Planner II
Employer
Georgia Department of Transportation
Atlanta, Georgia
Description
This is a mid-level planning position working with MPOs and other state agencies. This planner will also have the opportunity to work on studies and cross-collaborate with other departments.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in transportation planning, rural/urban planning, policy studies, public administration, or a related degree.
- Possesses experience in the planning and analysis of transportation systems.
- Demonstrated ability in performing and managing transportation studies.
- Possesses excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound, well-informed decisions.
- Demonstrated experience recognizing opportunities to aid in the achievement of department goals and objectives, setting goals and determining the course of action to implement departmental visions and goals with appropriate timing and responsiveness.
- Demonstrated experience interacting effectively with all levels of management within the organization.
- Internal and external organizational awareness, including building and managing stakeholder’s relationships.
- Possesses strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to express ideas and facts to groups and individuals effectively.
- Possesses familiarity with related technological developments and be able to integrate new technology to manage and improve program effectiveness.
- Demonstrated ability to build effective teams, foster commitment and team spirit.
- Good organizational skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrated ability to foster relationships and collaboration between agencies and/or public.
- Demonstrated experience managing schedules and ensuring timely performance.
- Maintains a positive view of self and displays a professional image.
- Self-motivated and results oriented.
- Committed to providing quality customer service.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in transportation planning, rural/urban planning, policy studies, public administration, or a related degree.
- Possesses the demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems and apply innovative solutions to make organizational improvements.
- Possesses one year of experience in one or more of the following areas: Federal, State, and
- Local laws and regulations pertaining to transportation planning and programming, federal grant application processes, traffic modeling and analysis, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) processes and resiliency
- Experience and/or knowledge of transportation funding sources, particularly federal and state programs.
- Two years of experience working with stakeholders and the public conducting outreach activities and coordination
- Three years of experience in managing or working on highway and/or multimodal transportation planning related projects and/or studies.
- Demonstrates experience performing and managing transportation studies that involve use and coordination of a consultant team
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Office products, ability to create pivot tables and use formulas such as VLOOKUP to efficiently manage datasets withing Excel
Salary Range
$60,500
Benefits
Please note-salary is non-negotiable. Leave is very generous-starting with 3 weeks of annual and 3 weeks of sick. Includes 401k match and more.
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