Senior Transportation Planner (JC-433860)
Investment Planner
Senior Transportation Planner
Job Control: JC-433860
Classification: Senior Transportation Planner
Annual Salary: $98,160.00 – $121,968.00
Apply by: 6/10/2024
All applications must be submitted through the link external link on Calcareers.
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About the Position:
Under the general direction of a Supervising Transportation Planner, the Senior Transportation Planner plans, organizes, and manages investment planning work in District 7. The incumbent advances state policies, strategies, and goals by identifying, prioritizing, and recommending transformative, sustainable, and multi-modal projects that promote travel options and enrich all communities, while meeting state and federal program goals and criteria. Developing and maintaining a district list of priority projects is crucial in furthering state goals and supporting the statewide 10-year Non-SHOPP Investment Plan to advance projects from planning to programming and project delivery. The incumbent will be responsible for leading District grant application development for various federal discretionary programs [Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE), Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects (INFRA), National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega Projects), Rural Surface Transportation Grant (Rural), Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC), etc.] and State programs [Senate Bill (SB) 1 Solutions for Congested Corridor Program (SCCP) & Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP), State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Interregional Transportation Improvement Program (ITIP), Active Transportation Program (ATP), etc.] through collaboration with various HQ programs and external agencies. The incumbent will also coordinate with the appropriate HQ programs in processing external requests for Caltrans letters of support and other requests as needed by the state/federal grant programs. District investment planning work requires extensive coordination and communications with various offices in the Division of Transportation Planning (DOTP) (System Planning, Freight, Investment Planning, etc.), HQ Programs (Sustainability, Traffic Operations, etc.), external agencies, and key stakeholders to prepare state & federal grant applications in accordance with US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Notices of Funding Opportunities, California Transportation Commission (CTC) Program Guidelines, and DOTP guidance documents. The incumbent must possess strong communication, partnership, strategic thinking skills, excellent customer service, a deep commitment to the Department's strategic vision, mission, values, and goals, and advancing equity through all efforts.
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