Greater Minnesota Urban Transit Coordinator

Minnesota Department of Transportation; Saint Paul (MN); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

MnDOT in Saint Paul, MN is hiring a Greater Minnesota Urban Transit Coordinator to lead the urban and rural transit service planning program. The role involves coordinating planning efforts across seven urban providers, overseeing staff, and advising on major service changes while ensuring compliance with federal and state requirements.

The position offers hybrid work with minimum 50% in-office presence and telework arrangements coordinated with the supervisor, supporting collaboration with

Qualifications

• Three years of advanced professional transportation planning experience.
• Experience with transit service planning improvements/redesign.
• Experience with transit operations, including budgets, performance metrics, and transit planning best practices.
• Experience with planning studies and complex planning processes in urban environments.
• Experience with planning principles, methods, and techniques sufficient to develop local, regional, or MPO plans.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the transit service planning program for urban and rural transit; oversee transit service planners.
• Coordinate planning efforts across transit systems; advise on major service changes and improvements.
• Build relationships with urban transit staff statewide and update leadership on programs and projects.
• Raise the level of support and technical assistance for transit planning across Greater Minnesota.
• Ensure compliance with federal and state requirements.

Skills

Transit planning

Budgeting

Performance metrics

Urban planning

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Planning/Geography/Urban Studies/Sociology/Political Science

Job description

Greater Minnesota Urban Transit Coordinator | Salary Range: $36.59 - $54.25 / hourly; $76,399 - $113,274 / annually

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to get your foot in the door with State of Minnesota? If so, come join our MnDOT team in St. Paul, MN! Begin your journey today and check us out:

Why Work For Us

This position has the flexibility to work a hybrid schedule or work in the office. This position requires the employee to work a minimum of 50% time in the office. The incumbent will be required to make a telework arrangement with their supervisor.

Our Greater Minnesota Urban Transit Coordinator position exists to coordinate a cooperative and comprehensive urban transit planning with Greater Minnesota’s seven urban transit providers. Responsibilities include the following:

• Development and leading the transit service planning program for both urban and rural transit, providing lead worker oversight of the transit service planners, providing technical assistance in service planning to urban providers.
• Coordinating planning efforts across transit systems, advising as a stakeholder on major transit service changes/improvement, and providing best practices for growing and maintaining their transit systems.
• Position is key to building relationships with urban transit staff across the state and updating office leadership on programs and major projects at all urban transit providers in Greater Minnesota.
• The Office of Transit and Active Transportation is striving to raise its level of support, cooperation, and transit planning technical assistance and this is a critical and key role in this work.
• Ensure compliance with federal and state requirements.

Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Office and Transit and Active Transportation partners with 27 rural and 7 urban transit systems throughout Greater Minnesota. This position works with the 7 urban transit systems assisting in transit service planning, operational efficiencies, oversight, and the advancement of transit for citizens of the state. Greater Minnesota’s urban transit operators are the City of La Crescent, Rochester Public Transit, City of Mankato Transit, St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Authority, Duluth Transit Authority, Moorhead (MATBUS) and City of East Grand Forks.

Travel is required for site visits statewide to 7 transit systems (City of La Crescent, Rochester Public Transit, City of Mankato Transit, St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Authority, Duluth Transit Authority, Moorhead (MATBUS) and City of East Grand Forks). 25% travel.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? Learn About Our Benefits

• Financial Well-Being: Public pension plans, deferred compensation plan & health care savings plan; life insurance, short & long-term disability insurance, & paid parental leave
• Professional Development: Tuition assistance, employee education, leadership development
• Work/Life Balance: Paid vacation & sick leave including 12 paid holidays each year
• At-Work Benefits: Employee Resource Groups, employee recognition, employee activities, fitness center at our Central Office

Here are the Minimum Qualifications:

Three years of advanced professional transportation planning experience that demonstrates the following:

• Experience with transit service planning improvements/redesign
• Experience with transit operations, including budgets, performance metrics, and transit planning best practices
• Experience with planning studies and complex planning processes in urban environments
• Experience with planning principles, methods, and techniques sufficient to develop local, regional, or metropolitan planning organization (MPO) plans.
• Experience with demographic trends, statistics, and ability to manipulate spreadsheets to analyze and display current conditions, trends, and build out potential scenarios.

A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Planning, Geography, Urban Studies, Sociology, Political Science substitutes for six months of advanced professional experience.