01426 - Planning Specialist

1601 Orange Road, Culpeper, Virginia, United States, 22701

About the Role

Coordinate with a variety of entities on transportation planning activities and programs. Conduct technical analyses to support the program. Coordinate with staff and local and regional planning entities on planning activities. Support urban and rural planning functions. Coordinate and implement long range plans in TIPs, STIPs, and project development process. Conduct technical analysis using tools such as capacity and geospatial software to locate and identify deficiencies, allowing for the development of recommended improvements to ensure future needs are met throughout district localities. Support ongoing communication and coordination for planning activities with local governments. Conduct planning analysis using the Statewide Planning System (SPS) to fully integrate SPS with planning efforts such as corridor studies, long-range plans, traffic requests, and prioritization efforts.

Responsibilities

• Communication: Respond to public inquiries. Attend public hearings for major studies and construction projects. Develop and make presentations to government and civic groups on transportation planning and land development.
• District PIM: Support District PIM section and project development by coordinating planning efforts with land development, programming, and project development activities. Provide recommendations based on highway needs assessments, long-range plans, and regional studies for inclusion in the programming process. Provide supporting project documentation such as history of need, traffic forecast, transportation impact, regional social and economic data, land use, and local transportation planning efforts.
• Technical Assistance and Review: Conduct land development reviews for local jurisdictions, including rezoning, subdivision, site plan, and record plat reviews for residencies. Provide thorough reviews of traffic impact studies. Provide traffic projections, capacity analyses, etc., for design projects.
• Traffic Forecasting and Analysis: Prepare local and regional travel demands for specific milestone years using available data, reports, and models. Enable transportation measures to be displayed geospatially. Provide traffic forecasts, roundabout analysis, and recommendations for scoping meetings, roadway design, and environmental studies.
• Transportation Mobility and Planning Division: Coordinate district planning activities for urban, rural, and statewide programs. Provide technical assistance, guidance, and leadership to district staff, local planning commissions, and organizational and local governments to meet FHWA, TMPD, and VDOT goals and objectives. Support the district's MPO and PDC urban and rural transportation planning programs through representation on Boards and Committees as VDOT's representative. Serve as liaison in assigned planning matters.
• Transportation Planning Studies: Conduct, manage, and participate in transportation planning studies including corridor studies, access management studies, crossover studies, interchange studies, etc. Collect and analyze data and provide recommendations for transportation planning initiatives. Review and administer RFPs, scopes of work, contracts, and vouchers for annual state transportation planning grants, on-call consultants, and rural transportation planning and multi-modal grants.

Requirements

• Ability to evaluate, develop, and maintain innovative solutions for transportation planning and mobility initiatives.
• Ability to manage financial resources.
• Ability to plan, prioritize, coordinate, and complete multiple assignments within scheduled timeframes.
• Demonstrated ability to apply transportation planning principles and practices to a variety of complex projects.
• Experience applying transportation planning and traffic engineering principles, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local transportation planning, land use regulations, procedures, and policies.
• Skill and ability to positively interact with employees, citizens, and government officials.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications.

Qualifications

• A combination of training, experience, or education in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, or related field desired.
• Certified Planner with American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).
• Experience as liaison with diverse groups, e.g., government officials, special interest groups, citizens, etc.
• Experience in long-range transportation planning to include forecasting, transportation studies, and traffic analyses.
• Experience using planning and traffic engineering software, e.g., Highway Capacity Software.

Skills

• Ability to effectively lead and coach diverse human resources.
• Ability to focus individuals and teams on goal-oriented solutions while demonstrating sensitivity to how people and organizations function.
• Ability to organize and analyze transportation data.
• Considerable knowledge of transportation planning and traffic engineering principles, practices, and procedures.
• Demonstrated knowledge of traffic analysis procedures and techniques.

Pay

Hiring range: $64,738.00 to $105,200.00

Schedule

Full Time