Junior Port Planner

Key Responsibilities

• Apply planning principles to provide efficient, effective, economical, and timely solutions to port planning challenges in multivariable and multidiscipline project environments.
• Conduct road, rail, and marine operations and infrastructure planning efforts in accordance with transportation planning standards, quality objectives, and client needs.
• Collect, review, and analyze a variety of planning and operational data to meet project objectives.
• Prepare reports, technical memos, presentations, schedules, maps, figures, diagrams, and models.
• Prepare and contribute to proposals, proposal interview materials, and other business development materials and collateral.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Perform assignments related to your sector.
• Assist with preparation of detailed design for projects.
• Support preparation of drawings from detailed notes and specifications.
• Coordination with other technicians/engineers on projects.
• Provide support to Senior Engineers and Designers as and when needed.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience in executing general land use planning or transportation planning and layout assignments.
• Experience conducting planning studies and/or terminal capacity assessments, debottlenecking, and optimization studies.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a team of professionals across multiple concurrent engagements.
• Fluency with the Microsoft Office Suite, with a focus on Excel and PowerPoint.
• Basic ArcGIS familiarity.
• Familiarity with the following is a plus:
• The maritime industry, common cargoes (e.g., containers, Ro/Ro, bulk, breakbulk, and project cargo), and a variety of marine facilities (e.g., container terminals, cruise terminals, bulk material handling facilities, offshore wind support facilities, etc.).
• The US freight transportation and logistics networks, including, specifically, the interconnection between North American ports and marine terminals and steamship lines, Class I railroads, and trucking companies.

Qualifications

• Roles at this level are filled by recent or soon to be university/college graduates with little or no professional experience but possessing relevant skills.
• Preferred bachelor’s or master’s degree in transportation or transportation planning; urban, regional, or city planning; or a degree in civil, marine, or mechanical engineering.
• Minimum of a cumulative 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
• Good understanding of engineering and business fundamentals as they apply to engineering problems and projects.
• Ability to learn quickly and to take on new challenges.
• Collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Shows critical and creative thinking and problem solving and brings forward solutions for our clients' toughest challenges.
• Adapts and embraces change.

Compensation Range

• $88,000 – $94,000 per year