Multimodal transportation planning and engineering for cities and transit agencies
Toole Design is a 200+ person civil engineering and landscape architecture firm built around active transportation and complete streets projects. The hiring mix—engineering-forward with mid-career and senior practitioners—reflects delivery-intensive project work; current openings cluster in engineering (18 roles) and ops (7), with accelerating velocity. Tech stack is mature CAD and GIS (AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, VISSIM, HydroCAD) with no active adopts or replacements, suggesting stable, client-driven tooling choices. Pain points center on project financial health and budget forecasting, indicating scaling pressures in delivery operations.
Notable leadership hires: Engineering Director, Office Director
Toole Design provides planning, engineering, and landscape architecture services for multimodal transportation projects. The firm specializes in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, complete streets, trail corridors, safe routes to school, and transit access design for municipalities and agencies. Active project work spans roadway reconstructions, urban streetscapes, regional trail networks, and multimodal corridor studies. The company operates from Silver Spring, Maryland, with hiring concentrated in the United States. Current organizational growth is centered in engineering and operations roles, reflecting demand for delivery capacity across project types.
Primary tools: AutoCAD, Civil 3D, MicroStation, ArcGIS, and QGIS for design and analysis. VISSIM and Highway Capacity Software for traffic modeling. Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) for visualization. OpenRoads and HydroCAD for specialized civil engineering workflows.
Multimodal transportation planning and design, including complete streets, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, trail systems, safe routes to school programs, transit access, and active transportation master plans for cities and transit agencies.
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