Planning Specialist Senior

Title: Planning Specialist Senior

State Role Title: Prog Admin Specialist III

Hiring Range: $87,841 - $142,741

Pay Band: 6

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Richmond District Office

Agency Website: www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Richmond District has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Transportation Planner who will play a lead role managing transportation planning studies for the rapidly increasing Richmond area transportation network. We are seeking an analytical and organized transportation planner or traffic engineer to lead significant multimodal planning studies. You will work with a team that focuses on developing solutions that will increase accessibility and mobility, improve safety, and enhance the quality of life along transportation corridors and other study areas throughout the Richmond region. Your efforts will help to inform transportation decisions based on analysis of transportation performance measures, cost evaluations, and public participation. The position will be required to work independently with regional and local stakeholders throughout the Richmond District. This position is integral to ensuring that future transportation needs are evaluated, leading study efforts to determine cost-effective approaches to accomplish needed improvements.

Core Responsibilities for this position include:
• Manage technical transportation planning studies
• Plan and coordinate district planning activities for urban, rural and statewide programs
• Develop, conduct, manage and participate in transportation planning studies including corridor studies, access management studies, crossover studies, interchange studies, etc.
• Lead the preparation of local and regional travel demands for specific milestone years using available data, reports and models
• Coordinate planning efforts with land development, programming and project development activities
• Assist in land development reviews for local jurisdictions to include rezoning, subdivision, site plan and record plat reviews.
• Provide thorough reviews of traffic impact studies. Provide traffic projections, capacity analyses, etc. for studies and design projects
• Respond to public inquiries by phone, e-mail, letter, etc.; attend public hearings for major studies and construction projects.
• Provide support for Planning District Commission (PDC) and Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) activities.

In order to be considered for this position, you must submit your resume.

In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDOT offers core benefits including competitive health and life insurance programs, pre-tax spending accounts and leave programs. Employees participate in a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirements saving including employer matching. The Commonwealth of Virginia also funds a short- and long-term disability program. Miscellaneous benefits include paid holidays, training and tuition assistance programs, wellness programs and more.
We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application.
VDOT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit “Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants” at: http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/. We have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics. Your success in our organization depends upon modelling these values, therefore visit http://www.virginiadot.org/about/missionandvalues.asp to review them and, if in agreement, we welcome you to apply.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience reflecting knowledge of project, program management principles and methods.
• Experience applying thorough knowledge of federal, state, regional, local transportation planning regulations, policies and requirements.
• Experience in transportation planning, urban planning, traffic engineering or civil engineering.
• Experience using transportation planning, traffic analysis techniques and tools.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with diverse audiences to include government officials.

Additional Considerations

• Progressively responsible experience in planning, coordinating, scheduling and managing major transportation studies.
• Progressively responsible experience in transportation planning program and project management.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams and other transportation planning professionals on a wide range of transportation-related issues.
• Certified Planner with American Institute of Certified Planners desired.
• Experience with traffic operations and/or traffic modeling software, such as VISSIM, Synchro, or VISUM is preferred but not required.
• A combination of training, experience, or education in Transportation Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, Civil/Traffic Engineering, Public Administration or related field desired.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Fingerprint based background check, references, work history, and DMV records will be verified prior to employment. Must possess a valid Driver’s License. Will be required to work to support emergency operations outside of normal work schedule. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. H1B VISA Sponsorship is not available. Once on board, this position may be eligible for telework opportunities; availability, hours, and duration of telework shall be approved as outlined in the Commonwealth telework policy.
VDOT utilizes a market-based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.

Contact Information

Name: Jarita Taylor

Phone: 804-629-2086

Email: jarita.taylor@vdot.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.