Senior - Principal Planner

Toole Design Group in Portland, OR is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Senior or Principal Planner. Do you have a strong background in multimodal transportation planning and design? Are you passionate about active transportation and giving people safe, comfortable, and accessible options for getting where they need to go? Would you enjoy working on a variety of projects throughout Oregon and Northern California? If so, please consider joining our Portland team.

This Senior or Principal Planner position with a focus on active and multimodal transportation earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading engineering, planning, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States and Canada. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race, or gender. We have been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

A Day in the Life of a Senior - Principal Planner

As a Senior or Principal Planner, you will develop and nurture client relationships, mentor colleagues, and lead exciting projects throughout the Western Region, while supporting efforts across our North American offices. You will lead teams of professionals from a variety of disciplines; integrating input from a broad range of stakeholders to create award-winning plans and programs that build momentum toward positive change in communities and lead directly to implementation.

Our projects are at all different scales: national, state, regional, and local. They encompass research, policy, planning, design guidance, program development, inclusive engagement, implementation, and evaluation. As a Principal Planner, you may lead multimodal corridor studies, Vision Zero, Safe Routes to Schools, new mobility and curbside management, trails and greenways, complete streets, and access to transit projects.

You will lead business development pursuits in the Oregon and Northern California regions as well as across our North American offices. You will get to work with a close-knit team that is passionate about the work and the communities that we serve. What unites all of our work is our mission: we never accept a project that does not align with our values. We think about equity, climate, safety, and health every step of the way.

Qualifications Of a Senior - Principal Planner

• The motivation to win work, including forming and managing client relationships, identifying potential opportunities, and developing proposals and interview materials
• Outstanding written, verbal, and graphic communication skills
• A bachelor's or master's degree in planning, or experience as a planning practitioner combined with a degree in a related field such as landscape architecture, urban design, engineering, or public health
• At least 10 years of experience (15 for Principal Planner) working on transportation projects, preferably in Oregon or California
• Working knowledge of more than one language is a plus
• Prior consulting experience, or public sector experience that includes selecting and managing consultant teams
• Extensive knowledge of best practices in multimodal or active transportation planning
• At least 5 years successfully managing projects and leading teams while meeting schedule and budget needs

You'll Be Great Here If

• You bring new perspectives or lived experience that will help our Portland office represent the communities we serve
• You've led complex projects that involve coordinating collaborative work between staff teams, consultant partners, and public sector or nonprofit partners
• You understand equity and the role that systems of oppression have played in shaping access to public spaces, transportation resources, and opportunities
• You enjoy producing high-quality work products and contributing to projects that get built
• You have a strong working knowledge of Oregon or Northern California's geographies, public agencies, funding streams, and political landscapes
• You can build relationships, bring enthusiasm to exciting projects, and are detail-oriented with strong problem-solving skills
• You're passionate about contributing to a more accessible, sustainable, and equitable future in the Western United States
• You're excited about one - or many! - of Toole Design's practice areas, with a resume of great past work that shows how you move past the status quo to find creative solutions

Work Schedule for a Senior - Principal Planner

Job Title: KIA- Internet Sales Consultant
Job Category: Sales
Location: Colorado Springs
Level/Salary Range: $43,000 - $230,000 (Commission + Bonuses)
Position Type: Full Time
Summary

Responds to Internet customer inquiries and ensures that the dealership actualizes its maximum profit potential on Internet sales.
Essential Duties

• Takes photos of dealership inventory for use on the dealership site.
• Essential Duties include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Maintains an ongoing customer database to capture repeat business.
• Attends product and sales training as requested by sales manager.
• Maintains professional appearance.
• Handles all Internet sales inquiries personally.
• Checks email frequently and responds to inquiries immediately. Delivers messages intended for other departments promptly. Notifies customers that their messages have been forwarded to the appropriate personnel for prompt attention.
• Satisfies the transportation needs of Internet-generated customers.
• Keeps abreast of new products, features, accessories etc., and their benefits to customers.
• Other tasks as assigned.
• Assists customers in selecting vehicles.
• Has thorough knowledge of all dealership products and services.
• Works with webmaster to update the website frequently to attract new and repeat visitors.
• Researches auto-buying services on the Internet and acts as liaison with any services the dealership uses to promote its site or advertise.
• Schedules first service appointment.
• Ensures that the website address is prominently displayed throughout the dealership, e.g., on business cards, flyers, pens and all dealership advertising.
• Attends sales meetings.
• Communicates effectively with Internet customers and prospects according to their preferred method of communication, whether by phone, by email or in person.
• Coordinates Internet promotions with other dealership sales promotions and advertising.
• Directs customers to product information resources, including those available on the Internet.
• Understands the psychology of Internet customers and works with them accordingly to draw them into the store for proper vehicle demonstration and to close the transaction.
• Establishes personal income goals that are consistent with dealership standards of productivity, and devises a strategy to meet those goals.
• Knows and understands the federal, state and local laws that govern retail automobile sales.
• Sells/leases and delivers a minimum of 8 units per month.

 
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Education And/or Experience
Two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• State Sales License
• Valid Driver's License

Benefits (Eligibility Dependent Upon Employment Status)

• 401k
• Travel Assistance
• Onsite Fit Factories
• PTO
• FSA/ HSA
• Employee Assistance Program
• Dental
• Vision
• Medical
• Legal Insurance
• Basic Life Insurance
• Short Term/ Long Term Disability
• Employee Clinics

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