Manager, Planning Safety

One Newark Center, 1085 Raymond Blvd., 17th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102

NJTPA Open Position

Posted 3 weeks ago

Compensation: $ - $ (USD)

Manager, Planning Safety

NJTPA

Director, Long Range Transportation Planning

Under the direction of the Director, Long Range Transportation Planning, the Manager, Safety Planning, will be responsible for initiating and managing a wide array of the agency’s transportation safety planning initiatives. The incumbent will oversee a comprehensive safety planning program at the agency as well as contribute to planning processes both internal and external to the NJTPA, in keeping with the goal of meeting regional and statewide safety goals of eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries.

The Manager, Safety Planning, will serve as the agency’s subject matter expert on transportation safety planning. The incumbent will facilitate planning studies; development policy recommendations; coordinate internally and externally; collect and analyze data; support safety improvements and initiatives; and provide guidance for their implementation in accordance with NJTPA regional planning goals, performance measures, and investment strategy.

The Manager, Safety Programs, will oversee consultant-supported studies and take initiative to address the priority safety needs in the region as identified in the NJ Strategic Highway Safety Plan, the Target Zero Commission Action Plan, as well as county and municipal Local Safety Action Plans. Activities will include providing technical support to subregions and municipalities in developing and implementing local safety action plans, supporting public and stakeholder outreach, and integrating safety initiatives into other NJTPA priority areas, such as complete streets and active transportation.

Other activities will include coordination and support for safety improvements and investments.

The incumbent will coordinate internally and contribute to various capital investment efforts to advance the NJTPA’s planning goals and policies as identified in Connecting Communities, the NJTPA Long Range Transportation Plan. This includes working across units in the NJTPA Planning Department and other departments, including the Local Project Development, Communications & Public Affairs, and Outreach departments, to coordinate safety planning into agency programs and initiatives.

Coordination with external stakeholders will be essential, such as NJDOT (New Jersey Department of Transportation), NJ TRANSIT, DHTS (Division of Highway Traffic Safety), FHWA, NJTPA counties and municipalities, safety advocates, New Jersey’s other MPOs, and others. Activities include, but are not limited to, participation in state and regional safety committees and forums, such as the Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) emphasis area committees, the Statewide Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (STRCC);

the NJ Trails Action Network; and local safety action plan implementation committees, among others.

Serve in a leadership role in the NJTPA’s safety planning, assisting in state and regional planning initiatives, such as the implementation of the Target Zero Commission Action Plan and the New Jersey Strategic Highway Safety Plan, development and implementation of county and municipal local safety action plans, and serve as a subject-matter expert for intra- and inter-agency safety planning initiatives.

• Manage in-house and consultant supported safety studies, such as safety planning technical support to NJTPA subregions and municipalities, and participate in other relevant region-wide, subregional, municipal, or other sub-area studies.
• Coordinate research and briefing documents on safety-related topics including…