Transit Planner

Your Impact:

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the “why” of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we’re integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

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Thriving communities. Healthy cities. A brighter future. At Jacobs, we’re putting our knowledge and imagination together to shape the next generation of innovative transportation solutions, especially in public transit. If you want to join a company invested in you, your success, and the global community then join us as a Transit Planner.  

When you join us, you’ll support a key transportation agency in Florida.  Also, you’ll collect, analyze, map, and interpret data for use in planning studies, reports, and public outreach materials. Utilizing that data, you will prepare graphics, tables, and charts about existing and future conditions for reports and presentations.  

We’ll ask you to write/edit memos, white papers, guidelines and standards manuals, technical reports, final reports, and other documents.  You’ll have the opportunity to research transit industry trends and best practices, interview transit agency staff about recent projects, and synthesize recommendations in technical reports and presentations.  Then, we’ll have you document and report findings as well as provide recommendations about transportation needs and concepts to clients and stakeholders.

You’ll grow professionally when you evaluate the feasibility of various transit improvements in coordination with engineers then communicate with and present to clients, project stakeholders, and the public.

This is your opportunity to work and collaborate with Jacobs colleagues and project teammates in Jacksonville, Florida. This position is required to be in the client’s office four days a week.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree 
• Professional experience in transportation or transit planning.
• Proficiency with ArcGIS and Microsoft Office.
• Ability to work on several projects for different project managers simultaneously. 
• Ability to communicate and maintain positive working relationships.
• Ability to communicate sensitive issues, verbally and written, in a convincing manner that maintains and builds trust.

Ideally, You’ll Also Have:

• Proficiency with database management and data visualization software

At Jacobs, we’re partnering across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design, digital technology, and support capabilities of our Global Integrated Delivery (GID) teammates. By joining Jacobs, you’ll commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other. 

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $15 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 60,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.