Assistant Regional Planner

About the role

NYC DOT is seeking an Assistant Regional Planner to support the agency’s engagement with the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC), foster collaborative planning along the city’s periphery, and assist with operational, fiscal, and administrative workflows. The ideal candidate is a highly organized, internally motivated professional with strong project management and interpersonal/communication skills who is interested in transportation planning policy, regional and intergovernmental coordination, public administration, and advancing collaborative solutions to transportation challenges that cross jurisdictional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Support the agency’s engagement with the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC)
• Foster collaborative planning along the city’s periphery
• Assist with operational, fiscal, and administrative workflows
• Develop a strong working expertise in metropolitan planning processes, NYMTC’s planning activities and procedures, and the federal and regional programs through which transportation planning and funding are advanced
• Support DOT’s participation in NYMTC committees, working groups, and other planning activities
• Manage federally funded regional planning projects
• Develop new opportunities for collaboration with neighboring jurisdictions
• Serve as a key technical advisor to NYC DOT staff including its Program, Finance, and Administration Committee (PFAC) representative on NYMTC regulations, programs, and funding matters
• Translate federal and regional requirements into clear, actionable guidance to support agency leadership and project managers throughout the project development lifecycle
• Coordinate agency-wide collaboration to build consensus on pertinent issues
• Actively cultivate opportunities to showcase DOT’s innovative work in regional fora
• Engage NYMTC, its member agencies, and other partners to advance NYC’s transportation priorities, including on megaprojects
• Actively represent DOT in NYMTC committees and working groups
• Contribute to development of the NYMTC-led Regional Transportation Plan and other long-term agency planning objectives
• Coordinate DOT’s participation in the September 11th Memorial Fellowship Program, its participation in NYTMC’s annual emissions conformity run, and its use of NYMTC Community Planning Workshop program, including associated public outreach
• Develop and maintain relationships with transportation planners and local officials, particularly in jurisdictions adjacent to NYC, to identify opportunities for joint planning, data sharing, technical coordination, and coordinated approaches to cross‑border projects
• Cooperate with neighboring jurisdictions and regional partners to enhance multimodal connectivity and alignment at the city's periphery
• Establish proactive internal frameworks for collaborative planning in neighborhoods that extend across the city’s borders
• Represent DOT’s interests in interagency planning efforts, including the current DCP‑led White Plains Road Neighborhood Plan
• Manage federal planning activities included in the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), including the current Coordinated Planning at the City's Periphery study
• Develop work plans and schedules, coordinate internal and external partners, and manage both consultants and deliverables as needed
• Maintain operational and fiscal accountability across projects by actively monitoring budgets and preparing comprehensive reports and policy recommendations for agency leadership
• Support the operational, fiscal, and administrative workflows that support the full expanse of the R TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST – 22316

Qualifications

• A master's degree in transportation engineering, mathematics, urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban studies, or related physical and social science fields; or
• A baccalaureate degree in engineering from an accredited college and one year of full‑time satisfactory experience performing technical work on roadway transportation and traffic studies and area‑wide traffic programs; or
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of full‑time satisfactory experience as described in the previous item; or
• An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of full‑time satisfactory experience as described in the previous item; or
• A four‑year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of full‑time satisfactory experience as described in the previous item.
• Special note: Assignment Level II requires an additional year of experience as described in the second item; Assignment Level III requires an additional two years of such experience.
• New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment; certain employees with two continuous years of City service may be eligible to reside