Senior Transportation Planner, Vision Zero

Join us in shaping Seattle’s streets!

At the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), we don’t just move people—we connect communities, build safer streets, and create a more sustainable city.

With a bold vision for the future, we’re tackling big challenges: making travel safer, cutting carbon emissions, and ensuring reliable, affordable transportation for everyone—no matter who they are or where they live.

Seattle is growing fast, and we’re growing with it. Thanks to a historic voter-approved $1.55 billion investment in transportation in 2024, we’re building sidewalks, fixing bridges, and improving transit connections to keep our city moving.

We’re a team of problem solvers, planners, engineers, communicators, and field crews—bringing purpose-driven work to life. Now, we need passionate, innovative talent like you. Let’s build a Seattle that works for everyone—together!

Position Overview: SDOT’s Transportation Operations Division has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and collaborative Senior Transportation Planner. As part of the team leading the charge on Seattle’s Vision Zero initiative to end traffic deaths and serious injuries on city streets by 2030, this position will play a lead role in developing highly complex and visible transportation projects, policies, and program initiatives that support the department’s safety goals. This includes leading the research, implementation, and evaluation of traffic safety policies and countermeasures. This highly collaborative role will work with diverse teams of planners, engineers, designers, and subject matter experts across the City to oversee the implementation of a broad portfolio of safety strategies. This position reports to the Vision Zero Planning Lead.• Support the development of SDOT’s Vision Zero work plan and safety strategies for citywide implementation.

• Assist with research, development, pilot implementation, evaluation, documentation, and policy development of traffic safety countermeasures for Vision Zero program adoption. This includes facilitating regular and special policy review meetings in coordination with technical teams and subject matter experts.

• Support the development of Vision Zero reporting and planning efforts, including the development Vision Zero progress reports and action plan updates.

• Lead traffic safety analyses and apply the results to inform the prioritization and implementation of Vision Zero projects.

• Lead and support the project development (early planning) of Vision Zero safety corridors and spot improvements based on best practices and engineering standards.

• Coordinate and facilitate inclusive public engagement processes for complex and highly visible safety projects, including leading workshops, stakeholder briefings, and community presentations as well as developing written outreach materials.

• Monitor the scope, schedule, and budget of safety projects and support ongoing project design and construction activities from