Transportation Planner - G121

This position performs technical transportation planning duties in support of department operations. An incumbent in this position may be designated “Senior Planner” or “Principal Transportation Planner.”

• Collects, compiles, and analyzes socio-economic data and statistics for use in technical studies or reports.
• Updates comprehensive short-term and long-range plans with current data on demographics, housing, and economics.
• Conducts studies to assess site impact and forecast traveling trends using computerized traffic modeling programs.
• Participates in the preparation of the annual Transportation Improvement Program for scheduled infrastructure improvement of streets, highways, bikeways, walkways, public transportation, and airport development; applies for and administers associated state and federal grants.
• Performs travel time studies in the maintenance of the Congestion Management Plan.
• Maintains and updates census and demographic information.
• Writes detailed technical reports of all findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of socio-economic forecasting and analysis.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of transportation modeling.
• Knowledge of the geography of the city and other local areas.
• Knowledge of the tools and methods associated with the Geographic Information System.
• Knowledge of accepted planning practices and procedures.
• Skill in problem solving and decision making.
• Skill in operating standard office equipment.
• Skill in oral and written communication.

Bachelor's Degree in Planning, Transportation,  Public Administration, Geography or a related field is required. Master's Degree preferred. Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.

The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee occasionally lifts light or heavy objects.

• Crouching – bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
• Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing – for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.

The work is typically performed in an office or outdoors where the employee may be exposed to cold or inclement weather.