Senior Regional Transportation Planner

TJPDC; Charlottesville (VA); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Paid leave and holidays

VRS participation

Job summary

The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC) in Charlottesville, VA, is seeking an experienced Planner III specializing in transportation, multi-modal and land use planning. Under the supervision of the Director of Transportation, you will develop and manage short and long-range regional plans for the TJPDC and CA-MPO, performing senior-level planning and research with limited supervision.

Key duties include serving as the technical resource on complex transportation issues,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in planning, public administration, or related field.
• Four (4) years of progressively responsible full-time professional planning experience with a master’s degree, or six (6) years with a bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal technical resource for complex transportation planning issues.
• Independently manage and exercise professional judgement for assigned transportation planning projects, including scopes, schedules, partner coordination, analysis, recommendations, and deliverables.
• Oversee multidisciplinary consultant teams.
• Collaborate with local governments, community organizations, and agencies to support partnerships and resource sharing.
• Coordinate federal transportation performance measures, target-setting, and reporting.
• Lead functional classification reviews and coordinate proposed changes with localities and VDOT.
• Provide technical support and oversight for the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
• Support development and implementation of the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) and Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP).
• Coordinate planning studies, SMART SCALE applications, and other transportation planning activities.
• Engage with community members and other stakeholders to gather input and feedback on projects/plans.
• Perform board or committee management activities, including scheduling and conducting meetings with advisory boards and elected officials and maintaining committee membership.
• Assist the Director of Transportation in managing grant administration, including writing grant proposals; overseeing grant compliance, reporting, and auditing; managing projects from inception to completion; and preparing reimbursement requests.
• Attend evening and weekend meetings throughout the region, as necessary.
• Represent the TJPDC at public meetings and special events.
• Develop and document methodologies and specifications for planning and research projects.
• Identify, define, and research issues of strategic importance.
• Mentor and serve as a resource to more junior planners within the organization.

Skills

Transportation planning

Multimodal planning

Land use planning

Project management

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in planning/public administration or related field

4 years of professional planning experience with master’s degree; 6 years with bachelor’s degree

Tools

ArcGIS Pro

Spatial Analyst

Job description

The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC) in Charlottesville, VA, is seeking an experienced Planner III specializing in transportation, multi-modal and land use planning. Under the supervision of the Director of Transportation, you will develop and manage short and long-range regional plans for the TJPDC and CA-MPO, performing senior-level planning and research with limited supervision.

Key duties include serving as the technical resource on complex transportation issues,