Active Transportation Planner (Administrator V)

Maryland Department of Transportation; Hanover (MD); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Maryland Department of Transportation seeks an Active Transportation Planner (Administrator V) in Hanover, MD. This role develops, manages, and implements initiatives to promote active transportation, ensuring transparency, design review, and performance measurement.

The position may offer hybrid work arrangements and requires strong writing, GIS skills, and experience in transportation planning and policy development.

Qualifications

• High school graduation or equivalent is required.
• Six years of administrative or professional work experience.
• At least two years in program or project management related to transportation or land use planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage, and track plans, projects, and programs to support multimodal connectivity and transportation alternatives.
• Conduct research and develop mapping tools to inform performance-based planning.
• Draft various types of correspondence to support office initiatives.
• Evaluate proposed legislation, plans, design documents, and funding proposals for consistency with standards.
• Develop and track grant agreements with federal, state, and local agencies.
• Organize outreach and education strategies.

Skills

Strong writing

Team collaboration

GIS expertise

Policy development

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

ArcGIS Desktop

Job description

Executive Service Position

(This position serves at the pleasure of the Appointing Authority.)

Description

Executive Service Position

(This position serves at the pleasure of the Appointing Authority.)

If you have ever taken a flight from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport; renewed your Maryland driver’s license; traveled to an Orioles game on the Light Rail; embarked on a cruise from the Port of Baltimore; received roadside assistance from CHART Emergency Patrol; reduced your commute time by using one of Maryland’s toll roads, then you have experienced some of the superb services provided by the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT). MDOT has various careers for people of all experiences, backgrounds, and abilities who come together to contribute to one mission—connecting our customers to life’s opportunities. Join us in serving our Maryland residents, visitors, and businesses!

The Maryland Department of Transportation, The Secretary’s Office (MDOT TSO) is seeking an Active Transportation Planner (Administrator V). The Active Transportation Planner is responsible for developing, managing, and implementing key Departmental initiatives related to the promotion of active transportation and to ensure that requirements for transparency, design review, and performance measurements are met, as well as oversee the Department’s Bikeways Grant Program and potential future local match grant programs.

Duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Develop, manage, and track plans, projects, and programs to support multimodal connectivity and transportation alternatives.
• Conduct research, provide analysis, and develop mapping tools/protocols to inform performance-based planning, and to inform MDOT’s participation in a variety of designated programs.
• Draft various types of correspondence to support office initiatives.
• Evaluate proposed legislation, plans, design documents, and funding proposals in terms of their consistency with relevant standards, their applicability to state and local contexts, and their potential to advance Departmental goals.
• Develop, track, and execute grant agreements to address needs and protect interests of federal, state, and local agencies in coordination with local jurisdictions and MDOT’s Office of Attorney General.
• Organize outreach and education strategies.

The current vacancy exists at MDOT TSO in the Office of Active Transportation and Micromobility, which is located in Hanover, MD. (Anne Arundel County).

This position may allow a hybrid work schedule, including telework and on-site work hours.

MDOT offers a generous and competitive benefits package. You can learn about our amazing benefits here: MDOT Benefits

Qualifications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.

Experience:

Six (6) years of experience in administrative staff or professional work. Two (2) years of which must have included professional program or project management experience in transportation or land use planning, public policy or design. At least one (1) year of this experience must have been in a supervisory capacity or with responsibility for managing a planning program or project, applying rules and regulations, or exercising responsibility for the development of policies or procedures.

The Ideal Candidate Will Possess The Following

• Strong writing and communication skills
• Ability to work in teams as well as independently with attention to detail
• Experience using Geographic Information System (GIS) programs, such as ArcGIS Desktop, to develop maps for transportation and land use planning
• Interest in promoting active transportation
• Two (2) years of experience working in the Federal, State, or local Government

Consideration for employment may be based solely on the contents of your application. Therefore, it is essential that you provide complete and accurate information. Please include all relevant experience on your application. This includes, but is not limited to, full or part time, volunteer, military, acting capacity, or any other experience that is relevant to the position for which you are applying.

If you have held more than one position at the same employer, please list each position that you held and the length of time that you held each position.

Notes

• Candidates may substitute 30 credit hours from an accredited college or university for each year up to four years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute the possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and two years of experience in administrative staff or professional work for the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute the possession of a master's degree from an accredited college or university and one year of experience in administrative staff or professional work for the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience involving staff work related to the administration of rules, regulations, policies, procedures and processes, or overseeing or coordinating unit operations or functioning as a staff assistant to a higher-ranking commissioned officer on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

Licenses & Certifications

None.

Additional Information

Eligible applicants may be subject to a background investigation under federal or state laws regulations. A conviction is not an automatic disqualification to employment. Erroneous, misleading or fraudulent information on an application is sufficient grounds for rejection from the hiring process, removal from the list of eligible, withdrawal of an offer for employment or immediate discharge.

The incumbent in this position will not be a member of a covered bargaining unit.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. MDOT does not discriminate based on age, ancestry, color, creed, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, belief or opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.

Issued Date: 10/09/2026