Transportation Planning Specialist

State of Maine • Augusta, ME

1d • $56,264 - $78,998 • Onsite

About The Position

This is professional services work in providing comprehensive transportation planning, research, evaluation, policy development, and oversight services in the Public Transportation Unit within the Maine Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Planning. Responsibilities include project and program management, grant management, policy development, financial management, and long-range planning related to public transit in Maine. Supervision will be exercised over professional and technical personnel within the Bureau of Planning. This classification is distinguished from the next lower level by its responsibility for being the Department’s key point of contact to various large and multifaceted regional, state, and federal entities and providing technical assistance and support as necessary, and by its responsibility for coordinating highly specialized planning activities in the public transportation and multimodal planning fields. Experience or familiarity with federal grant management and reporting, transit operations, financial management, state and federal regulations, and procurement policies and practices is preferred but not required.

Requirements

• An eight (8) year combination of education, training, and/or experience in planning and program development with specific background in specialized field as necessary (i.e. environmental planning, economic planning, historic preservation, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Experience or familiarity with federal grant management and reporting
• Experience or familiarity with transit operations
• Experience or familiarity with financial management
• Experience or familiarity with state and federal regulations
• Experience or familiarity with procurement policies and practices

Responsibilities

• Project and program management
• Grant management
• Policy development
• Financial management
• Long-range planning related to public transit in Maine
• Supervision of professional and technical personnel within the Bureau of Planning
• Serving as the Department’s key point of contact to various large and multifaceted regional, state, and federal entities
• Providing technical assistance and support
• Coordinating highly specialized planning activities in the public transportation and multimodal planning fields

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays
• 3+ weeks of vacation leave annually
• Personal leave for overtime-exempt employees
• 12 days of sick leave annually
• Health Insurance Coverage (State pays 85%-95% of employee-only premiums)
• Dental Insurance (State pays 100% of employee-only dental premiums)
• Retirement Plan (State contributes 14.11% of employee's pay towards Maine Public Employees Retirement System)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree