Transportation Planning Manager - SDOT

Purpose

Salary Range: $89,081.00 - $111,351.50 based on knowledge and experience

About the Role

The Transportation Program Manager supervises, oversees, and participates in the planning, design, review, and construction of transportation infrastructure and engineering improvement projects, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.

Essential Job Functions

• Acts as planning activities liaison and communicates information with project stakeholders, consultants, contractors, vendors, executive management, governmental regulatory bodies, and the public, for decision-making; attends meetings as necessary.
• Represents the City of Savannah at MPO activities.
• Continually updates and manages planning and programming projects and program development and activities.
• Supports preparation of Requests for Proposals and Statements of Qualifications; may evaluate and score proposals; and provides a recommendation to the City Council for contract awards.
• Prepares scope of work documents.
• Performs pre-design assessments, programming, and conceptual planning for transportation projects; develops initial project schedules and an overall estimated project cost.
• Manages contracts and planning and develops grant applications supporting transportation initiatives and projects.
• Reviews contractor/consultant submittals (reports, schedules, products, costs, etc.). Reviews and approves assigned project-related invoices and applications for payment.
• Provides professional/technical assistance and past project information to support other City departments and outside entities, including the MPO.
• May perform travel demand modeling, GIS, and multimodal traffic assessments.
• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Urban Planning, Traffic Civil Engineering, or Public Administration with four years of planning management experience, including personnel and administration experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• AICP, Georgia Professional Engineer, Professional Traffic Operations Engineer, Project Management Profession Certification, and/or Local Administered Project (LAP).

Additional Requirements

• Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license with an acceptable driving history.
• Knowledge of planning and traffic management design theories and principles.
• Knowledge of City budgetary and purchasing procedures.
• Knowledge of City personnel policy.
• Knowledge of planning theories and principles with multimodal transportation preferred.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of transportation project cost estimation and contract administration.
• Knowledge of job-related computer applications.
• Knowledge of modern office practices and procedures.
• Skills in developing and reviewing concepts, traffic management, engineering plans, and designs for transportation projects.
• Skills in developing and administering contracts.
• Skills in developing short- and long-range plans.
• Skills in establishing priorities and organizing work.
• Skills in the training and supervision of personnel.
• Skills in the operation of computers and other modern office equipment.
• Skills in public and interpersonal relations.
• Skills in oral and written communication.

City Of Savannah Employee Benefits Overview

• Paid Holiday
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Sick Leave
• Defined Benefit Retirement Pension Plan
• Pension Plan
• Protective Services Retirement Plan (select positions)
• Deferred Compensation Retirement Plan
• Retirement Seminars
• PPO Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Wellness Programs
• Health & Wellness Incentives
• Long Term Disability
• Excellence and Service Recognition
• Employee Development and In-Service Training
• Education Assistance Program
• Uniform Allowance (select positions)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Discounts and Memberships
• Employee Relations
• Direct Deposit
• Credit Union
• Pretax Parking Deductions
• Employer Assisted Home Purchase Program
• Domestic Partnership Benefits
• Healthcare PPO Medical Plus Plan
• Healthcare PPO Medical Basic Plan
• Healthcare Dental Plus Plan
• Healthcare Dental Basic Plan
• Healthcare Vision Service Plan
• Life Insurance Basic Life and ADD Supplemental Life
• Employee Supplemental Life
• Spouse Supplemental Life
• Child Benefits