Senior Transportation Planner YMPO; Position

Job Summary

Under limited supervision of the Executive Director, the Senior Transportation Planner performs advanced professional and technical work in regional and multimodal transportation planning and programming for the Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization (YMPO). The Senior Transportation Planner serves as a senior technical planning lead and manages complex transportation planning programs, studies, and projects.

• Lead and coordinate the development, maintenance, amendment, and implementation of federally and state‑required metropolitan planning and programming documents, including the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and Long‑Range Transportation Plan (LRTP).
• Manage complex regional transportation planning studies, programs, and special projects from initiation through completion, including developing project scopes, schedules, deliverables, budgets, and performance expectations.
• Develop scopes of work and assist with the preparation of Request for Proposals (RFPs) and Request for Qualifications (RFQs); participate in consultant selection.
• Coordinate consultant activities and monitor project progress, schedules, budgets, and deliverables in support of contract administration; direct and monitor the work of consultants to ensure compliance with approved scopes, schedules, budgets, contract requirements, and deliverables.
• Research, interpret, and apply applicable federal and state transportation laws, regulations, policies, funding requirements, and planning guidance; evaluate their impact on YMPO programs and member agencies.
• Independently research complex transportation planning, programming, funding, and policy issues; evaluate alternatives and develop recommendations for consideration by the Executive Director.
• Coordinate transportation projects, programs, funding, and planning activities with YMPO member agencies, the Arizona Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, tribal governments, transit agencies, consultants, and other regional partners.
• Provide technical assistance to member agencies regarding regional transportation planning, project programming, funding eligibility, grant opportunities, and applicable federal and state planning requirements.
• Assist with the identification, research, development, and administration of federal, state, and other transportation funding and grant opportunities.
• Collect, evaluate, analyze, and present transportation, demographic, project, financial, performance, and other technical data in support of regional planning and programming activities.
• Coordinate and provide primary staff support to the YMPO Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), including developing meeting materials, technical recommendations, presentations, and follow‑up activities.
• Prepare and present reports, technical analysis, planning documents, recommendations, and briefings to the Executive Director, Executive Board, TAC, member agencies, and the public.
• Facilitate public involvement, stakeholder meetings, workshops, and other outreach activities associated with regional transportation plans, studies, and programs.
• Oversee or coordinate assigned transportation data and monitoring activities, which may include traffic counts, performance monitoring, mapping, and related transportation data programs.
• Establish project priorities, schedules, and work plans for assigned programs and projects, and monitor progress toward established objectives and deadlines; monitor assigned project budgets and expenditures.
• Exercise responsible stewardship of YMPO financial resources and ensure compliance with applicable procurement, purchasing, travel, grant, and financial policies and procedures.
• Serve as a liaison and YMPO representative on committees, task forces, working groups, and other federal and statewide or regional transportation planning activities as assigned.
• Research, develop, revise, and maintain planning documents, policies, procedures, guidance manuals, and technical publications to support YMPO programs, organizational initiatives, and compliance with applicable federal and state requirements.
• Perform other duties as…