Planner III Planning

Alta Planning + Design seeks a Planner III for our Oakland 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 planning 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 27 years with over 200 staff, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience.

This position would assist in the production of a wide variety of planning projects  including, but not limited to active transportation plans, corridor studies, safety action plans, mobility hub studies, and trail studies. Staff would be responsible for developing deliverables such as GIS-based mapping and analysis, technical writing, research, developing plans and reports, presentation materials, public workshop materials, grant assistance, and  a wide range of public engagement activities. As a Planner III, this position could also serve as an Assistant Project Manager on many projects and support the Project Manager by serving as Task Leads and assisting with other duties such as invoicing, project scheduling, project budgets, and management of subconsultants. 

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.

Our office strongly believes in a flexible culture that understands that beyond employees, we are people who may be parents, have hobbies, or need a hybrid schedule to mitigate long commutes. Our passion drives our dedication and commitment to do what we do.

Compensation

The pay range for this job in Oakland is $80,000-$110,000 annually. Placement within the range is based upon experience, skill-sets, and qualifications.

Alta offers comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees: