Planner IV – Long Range

Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority • Austin, TX

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About The Position

The Planner IV reports directly to Manager, Cross-Agency Transit & Mobility. This position partners with senior leadership and is responsible for assigned work by the Manager, Cross-Agency Transit & Mobility that involve planning, developing, and implementing planning processes for long-range projects. Assigned projects could include development of long-range transit plans, major investment, environment analysis, preliminary engineering studies, and other related and assigned activities. Duties could also include regional planning coordination including federal grant support for the regional Transportation Improvement Plan, the Regional Transportation Plan and related activities, including grants management from application to closeout. This position’s assignments are to lead and manage capital planning exercises with Planning leadership’s guidance and approval for capital transit projects, including development of alternatives, technical and financial analysis of alternatives for the federal grants process and application, including environmental impacts of projects required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other federal regulations. Additional duties may include the creation of materials for the CapMetro Planning leadership to develop project funding scenarios to complete alternative analysis, preliminary engineering and environmental studies necessary for the capital projects including the Project Connect program. Primary responsibilities and job duty details that are based on assignment are below.

Requirements

• Partnering with senior leadership.
• Managing capital planning exercises with guidance and approval from Planning leadership.
• Understanding of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other federal regulations.

Responsibilities

• Planning, developing, and implementing planning processes for long-range projects.
• Developing long-range transit plans, major investment, environment analysis, and preliminary engineering studies.
• Regional planning coordination including federal grant support for the regional Transportation Improvement Plan and the Regional Transportation Plan.
• Grants management from application to closeout.
• Leading and managing capital planning exercises for capital transit projects.
• Developing alternatives, technical and financial analysis of alternatives for the federal grants process and application.
• Addressing environmental impacts of projects required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other federal regulations.
• Creating materials for CapMetro Planning leadership to develop project funding scenarios.
• Completing alternative analysis, preliminary engineering, and environmental studies necessary for capital projects, including the Project Connect program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed