Posted 1w ago

Transportation Planner

@ Steer
Los Angeles, California, United States
$80k-$108k/yrHybridFull Time
Responsibilities:managing projects, mentoring staff, supporting client engagement
Requirements Summary:5-10 years in transportation/planning; Bachelor's degree or equivalent, Master’s preferred; experience with public sector proposals; right to work in US or Canada; strong leadership, analytics, and communication skills; proficient in GIS/EMME/TransCAD/R/Python; project and team management.
Technical Tools Mentioned:GIS, EMME, TransCAD, R, Python, Illustrator, InDesign, Tableau, Power BI
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About Steer

At Steer North America, we help shape the future of mobility, cities, and infrastructure. Our work supports more connected, sustainable, and accessible transportation systems that improve how people live, work, and travel.

Steer is an employee-owned international consultancy specializing in transportation and infrastructure. We combine global expertise with local insight to help public and private sector clients tackle complex mobility challenges and make better decisions about how people and goods move.

Our teams advise governments, transit agencies, airports, infrastructure investors, and private mobility operators across strategy, advisory, planning, and operations. From major transit investments to airport development and emerging mobility solutions, our work influences transportation systems relied on by millions.

What defines Steer is our people — curious thinkers, collaborative problem solvers, and changemakers who care about the communities we serve. Joining Steer means working on meaningful projects, contributing ideas that matter, and building a career with real impact.

About the role

Steer North America is looking for a motivated, self-starting, problem-solver and collaborative professional to fill our Transportation Planner position in the Planning and Design team, which has contributed to our company’s ongoing success in the United States, Canada, and beyond. You should have a background in project management and behavior change analysis, including market segmentation analysis and stated preference surveys, in order to support teams and projects across Steer.

You will be a contributing member of Steer’s North American teams which is comprised of planners, economists, designers, financial modellers and technical specialists. In combination, these disciplines provide us with the breadth and depth to deliver innovative and impactful solutions to our diverse clients.

The Transportation Planner will:

  • 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.: Some examples of the kinds of projects that you may be involved in:
    • Identifying transit needs and prioritizing investment across California’s state highway system
    • Creating a Smart City Strategic Plan for the Southern California region
    • Determining service options for new BRT routes across New Jersey
    • Examining the economic impact of rail on economically distressed regions
    • Reviewing and revising 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

To review our portfolio of recent projects, visit Our projects | Steer (steergroup.com).