Transportation Planner; Transportation Planner II Job Virginia area,Minnesota USA,Engineering

Since 1977, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) has served the Fairfax County community by enhancing mobility, safety, and the quality of life of residents, businesses, and visitors through planning, coordinating, funding, implementing, and sustaining a multimodal transportation system.

FCDOT is seeking a motivated, highly qualified, and public service-oriented Transportation Planner II to join the Active Transportation, Capital Projects, and Traffic Engineering Division. Serving as Active Transportation Planner, this position is primarily responsible for supporting the development, design, review and management of a diverse range of active transportation projects, plans, feasibility studies and programs, and addressing the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, bikeshare users, scooter riders, transit riders, and people with disabilities.

This position will also foster collaborative working relationships with local and regional stakeholders to advance bicycle and pedestrian transportation planning and implementation of projects in Fairfax County.

Responsibilities include:

Developing scoping documents and reviewing designs for multimodal transportation projects including cycle tracks/separated bike lanes, signage/striping improvements, shared micromobility stations, bicycle parking infrastructure, signalized and unsignalized intersection improvements, crosswalk improvements, shared-use paths, and sidewalks
Preparing technical reports, conceptual design sketches, maps, tables/databases, correspondence, board items, meeting summaries, presentation materials, policy reviews/recommendations, and other materials for decision-making and presentation purposes
Supporting community outreach, including development of educational and encouragement materials and activities regarding active transportation
Attending community meetings and off-site meetings to present and discuss projects and promote active transportation
Conducting field visits to evaluate existing transportation conditions
Reviewing, summarizing, and investigating pedestrian and bicycle research, data, new technologies, and legal/legislative matters
Responding to citizen requests and concerns related to active transportation
Developing and reviewing Requests for Proposals (RFPs), scopes of work, project deliverables, budgets, and schedules, and administers consultant contracts for planning studies, feasibility studies and conceptual project designs
Researching funding opportunities for bicycle and pedestrian transportation projects and programs through local, state, and federal grants and participating in the development of grant proposals
Performing other duties as assigned

For more information on the Fairfax County Department of Transportation, please .

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following: (Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")

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 two years of professional experience in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES

REQUIRED:

Valid driver’s license

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree and three years of experience in civil engineering, or urban, regional or transportation planning related to active transportation capital projects.
Knowledge of and…