Austin Deputy Office Director - Transportation Planning and Design - Toole Design

Toole Design Group in Austin, TX is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Deputy Office Director. Do you have a strong background in active transportation planning and design? Are you eager to build and lead a talented team of multimodal transportation professionals as we plan, design, and implement human-centered projects in support of great communities? Do you enjoy big picture strategic thinking and leading teams, pursuing and winning work, and exceeding client expectations? If so, please consider joining our Austin leadership team.

This Deputy Office Director position with a focus on transportation planning and design 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 planning, engineering, 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. 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 Deputy Office Director

As a Deputy Director of our Austin team, you will lead and grow a talented team of professionals and serve as a liaison with our company leadership. Fostering a positive culture and healthy morale while maintaining a productive work environment are integral components of this role, as is managing, mentoring, and recruiting new staff. You will pursue and win work that has a positive impact on communities and oversee staff and project performance to ensure our work is consistently top quality. You will help build and lead a talented local team of planners, engineers, and urban designers working on exciting projects in in Texas, across North America, and collaborating with other offices in the U.S.

Our projects vary in scale: national, state, regional, and local. They encompass research, policy, planning, design guidance, program development, inclusive engagement, implementation, and evaluation. As a Deputy Office Director, you may lead concept to final design, multimodal corridor studies, Vision Zero, Safe Routes to Schools, new mobility and curbside management, trails and greenways, complete streets, and/or access to transit projects.

You lead business development pursuits in your home region as well as across our North American offices. Your job can sometimes be challenging, but you get to work with a close-knit team-locally, regionally, and nation-wide-that is passionate about the work and the communities that you 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 Deputy Office Director

• A passion for working with a dynamic and diverse team, and an inclusive approach to achieving success
• Degree in Urban Planning, Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design or a very strong technical understanding of the Architecture and Engineering industry
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in transportation
• Experience building teams along with managing and nurturing staff
• Experience solving problems, putting out fires, and helping others navigate tricky situations
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• A strong interest in multimodal and active transportation design

If would be a plus if you have any of the following:

• Experience pursuing and winning work that is competitively bid
• Experience in consulting or supporting a staff with billable targets
• Experience managing large/complex projects with budgets of $500K or more

You'll be great here if:

• You are excited about projects that transform communities into healthier and more vibrant places to live, work, and play
• You like to push the envelope and advance the state of the practice
• You have a strong sense of loyalty, commitment, and ownership of your work
• You enjoy creating teams, being entrepreneurial, and solving problems
• You excel at motivating and mentoring people and teams with diverse areas of focus and expertise
• You enjoy collaborating across disciplines and offices to do great work for clients
• You take initiative and deliver high-quality work on time and on-budget
• You have strong analytical and decision-making skills

We are targeting a salary of $100,000-$140,000 for this position, depending on licensure and experience. For exceptionally qualified candidates who exceed job requirements, we will consider additional compensation; please reach out to HR@tooledesign.com with questions.

Work Schedule for a Deputy Office Director

This full-time position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week. While this position is temporarily remote, in Austin, when the office opens, it will transition to a hybrid schedule, with the option to work from home 2 days per week.

About our Austin Office

Since 2017, a team of Toole Design engineers and planners have provided full-time, on-site staff augmentation to the City of Austin's Transportation Department to deliver Mobility Bond projects. Our new, standalone Austin office will complement this team by working on a range of planning and design projects across Texas, many of which are already underway. Our vision for our new Austin office is one that is talented, multidisciplinary, diverse, and cohesive.

If offered this position, you'll be leading and growing a team in one of the most exciting cities for multimodal transportation. Whether it's helping to deliver Austin's Mobility Bond projects, updating the City's Urban Trails and Sidewalks Plans, designing high-comfort bikeways in Houston, or creating District-level Active Transportation Plans for TxDOT, Toole Design is helping to shape the future of Texas.

Ready to Join our Austin Team?We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Deputy Office Directorposition, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between - to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box below, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We're proud that about half of our managers are women and we are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

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