Metro Advanced Transportation Plan Director

Texas Department of Transportation · San antonio, United States

Oversees the development of transportation planning functions in a metropolitan district. Reports to the Director of Transportation Planning and Development, Deputy District Engineer, District Engineer. Manages a group of professional, technical, and clerical employees engaged in transportation planning activities. Work requires contact with governmental officials and the public. Employees at this level are virtually self-supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.

Essential Duties:

• Coordinates with staff engineers regarding planning operations as they relate to administration, programming, design, construction, right of way and maintenance
• Develops and monitors the transportation planning budget.
• Oversees data collection, analyses, forecasts and plan development
• Oversees the administration of public transportation grants and related programs
• Oversees urban transportation planning including land use and population inventories, travel demand modeling, drafting and graphics, map preparation and highway performance monitoring.
• Provides technical direction for the development and execution of transportation analysis or planning research
• Recommends transportation planning and development training needs
• Represents the district at various meetings and public hearings
• Responsible for the advanced transportation planning program in a district
• Serves as liaison with local officials and the public concerning proposed project development and planning
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Transportation planning, public transportation, engineering. Relevant work experience may be substituted for degree on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications
• Experience: 5 years of experience in d Transportation planning. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent). Related graduate level education may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis.
• Must have three (3) years supervisory/managerial experience. Project leader or lead worker experience may substitute for supervisory/managerial experience.

Licenses and Certifications :

• Valid driver's license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.

Competencies:

• Applicable analysis methodologies
• Forecasting methodologies
• Applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations specific to area of responsibility for safeguarding information and information technology related systems
• Applicable engineering workstations and applications to support efficient planning and design activities
• Environmental laws, regulations and mitigation requirements pertaining to natural resources
• Budgeting methods and procedures
• Applicable contract/grant/funding/project/program processes, policies and procedures
• Applicable laws, rules, and regulations
• Establishing plans and setting objectives and goals that support overall business strategy/results; anticipating and adjusting for problems/roadblocks
• Public relations for maintaining effective working relationships with individuals and groups, both internal and external
• Applying engineering principles, practices, and methods in job responsibilities
• Overseeing and coordinating projects and program activities
• Using computers, applicable programs, applications, and systems
• Manages financial and personnel resources to achieve individual and organizational goals
• Delegates both routine and important tasks and decisions; shares authority but has ultimate accountability

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Light work: Lift up to 20 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 10 lbs
• Standing-prolonged periods of time
• Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and fingers
• Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading

Conditions of Employment:

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This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical.

This is a Safety Impact position and will be subject to random drug testing. Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation - 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) - does not authorize "medical marijuana" under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.