Available Career Opportunities

Shape the Future of Sustainability as a Civil/Environmental Engineer!

The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (LVPC) is expanding its environmental engineering and planning expertise—looking for a passionate innovator to drive forward stormwater management, watershed conservation, green-gray infrastructure, sustainability, resiliency, and climate action initiatives. If you're energized by the challenge of making communities more sustainable and resilient, this is your opportunity!

We’re seeking a dynamic thinker with:

• Exceptional communication skills
• Creative problem-solving and a positive mindset
• A results-driven attitude and a commitment to action
• A dedication to public service and improving communities
• A strong sense of teamwork and accountability

In this role, you'll lead stormwater management projects, help shape greenways-blueways infrastructure, and champion sustainable engineering practices that strengthen the region’s environmental future. You’ll collaborate with top professionals, guide impactful projects, and make a lasting difference—all under the leadership of the Director of Environmental Planning.

Join our forward-thinking team and be part of building a greener tomorrow! Apply today.

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The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (LVPC) is looking for a Transportation Planner to provide regional transportation planning services for the Lehigh Valley community. The successful candidate will assist with comprehensive and subarea planning projects addressing complex transportation and land use issues. The LVPC Transportation Planning Section is responsible for the Long-Range Transportation Plan components of FutureLV: The Regional Plan, $558 million Transportation Improvement Program, Eastern Pennsylvania Freight Plan, Walk/RollLV: Active Transportation Plan, among other specific plans and projects. The Transportation Planning also performs transportation impact analyses, reviews proposed developments, community ordinances and plans. This role is integral to the bi-county Lehigh Valley Planning Commission and the federally designated Lehigh Valley Transportation Study committees and actively participates in associated efforts, including: trail, transit, bicycle, pedestrian, traffic, freight and green transportation and infrastructure groups.

Transportation Planning Team Members act as community consultants and work collaboratively with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT), US Department of Transportation, neighboring regions and the State of New Jersey, Lehigh Valley municipal and county governments and a variety of community groups, private sector companies and the public to plan for and manage the region’s infrastructure network. The Transportation Planner will have a high degree of independence and provide direct guidance to the LVPC leadership, other LVPC sections, boards and commissions, and the public. The Transportation Planner will be responsible for project outcomes, representing the LVPC in meetings and is expected to work independently when executing project plans, while receiving overall guidance from the Director of Transportation Planning.

The LVPC Team is entrepreneurial, innovative, highly motivated, cross-disciplinary and committed to effectively planning for and responding to 21st century needs.

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