Planner IV; Transportation Planning – General; SR

“Make a lasting impact on how our city moves and grows”.

The City and County of Honolulu is hiring a Planner IV (Transportation Planning – General) located at the Fasi Municipal Building in Honolulu. This position plays a key role in supporting the development, coordination, and implementation of traffic and transportation planning projects.

• Plan and coordinate transportation studies, analyzing traffic, population, and land use data to guide street capacities and traffic patterns.
• Review subdivision plans for compliance with zoning, engineering, and traffic regulations.
• Assess environmental impact studies, validating traffic data, volumes, and patterns, and preparing reports for the State Environmental Quality Commission.
• Analyze traffic assignment data to support capital improvement planning for the City’s street system.

Planner IV (SR‑22) salary: $5,953 per month, includes shortage differential.

• Generous time off: up to 21 vacation days, 21 sick leave days, and holidays
• Comprehensive health coverage
• Retirement plan
• Career development

Equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with major work in city planning, architecture, engineering, economics, sociology, public administration or a related field. Work experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree on a year‑for‑year basis. Such experience must have provided the knowledge, skills, and analytical ability normally gained from attainment of a bachelor’s degree.

Education obtained outside the United States must be comparable to a degree earned at an accredited college/university in the United States. A foreign credential evaluation (FCE) must be provided to receive credit for the education. The agency reserves the right to request further information about the academic program, evidence of comparability, or an original transcript.

Three (3) years of professional work experience in architecture, engineering or socio‑economic research, including or supplemented by one (1) year of professional work experience in transportation planning and/or engineering projects.

There is no substitution for the one year of professional experience in transportation planning and/or engineering projects.

• Apply knowledge of the principles, practices, objectives, and methods of all phases of city planning.
• Use research methods and statistical procedures to collect, analyze, and interpret socio‑economic and planning data.
• Understand and apply relevant laws and ordinances related to city planning and zoning.
• Develop planning recommendations that comply with laws, regulations, and serve the public interest.
• Prepare reports, graphs, and charts to communicate planning analyses and findings effectively.

Having the required number of years of experience alone does not qualify the position; overall experience must have been of such scope, level and responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position.

Possession of an appropriate valid Hawaii State driver’s license is required (the current vacancy does not require a driver’s license).

All information provided on an application is subject to verification. False or misleading statements or omissions of material facts are grounds for disqualification and/or termination of employment with the City and County of Honolulu.

City and County of Honolulu