Transportation Program Manager – Traffic Calming & Residential Programs; Transportation Planner III

Responsibilities

• Leads, prepares, and oversees traffic engineering studies, including traffic calming assessments, cut‑through traffic evaluations, truck traffic impact analysis, and other traffic operations studies.
• Manages residential traffic programs, including data collection and processing, analysis, and reporting of results and provides recommendations to Board of Supervisors’ office staff.
• Uses Excel and ArcGIS to create, issue, and evaluate qualifying public ballot packages; maintains mapping layers and produces project maps.
• Prepares and communicates technical reports, status reports, meeting summaries, official items for Board of Supervisors’ consideration, and other documents as required.
• Prepares for and participates in public hearings, workshops, community meetings, and state or national events; presents information to residents, community associations, and other agencies.
• Supervises Transportation Planner II and Planning Technician, providing training, quality control, coaching, and performance reviews.
• Attends project‑related meetings, including community and task force meetings, both in‑person and virtual during evenings and occasionally during weekends.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Graduation from an accredited four‑year college or university with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field; plus four years of professional experience in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field.

Valid Driver’s License.

The appointee to this position will be required to complete a driving record check to the satisfaction of the employer.

• Four or more years of professional experience in traffic engineering and/or transportation planning program administration.
• Experience preparing or reviewing traffic engineering studies, including traffic calming assessments, cut‑through traffic evaluations, or other traffic operations studies.
• At least three years of experience in using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools such as ArcGIS, database software, design software, and/or traffic analysis tools.
• Experience coordinating with local and state government entities, including elected officials.
• Experience preparing and making presentations to the public or elected officials.
• Strong project management skills, ability to organize and coordinate multiple projects and assignments, and establish priorities.
• Supervisory experience overseeing other staff.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with strong presentation and negotiation skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with fellow employees, public officials, and the general public.

Ability to input, access, and retrieve information from a computer; operate a motor vehicle; visual acuity to review detailed drawings, plans and documents. Work is generally sedentary but may require walking, standing, bending, and carrying items under 25 pounds. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

Panel interview and may include exercise.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.