Transportation Planner / Engineer

Under general supervision, performs professional transportation planning and analyses.  Work involves providing transportation planning support for the County's Comprehensive Plan and the County’s Capital Improvements Plan, presenting findings and recommendations to the Transportation Committee, Planning Commission, and Board of Supervisors, providing information to County citizens on transportation issues, and serving as a County liaison to VDOT, FAMPO/GWRC, and other committees and agencies as appropriate.   Position also involves considerable general public contact, must exercise independent judgment, confidentiality, and initiative in completing assignments. Position must also exercise considerable tact and courtesy.

Department of Planning/Zoning:

• Provides transportation reviews of public hearing cases, site plans, and plats submitted by developers. 
• Reviews all infrastructure bonds, engineer estimates, subdivision agreements, and surety.
• Performs all transportation inspections of new development, bond reduction requests, and bond release requests, coordinating with VDOT as needed.  
• Performs County reviews of Traffic Impact Analyses (TIA) and other traffic studies for public hearings and site plan cases in coordination with VDOT. 
• Coordinates the scoping of TIAs for rezoning, special use, and site plan applications and participates in scoping meetings in coordination with VDOT. 
• Responds to FAMPO/GWRC and VDOT requests to the County. 

• Serves as a case manager for infrastructure plans within Community Development.
• Investigates complaints concerning road problems and assists County staff in coordinating with VDOT and/or developers to address such issues. 
• Serves as a secondary County liaison to VDOT, FAMPO/GWRC, and other transportation agencies. May represent the Transportation Department at external meetings with VDOT and other partner agencies. 
• Serves as a secondary County liaison to VDOT regarding maintenance, traffic engineering, and permits.
• Provides information, analyses, and recommendations to the County Transportation Committee, the Planning Commission, and the Board of Supervisors, as needed. 
• Reviews professional journals and attends seminars, courses, workshops, and conferences concerning transportation principles, practices, legislation, and products to stay abreast of the transportation profession. 
• Participates in data collection and surveys.
• Participates in training and continued education and reviews County ordinances, County Design Standards Manual, State legislation and regulations, journals, and periodicals, to remain abreast of the latest laws, regulations, trends, and latest techniques for skill enhancement.
• Conducts internet and County intranet-based GIS analysis and maintains GIS data related to County transportation CIP projects.
• Verifies ITE Trip Generation figures for development cases using ITE software.
• Attends evening meetings as necessary. 
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Bachelor’s Degree in Planning, Civil, or Transportation Engineering, Landscape Architecture, or a related field, and two (2) to three (3) years of experience in civil engineering, transportation planning, planning, or related work; or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. 

A Professional Engineering (PE) license, American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Certification, or a Master’s Degree is preferred. 

Must possess a valid Commonwealth of Virginia driver’s license.

Experience with the traffic engineering software used for transportation planning and TIA studies is preferred.  

Experience with ArcGIS software is preferred.

• Knowledge of the principles, practices, legislation, and products of transportation. 
• Knowledge of state and federal transportation planning including applicable local, state, and federal laws, ordinances, and regulations. 
• Knowledge of the current literature, trends, and developments in the referenced fields. 
• Knowledge of the equipment and tools used in the transportation profession. 
• Ability to maintain complex technical data and record the geographic layout of the County. 
• Ability to use computer-driven word processing, spreadsheet, and file maintenance programs. 
• Ability to read and interpret plans and applications.
• Ability to apply the Code, ordinances, elements of the Comprehensive Plan, and other guidelines and regulations to applications for land development and to make recommendations regarding site plans and land use. 
• Ability to coordinate with multi-agency teams and ensure the provision of quality reviews and sound recommendations pertaining to site plans and public hearing cases. 
• Ability to explain orally and in writing processes, recommendations, and interpretations of planning policies and practices. 
• Ability to exercise tact and courtesy in contact with landowners, developers, governmental officials, and the general public. 
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
• Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.
• Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, advice, or directions to subcontractors and the general public, as well as receiving assignments and direction from supervisor. 
• Ability to communicate professionally and respectfully. 
• Must be adaptable to performing under moderate to high levels of stress.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment and tools, such as computers, printers, copiers, fax machines, calculators, and telephones.  Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle. Tasks require the ability to exert medium physical effort, typically involving some combination of bending, stooping, reaching, and standing and the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of heavy objects and materials up to 20 pounds. Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination. Does not require the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color. Requires the ability to talk and/or hear: (talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words; hearing - perceiving the nature of sounds by ear). Required to work around traffic and is subjected to inside and outside environmental conditions.

Salary : $61,755 - $87,693