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Shape the Future of Transportation with HDR — Join our team as a Transportation Planner II!

At HDR, we believe that each role across our company makes a difference — and yours could help change the world for the better. As an employee-owned firm, every team member is empowered to think like an owner, act with purpose, and take pride in building a legacy of innovation and excellence.

Whether we're improving transit access in urban neighborhoods, reducing environmental impacts along rural corridors, or planning multimodal networks across states, our diverse portfolio of transportation projects reflects the communities we serve — and the future we're helping shape.

We're looking for a passionate and proactive Transportation Planner II to join our team and contribute to projects that span the spectrum of planning, from transit to freight, bike/ped to highways, and everything in between.

HDR is looking for a Transportation Planner II to join our Alaska team. We are seeking a technical mid-career transportation and community planning professional to serve as a key member of our growing Planning Practice. This role is pivotal in delivering high-quality planning solutions, ensuring technical excellence, and providing support to senior and junior staff. The primary duties include providing transportation planning for highways, state agencies, cities and counties. This individual will collaborate and/or coordinate with teams consisting of multi-discipline planners, engineers, and technicians. This person will serve on project teams as a key planning subject matter expert for local, regional and state transportation or community planning projects.

Planning products and projects can include but are not limited to:

• Long range and area transportation plans
• Corridor plans and studies
• Forecast modeling & Traffic analysis
• Safety Action & Complete Streets Planning
• Transit, Bike, and Pedestrian planning
• Aviation and Ports master planning
• General Transportation planning
  
  

In delivering high quality planning products and services you will perform, in general, many of the following duties, tasks, and functions:

• Data assimilation, management and analysis
• Conduct research and literature reviews
• Engage, Hold Meetings with and Interview Clients, Stakeholders and the Public
• Preparation of constraints mapping, existing conditions, requirement
• Prepare required documents such as categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, environmental impact studies and other technical reports
• Assist in preparation for and participate in public information meetings and hearings
• Perform other duties as needed
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 10 years' experience with transportation planning
• Masters in Urban and Regional Planning (MURP)
• American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
• Professional Transportation Planner (PTP)
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Urban Planning or closely related field
• A minimum of 5 years experience in planning and design
• AICP certification desired
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs
• Extensive graphics and report document production experience
• Experience with GIS
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Leadership skills and ability to work in a team environment
• May require the ability to travel
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
  
  

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Primary Location:

United States-Alaska-Juneau

Other Locations:

United States-Alaska-Anchorage

Industry:

Highway + Road

Schedule:

Full-time

Employee Status:

Regular

BusinessClass:

Transportation Planning

Job Posting:

Jul 8, 2025


At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer ( We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management, Consulting, and Engineering

• Industries

  Civil Engineering, Truck Transportation, and Environmental Services

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