practice supporting Virginia clients. The planners on our team work on a variety of tasks, from asset and fleet management plans to multi-modal corridor planning, to helping agencies improve service plans, operations, and infrastructure. We are looking for team members to help us deliver a range of statewide and multi-modal transportation planning projects. The candidate will work under the direction of a project manager or senior planner.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work as part of the Transportation practice to deliver a range of transportation planning and engineering projects.
• Assist in the development and management of corridor studies, feasibility studies, mobility plans, conceptual design documents, or service development plans for mobility projects.
• Collect and analyze data, and prepare studies to support decisions on transportation systems, policies, and standards.
• Attend project meetings and assist in coordination with different teams, consultants, and clients.
• Participate in stakeholder engagement activities, including meetings and workshops.
• Help prepare reports and presentations to communicate findings and recommendations.
• Provide support to planning staff members as needed.

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in urban planning, policy, Geography, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical, conceptual, communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work and thrive in a team environment to develop engineering drawings and documents

Ideally, you'll also have:

• Excellent technical writing with the ability to develop work plans and document technical discussions.
• Experience with GIS
• Ability to deal with large datasets, sort through large amounts of data, and create visualizations.
• Course work related to transportation.

Posted Salary Range: Minimum

60,100.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

90,000.00

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $60,100.00 to $90,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on September 30, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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Locations

CityStateCountryRestonVirginiaUnited States