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Alta Planning + Design seeks an Multimodal Engineer for our Oakland, CA office. This production-level position is a great opportunity for someone who believes in the importance of active, multimodal, and sustainable transportation and who is interested in growing their career as a transportation engineer professional. If you are looking to join an innovative organization and do work that connects people to places while advancing social justice, safety, and environmental resilience, apply with Alta today!

About Alta

Alta Planning + Design is a sustainable transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education/encouragement programs. Alta was founded in 1996 when communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling as the non-motorized transportation movement developed into a profession in the United States. We pioneered the field of active transportation, evolving our planning and design work into a visionary global practice that empowers people to live active, healthy lives and gets them to where they need to go.

Our core values and work bring about positive change by creating places that are geared toward moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs and human experience, and empowering every person to live an active healthy life. As a global leader in mobility innovation for over 26 years with 180 staff and 22 offices, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience.

Day to Day

With minimal oversight, you will be responsible for a variety of tasks including grading design, signing and striping, traffic signal design, storm drainage, demolition plans, typical sections, traffic control plans, construction staging, details, and engineer’s estimates for large-and small-scale bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects, complete streets, and multi-modal projects. This may include responding to internal QA/QC comments and external client comments. From time to time, you may participate in and lead some site visits to project sites to investigate existing conditions and observe construction activities. You will lead some project tasks and assist in creating all project documents for to prepare a complete bid-ready Plans, Specification, and Estimate package. There may be projects that require specific documentation, such as projects with Caltrans oversight, state and/or federal funding and you will be expected to assist in and lead some efforts in preparing necessary documents. You may be designated as the project design lead or support a project design lead and/or project manager, and other team members in client coordination, sub-consultant coordination, and document review. You will participate in and be encouraged to lead some project coordination meetings with clients (both internal and external).

Some support will be encouraged in pursuing projects including, writing the scope of work, preparing fee estimates, preparing technical graphics and concepts, reviewing proposals for other technical content, and coordinating with internal staff.

You will support a variety of internal and external clients on creating conceptual designs and plans for grant applications, feasibility studies, and other planning documents.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• 2-5 years of experience as a Transportation Engineer in a consulting environment or public entity.
• Must possess licensure of an EIT
• Experience in, and knowledge of, the field of active, non-motorized transportation.
• Demonstrated understanding of and experience preparing Plans, Specifications and Estimates packages for roadway projects and a detailed understanding of project management principles, methods and techniques.
• Ability to guide staff members and manage internal team expectations.
• Exhibits strong initiative and ability to capitalize on opportunities to enhance Alta’s position in the marketplace.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, multiple simultaneous projects involving cross-functional project teams within budgetary and schedule constraints.
• Strong initiative and the ability to work independently with little or no supervision.
• Ability and willingness to travel.
• Excellent professional ethics, leadership skills, accountability, and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication and analytic skills.
• Good presentation skills.
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Synchro/SimTraffic, or similar products.
• Proficiency in an enterprise-wide resource planning and project management tool.

Preferred

• Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, or a related field of study.
• Experience managing large projects for both private and public clients.
• Experience writing and/or presenting white papers and/or providing expert level presentations at conferences and other events promoting the field of sustainable infrastructure and active, non-motorized transportation.
• Experience using Deltek Vision and/or MicroStation V8.
• Active participation in industry-relevant professional associations and committees.

What We Offer

Flexible Schedule
Alta offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule where most employees work from home three days per week. In-office days support our collaborative culture, one of our core values. Our downtown Oakland office located at the corner of 12th and Harrison is just three blocks from the 12th Street BART station. We have secure in-suite bicycle parking.

Compensation
The pay range for this job in Oakland, CA is $100,000.00 – $125,000.00 annually. Placement within the range is based upon experience, skill-sets, and qualifications.

Benefits
Alta offers comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees:

• Medical: PPO or HSA medical plans, Alta pays 75% of the cost
• Dental/Vision: PPO, Alta pays 90% of the cost
• Life Insurance: Alta pays 100% of the premium for life and AD&D, equal to your base compensation
• 401(k): Alta provides a safe harbor match up to 4%
• PTO: 21 days accrued annually to start
• Holidays: 11 total company paid holidays
• Parental Leave/Short-Term Disability
• Additional Benefits: Wellness reimbursement up to $800 annually, Alta Gets Around benefit of up to $900 annually, 5-year travel award, and professional development opportunities

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About Alta Planning + Design

Alta is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Alta Planning + Design, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants. It is our policy that decisions involving people are made on the basis of job-related criteria, independent of an individual’s gender, race, color, national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability for which reasonable accommodation is available, and any other status protected by law. This includes decisions involving hiring, job placement, transfer, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, and company-sponsored programs. Alta Planning + Design maintains formal employment policies, available online and by request.

Affirmative Action Plan
Alta Planning + Design, Inc. is a federal contractor subject to affirmative action regulations requiring written Affirmative Action Plans (AAP’s) for minorities and women, and for covered veterans and individuals with disabilities. We worked intensively with a local firm that specializes in Affirmative Action Plans to develop a program for our company that will not only satisfy our federal obligations but will be a living document. This means the plan is integrated into our recruiting and evaluation procedures and is revisited often in order to ensure we’re doing everything we can to embrace and promote diversity within our company.

Alta requires all employees to complete their COVID-19 vaccination series or have an approved exception to the requirement due to a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief. Proof of vaccination or an approved exemption for new employees will be verified prior to the first day of employment. Failure to provide proof of vaccination or receipt of an approved exemption will lead to withdrawal of the job offer.