Transportation Program Coordinator

Transportation Coordinator

The purpose of this class is to provide coordination and administrative support for the development and implementation of transportation projects within the Transportation Department. This class assists with the planning, tracking, and coordination of multimodal transportation initiatives, including pedestrian safety, bikeway, greenway, sidewalk, resurfacing, and dirt road projects. This class maintains project information, monitors project schedules and activities, prepares reports, and supports communication with internal departments, consultants, government agencies, community organizations, and the public.

This class assists with transportation program activities from planning through early project development and performs related professional, administrative, and project coordination work as required in support of the Transportation Program. This position reports to the Transportation Program Manager in the Project Development Division.

Essential Functions:

• Assist project planning with staff and consultants to maximize the use of taxpayer funding.
• Develop project scoring and schedules in collaboration with internal staff, program management firms, and external agencies, such as SCDOT, and City of Columbia ensuring schedules are realistic given the project's complexity.
• Assists with annual project planning and taking in public and other stakeholder input throughout each year.
• Update the project plan with new and emerging projects. Work includes developing a narrative for each project, field study of project scope including project limits, foreseen project challenges, and working with the project development team for project estimates and project impacts.
• Assist with submitting project reports to incorporate into the annual project plan. Review and recommend project scoring system and changes to the system as needed.
• Assist with the recommendations for project budgets provided within the Division.
• Coordinate bike and pedestrian projects and develop standards to improve pedestrian safety.
• Coordinate value engineering discussions pre- and post-construction on bike and pedestrian projects. Serve as the County's multi-model transportation expert.
• Maintain knowledge of SCDOT and County roadway and bridge design and construction standards, particularly for bike and pedestrian projects or project components.
• Prepare materials and attend meetings with officials, residents, and civic groups to address concerns related to the Transportation Penny project. Support Transportation Penny Advisory Committee activities.
• Provide support work, as applicable, including planning and reviewing work, maintaining standards and listings. Providing support in all programs to include bike and pedestrian projects, pedestrian safety projects, resurfacing projects, and dirt road projects.
• Perform general administrative tasks, including report writing, correspondence, data entry, and file management.
• Attend relevant training, workshops, or conferences to stay current with trends, legislation, and technologies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education and Training:

• Associate Degree in Civil Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
• Two (2) years of relevant work experience; experience with SCDOT bike or pedestrian projects preferred.
• Or any combination of education and experience that meets the requirements for performing the essential functions of this job.

Licenses/Certifications/Other:

• Must possess a valid state driver's license.
• Completion of a Project Management Institute course, as approved by the Director, is required.

Minimum Qualifications and Standards

Required:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Data Involvement:
  Requires coordinating or determining time, place, or sequence of operations or activities based on analysis of data or information and may implement and report on operations and activities.
• People Involvement:
  Requires giving information, guidance, or assistance to people to directly facilitate task accomplishment; may give directions or assignments to helpers or assistants.
• Involvement with Things:
  Requires handling or using machines, tools or equipment requiring brief…