MPO Transportation Implementation Planner

City of Greensboro; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 54,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Greensboro seeks a Transportation Planner to advance regional priorities from planning through funded studies and implementation. You will support MPO projects, TIP activities, procurement, budgets, and cross‑agency coordination with City departments, NCDOT, and FHWA.

The role emphasizes strong writing, organization, and public communication skills, with opportunities to grow within the MPO operations and implementation area.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years in MPO planning, transportation planning, transportation programming, urban or regional planning, geography, public administration, project management, transportation project implementation, or a closely related field.
• For Planner I appointment, 1-3 years of related experience may be considered sufficient.
• For Planner II appointment, AICP or GISP certification, or the ability to obtain certification within six months of hire or promotion, is required.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with spreadsheets, databases, project tracking tools, GIS or mapping tools, or similar digital platforms used to organize, maintain, or communicate transportation project information.
• Experience with transportation planning, MPO operations, transportation programming, project implementation, or related public-sector planning and coordination processes.
• Valid driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Support planning studies, locally administered transportation projects, and related MPO and City initiatives through project scoping, procurement and contract coordination, agreements, reimbursement and invoice coordination, schedules, funding requirements, documentation, workflow coordination, and project tracking.
• Communicate regularly with City departments, MPO member agencies, NCDOT, FHWA, consultants, contractors, transit partners, and other project partners.
• Support TIP activities, amendments, modifications, project schedules, funding actions, public-facing project information, committee materials, and programming records.
• Coordinate MPO committee processes, including the Transportation Advisory Committee, Technical Coordinating Committee, and subcommittees, preparing agenda items, amendments, and documentation.
• Handle consultant procurement and contract coordination, RFQs, RFPs, task orders, scopes of work, agreements, procurement schedules, and contract tracking.

Job description

The City of Greensboro seeks a Transportation Planner to advance regional priorities from planning through funded studies and implementation. You will support MPO projects, TIP activities, procurement, budgets, and cross‑agency coordination with City departments, NCDOT, and FHWA.

The role emphasizes strong writing, organization, and public communication skills, with opportunities to grow within the MPO operations and implementation area.