**To be considered, please upload a cover letter with your resume.**
About This Opportunity
Walker Consultants seeks a highly motivated parking and mobility planning consultant and project manager to help build our Carolinas Planning, Operations, and Technology practice. As a Mid-to-Senior Level Parking and Mobility Planning Consultant, you will play an integral role in the success of our local practice. You will be:
- Supporting our long-term strategy for planning, operations, and technology work in the region
- Participating in a local office culture that prioritizes sustainable growth and innovation
- Being a champion for our clients and our firm within the local industry
- Leading and supporting a wide range of projects—from mixed-use development projects to strategic master plans, transit operation feasibility plans, micro-mobility plans, and more.
This position is the perfect opportunity for someone who wants to be part of a flourishing planning, operations, and technology practice—someone who wants to help grow the practice with the backing of a supportive, collaborative, and innovative team.
About Walker Consultants
Walker is a 100% employee-owned professional services firm that serves public- and private-sector clients by providing industry-leading mobility and parking planning-related services, forensic, restoration, and building envelope engineering, as well as parking design. We help provide access to and maintain the built environment.
From small towns to large urban metros and regional agencies, we help our clients build communities that are places people want to live, work, and have fun. For every project, we develop creative strategies that prioritize people and are grounded in data, aligning with overall goals for transportation, economic development, climate, and land use. We are focused on the future, and our plans and policies are shaped by technology, data, and infrastructure that maximize today’s investments for what’s next.
As a Consultant with the Carolinas Planning, Operations, and Technology practice, you will be an integral part of the small but mighty Charlotte team, while supporting our national group of experts and collaborating with planners, engineers, and urban designers across the country to serve our clients. You’ll have an opportunity to directly test ideas, shape policy, and see your plans implemented. At Walker, we go beyond planning—we are implementers at the forefront of real change.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Working collaboratively with a growth mindset.
- Actively maintain existing client relationships and assist in new client business development activities.
- Participating in the development of proposals, RFQ/RFP responses, and interview presentations with the support of local and national marketing and technical staff.
- Helping to create and mentor a supportive, warm, motivating, and innovative local office team.
- Building and maintaining excellent relationships within the local industry and promoting Walker as the region’s consultant of choice.
- Managing parking and mobility projects for public sector and private sector clients, such as supply and demand analysis, operational analyses, master plans, implementation and action plans, and more.
- Effectively communicating and connecting with a broad range of clients and maintaining strong relationships with clients.
- Lending skill and expertise as needed on projects, with a focus on mobility planning, parking, and curbside management, operations, and technology, data collection, and analysis.
- Leading and/or supporting community engagement, awareness, and collaboration efforts in line with our national community engagement policies and practices.
- Preparing and presenting technical reports, memos, presentations, and other documents in a way that represents our work well and is digestible to a wide range of audiences, from CEOs and City Councils to student groups and immigrant communities.
Qualifications and Requirements
The following experience is required for this role:
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience in parking, mobility, curbside, or transportation planning, including project management experience.
- 3+ years in a consulting or professional services environment.
- A bachelor’s degree in urban planning or policy, engineering, or a related planning field.
- Demonstrated experience maintaining existing client relationships and supporting new client business development efforts.
- Demonstrated excellent written, verbal, and critical thinking skills.
- Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Willingness to travel within the Carolinas (up to ~30%, varying by project phase).
In addition, the following requirements are preferred:
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience managing projects and/or studies in the East Coast Region.
- 3+ years of experience at a consulting or professional services firm in the East Coast Region.
- An advanced degree (Master’s or higher) in urban planning or policy, engineering, or a related planning field.
We are seeking someone curious, motivated, passionate, and eager to grow with our office and the firm.
To be considered, please submit the following:
- Cover letter
- Resume
We offer a robust total compensation and rewards package designed to support our employees’ well-being, growth, and diverse needs, including:
- Annual discretionary bonus program
- Opportunity to purchase Walker stock – Walker is 100% employee-owned!
- Medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance
- Mental wellness benefits
- Health Savings Account with company contribution
- 401(k) with company match
- Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Spending Accounts
- 529 college savings plan
- A minimum of 3 weeks of Paid Time Off per year
- 9 paid holidays per year, including 3 paid floating holidays
- 5 days of bereavement leave and PTO Donation Bank to help during difficult times
- 100% compensation replacement during short-term disability leaves
- Paid parental leave that allows an additional week of paid time alongside short-term disability leave and/or applicable state paid leave programs
- Paid community involvement hours
- Tuition and licensure reimbursement and sponsorship of professional memberships
- Internal conferences and professional development opportunities
- Employee Resource Groups and Affinity Groups
Why Walker Consultants?
Join Walker and be a driving force in revolutionizing access and connectivity through impactful transportation solutions. Your efforts will shape how individuals and communities traverse and engage from inception to realization. Beyond transportation, Walker's influence extends to crafting dynamic communities; as a curb management specialist, you'll be instrumental in fashioning inclusive, secure, and vibrant communal domains that enhance lives.
Our commitment to optimizing client assets means your input converts to tangible value, showcasing your ideas and strategies to elevate client triumph. Engage with cutting-edge trends and technologies, embedding them in practical situations to surmount intricate quandaries. Upholding equity and inclusivity, Walker harmonizes public and private aspirations, constructing impartial solutions that enhance access, service, and sustainable revenue streams for diverse users.
Join Us!
We know that great talent comes in many forms. If you're excited about this role but don’t meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply! You might just be the right person for this role—or another opportunity on our team.
At Walker Consultants, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all abilities. If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process, or in the workplace, please let us know—we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience.
Walker Consultants is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We invite all qualified applicants to apply and do not discriminate against individuals because of their race, color, religion, national origin, gender, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or age.
