Job Description

Title: Senior Transportation Planning Supervisor


State Role Title: Prog Admin Specialist III


Hiring Range: $92,000 - $142,741


Pay Band: 6


Agency: VA Dept of Transportation


Location: Annex Building


Agency Website: https://www.vdot.virginia.gov/


Recruitment Type: General Public - G


Job Duties


The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is seeking to fill the role of a Transportation Planning Supervisor to serve as the senior transportation planner and coordinate with Districts and Consultants on transportation planning activities and programs. This role will conduct technical analyses to support the Strategically Targeted Affordable Roadway Solutions (STARS) program, supervise, lead and develop staff.

Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Transportation Planning Studies

Conduct, manage and participate in transportation planning studies. Conduct traffic forecasting reviews. Collect and analyze data and provide recommendations. Conduct various traffic engineering tasks and utilize planning software to develop solutions.

Team Leadership

Supervise team of engineers, planners and technicians. Assign projects and task, monitor work progress and provide guidance. Promote training and development opportunities.

Contract Management

Manages STARS contract including review of scope and fee, consultant management, bi-weekly meeting with consultants to address any issues, and consultant evaluations.


Minimum Qualifications



  • Demonstrated ability to apply transportation planning and traffic engineering principles and practices to a variety of complex projects.


  • Ability to evaluate and develop innovative solutions for transportation planning and mobility initiatives.


  • Ability to organize and analyze transportation data and data visualization tool.


  • Experience using planning and traffic engineering software.


  • Experience in long-range transportation planning to include forecasting, transportation studies and traffic analyses.


  • Ability to work with diverse groups, including technical staff, elected officials and citizens.


  • Proven ability to communicate effectively orally and in wiring with diverse audience.


  • Ability to manage staff, programs, and financial resources.



Additional Considerations



  • Progressively responsible experience in transportation planning/traffic engineering.


  • Progressively responsible supervisory experience.


  • Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams and other transportation planning professionals on a wide range of transportation-related issues.


  • Experience managing employees, contract management and procurement.


  • Profession Engineer (P.E.) license or American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP) certificate.


  • A combination of training, experience, or education in Transportation Planning, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning or related field.



Special Instructions


You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.


You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Once onboarded, this position may be eligible for telework opportunities; availability, hours, and duration of telework shall be approved as outlined in the Commonwealth telework policy.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application.

VDOT utilizes a market-based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.

Additional positions may be filled from this recruitment within 90 days.

VDOT is an emergency operation agency. Positions physically working within Central Office locations may be designated upon request and coordination among the respective District Engineer or Administrator and Chief. Assignments are updated annually. Not all designated employees are provided an emergency operations assignment.

This position requires a fingerprint based Criminal History Background Check, DMV Record Check and Work History Verification with references.


Contact Information


Name: Audrey Phillips


Phone: 804-837-4748


Email: [email protected]


 


In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.


Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Salary

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Location

Richmond, VA USA

Job Overview
Job Posted:
2 hours ago
Job Expires:
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Job Type
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Vacancies
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