Planner II - Transportation

About the role

The Pima County Department of Transportation seeks a Transportation Planner II to join our team. This role involves coordinating land planning work, reviewing and analyzing applications, presenting oral and written reports, and representing the department on various committees.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates, schedules, and participates in land planning work and research
• Prepares amendments to update and implement the County’s zoning code, Comprehensive Plan, and other development plans and regulations
• Maintains and updates department records, files, databases, and maps
• Reviews and analyzes applications for rezoning variances, comprehensive plan amendments, and other development plans and prepares staff recommendations based on applicable research, current or past studies, and other relevant factors
• Presents oral and written presentations and staff reports or recommendations to various County, other government, or public agencies, committees, boards, regulatory committees, or citizens groups
• Performs general zoning administration including research, review, interpretation, and revision to codes, ordinances, regulations, and policies
• Reviews complex building and infrastructure permits for compliance with planning and zoning regulations
• Provides information services to the general public, developers, contractors, or government employees and agencies regarding planning or zoning policies, procedures, or processes
• Serves as the project lead or collaborator on other tasks that support the Department's mission

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in City, Urban or Regional Planning, Geography, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Cartography, Remote Sensing, or other degree as identified by the department head at the time of recruitment AND two years of professional planning work experience reviewing or processing subdivision plats, development plans, rezoning applications, or in comprehensive urban or regional planning or landscape architecture
• OR: Six years of professional planning work experience reviewing or processing subdivision plats, development plans, rezoning applications, or in comprehensive urban or regional planning or landscape architecture
• OR: Two years of experience as a Planner I with Pima County

Qualifications

• Minimum three (3) years experience in transportation planning and/or travel demand forecasting, or traffic impact analysis, or quantitative and qualitative analysis, including smart mobility and modeling
• Minimum three (3) years experience reviewing subdivision and/or development plans and roadway engineering drawings in accordance with Pima County Roadway Standards and Specifications
• Minimum three (3) years professional experience applying transportation planning software and tools such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems), traffic modeling software (e.g., Synchro, VISSIM), or data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, Python, R)

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's and/or master's degree from an accredited college or university in urban planning, civil engineering, transportation engineering, or related field
• Minimum three (3) years experience in transportation planning and/or travel demand forecasting, or traffic impact analysis, or quantitative and qualitative analysis, including smart mobility and modeling
• Minimum three (3) years experience reviewing subdivision and/or development plans and roadway engineering drawings in accordance with Pima County Roadway Standards and Specifications
• Minimum three (3) years professional experience applying transportation planning software and tools such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems), traffic modeling software (e.g., Synchro, VISSIM), or data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, Python, R)