Job Description

AECOM is seeking a talented Community Planner/Outreach Specialist to join our Transportation & Environmental Planning team in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. The ideal candidate will use their creativity and communications skills to translate complex technical ideas into easy-to-understand content. They will play a key role in engaging stakeholders and leading public involvement efforts for major transportation infrastructure projects in the region.

The successful candidate will:

• Manage stakeholder coordination and public involvement tasks for projects at multiple scales.
• Prepare content for social media, press, and newspaper publications.
• Organize and facilitate client, stakeholder, and community meetings.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team to prepare presentations for virtual and in-person meetings.
• Develop and manage online survey campaigns.

Reports to the NY Metro Environmental Lead in the Transportation & Environmental Planning group

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS in Communications, Journalism, Urban or Transportation Planning or related degree plus two (2) years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven ability to support stakeholder communication, media relations programs, community outreach, and/or special events.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe InDesign, and online survey tools.
• Ability to facilitate public and stakeholder meetings at client specified venues and times.
• Experience working with public sector clients in the transportation industry.
• Familiarity with conducting public outreach as part of the NEPA process.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

• Sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Relocation assistance is available for this position.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.