Transportation Program Coordinator

Richland County Government•DeFuniak Springs, FL

2d•$68,916 - $86,067•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this class is to provide coordination and administrative support for the development and implementation of transportation projects within the Transportation Department. This class assists with the planning, tracking, and coordination of multimodal transportation initiatives, including pedestrian safety, bikeway, greenway, sidewalk, resurfacing, and dirt road projects. This class maintains project information, monitors project schedules and activities, prepares reports, and supports communication with internal departments, consultants, government agencies, community organizations, and the public. This class assists with transportation program activities from planning through early project development and performs related professional, administrative, and project coordination work as required in support of the Transportation Program. This position reports to the Transportation Program Manager in the Project Development Division.

Requirements

Associate Degree in Civil Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
Two (2) years of relevant work experience.
Must possess a valid state driver’s license.
Completion of a Project Management Institute course, as approved by the Director, is required.
Requires coordinating or determining time, place, or sequence of operations or activities based on analysis of data or information and may implement and report on operations and activities.
Requires giving information, guidance, or assistance to people to directly facilitate task accomplishment; may give directions or assignments to helpers or assistants.
Requires handling or using machines, tools or equipment requiring brief instruction or experience, such as fax machines, copiers, telephones or similar equipment; requires extensive use of a computer to fulfill the responsibilities associated with this position.
Requires performing coordinating work involving guidelines and rules with constant problem-solving.
Requires using addition and subtraction, multiplication, and division; and/or calculating ratios, rates, and percentages.
Requires reading journals, manuals, and professional publications; speaking informally to groups of co-workers, staff in other organizational agencies, the general public, and people in other organizations; composing original reports, training and other written materials using proper language, punctuation, grammar, and style.
Requires doing professional-level work requiring the application of principles and practices in a wide range of administrative and technical methods in the solution of technical problems or the coordination of entry-level managerial work; requires general understanding of operating policies and procedures and the ability to apply these to administrative problems; and requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual challenges.
Needs to be able to use computers for work processing, data entry, spreadsheets, presentations, communication, and research.
Responsible for guiding others, requiring frequent decisions affecting co-workers, customers and others who depend on the service or product; works in a somewhat fluid environment with rules and procedures but with many variations from the routine.

Nice To Haves

experience with SCDOT bike or pedestrian projects preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist project planning with staff and consultants to maximize the use of taxpayer funding.
Develop project scoring and schedules in collaboration with internal staff, program management firms, and external agencies, such as SCDOT, and City of Columbia ensuring schedules are realistic given the project's complexity.
Assists with annual project planning and taking in public and other stakeholder input throughout each year.
Update the project plan with new and emerging projects. Work includes developing a narrative for each project, field study of project scope including project limits, foreseen project challenges, and working with the project development team for project estimates and project impacts.
Assist with submitting project reports to incorporate into the annual project plan. Review and recommend project scoring system and changes to the system as needed.
Assist with the recommendations for project budgets provided within the Division.
Coordinate bike and pedestrian projects and develop standards to improve pedestrian safety.
Coordinate value engineering discussions pre- and post-construction on bike and pedestrian projects. Serve as the County’s multi-model transportation expert.
Maintain knowledge of SCDOT and County roadway and bridge design and construction standards, particularly for bike and pedestrian projects or project components.
Prepare materials and attend meetings with officials, residents, and civic groups to address concerns related to the Transportation Penny project. Support Transportation Penny Advisory Committee activities.
Provide support work, as applicable, including planning and reviewing work, maintaining standards and listings. Providing support in all programs to include bike and pedestrian projects, pedestrian safety projects, resurfacing projects, and dirt road projects.
Perform general administrative tasks, including report writing, correspondence, data entry, and file management.
Attend relevant training, workshops, or conferences to stay current with trends, legislation, and technologies.
Perform other duties as assigned.