Transportation Planner/Engineer

Job description

GZA is seeking a Transportation Planner/Engineer to join our New York Metro Land Use and Environmental Planning Practice. This role requires demonstrated expertise in travel demand forecasting, level-of-service analysis, parking demand evaluation, and multimodal impact assessment (vehicular, pedestrian, and transit). Strong familiarity with NYC DOT methodologies for demand planning, assignment, and LOS analysis under NYC City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) is required. Experience in traffic and civil engineering is strongly encouraged. Key Responsibilities: - Lead transportation analyses for discretionary land use actions (rezonings, special permits, variances), independently determining appropriate methodologies and defensible impact conclusions under CEQR. - Direct trip generation, trip assignment, modal split, parking demand, and queuing analyses; oversee QA/QC of technical work prepared by junior staff. - Plan and manage traffic, pedestrian, transit, parking, and queuing data collection programs, ensuring methodological consistency and defensibility. - Evaluate development proposals and zoning actions to identify transportation impacts, safety concerns, multimodal conflict...