Transportation Planner 3
About The Position
Join our dynamic team of transportation planners and designers dedicated to creating innovative, practical solutions that improve safety, connectivity, and accessibility. Collaborating closely with our traffic engineers, you'll help develop and implement roadway improvements that solve immediate traffic challenges while supporting long-term community goals. If you're passionate about shaping smarter, safer transportation systems, we'd love you to be a part of our team! The Transportation Planner 3 provides planning services including preparing transportation system plans, modal plans, long-range plans, transportation studies, transportation planning work programs, and other transportation-related planning documents as assigned. Duties include assisting with research, data analysis, technical writing and plan development, leading public meetings and outreach, preparing presentation materials and graphics, agency and stakeholder coordination, and other duties as assigned. The person in this position is expected to exercise a strong work ethic, desire to learn new skills, and have great organizational and communication skills. A Transportation Planner 3 should demonstrate proficiency in and assist with managing transportation planning concepts, apply functions including land use and transportation relationships, short-range and long-range planning, transportation system planning and analyses and evaluation, transportation public policy, traffic engineering, environmental analysis, public involvement and communications, land use planning and community development. A Transportation Planner 3 exercises discretion and judgement in all work tasks. This person is expected to work well with others, absorb and apply constructive criticism, and seek input and guidance from more experienced members of the team as necessary. This position will with limited guidance from a more experienced Transportation Planner.
Requirements
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).
- Intermediate understanding of technical fundamentals.
- Performs moderately complex tasks independently.
- Effectively divides projects into individual tasks.
- Leads technical effort on small projects.
- Performs quality control of basic deliverables.
- Team player, able to follow on large, complex projects and lead a small team on simple tasks.
- Anticipates the needs of other technical disciplines and takes responsibility for their results.
- Strong understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets.
- Demonstrate strong familiarity with transportation planning documents, programs, codes, and state and federal regulations, including transportation and land use plans, policies, and programs; transportation funding and program delivery mechanisms, plans, policies, and opportunities; transportation system analyses; transportation resiliency analyses; population, economic, and demographic forecasts as they relate to transportation; public and agency involvement plans and communication strategies; and transportation planning regulations, programs, and guidance documents.
- Bachelor's Degree in transportation planning, land use planning, civil engineering, communications, or associated field required.
- 4 years of experience required.
- 3 years of experience required with advanced degree.
- Driving is an essential job function or a valid driver’s license is required to support legitimate business purposes.
- Regularly required to sit.
- Required to talk and hear.
- Regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands.
- Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
Nice To Haves
- Developing technical expertise in Market Sector Software (may include ArcGIS, TransCAD, Synchro, Vissim, Power BI, etc., dependent on position and other relevant skills and experience).
Responsibilities
- Preparing transportation system plans, modal plans, long-range plans, transportation studies, transportation planning work programs, and other transportation-related planning documents.
- Assisting with research, data analysis, technical writing and plan development.
- Leading public meetings and outreach.
- Preparing presentation materials and graphics.
- Agency and stakeholder coordination.
- Performing moderate to advanced levels of technical work on larger and more complex projects.
- Operating with a moderate level of autonomy.
- Assisting with some project management tasks.
- Producing transportation system analyses, transportation planning reports, policy papers, meeting agendas and minutes, and public involvement and communication materials associated with transportation planning projects independently, or with very limited oversight.
- Predicting and delivering individual tasks within a set level of effort.
- Consistently meeting budget and schedule expectations on projects.
- Frequent client communications.
- Resolving issues on small projects.
- Attending client meetings.
- Consistently using situationally appropriate communication tools (e.g., email versus phone versus in-person).
Benefits
- Support your growth
- Offer great benefits
- Foster a culture of integrity, professionalism, and teamwork
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
