Senior Transit Capital Projects Planner | Hybrid

Seattle Department of Transportation; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) seeks a transportation planning professional to support City-related planning efforts for major ST3 investments including West Seattle Link Extension, Ballard Link Extension, and Graham Street Station. The role leads planning and design for a broad portfolio of station access projects and interagency coordination.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree and at least four years of project or construction management experience, with a strong emphasis

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, urban planning, transportation planning, public administration, or a related field.
• At least four (4) years of project or construction management or related experience.
• Current Washington State driver’s license or evidence of equivalent mobility.

Responsibilities

• Work in a highly matrixed structure with multidisciplinary team of professionals to facilitate interdepartmental and interagency coordination and resolve technical and policy conflicts.
• Lead and coordinate the City’s process for identifying, developing, and implementing right-of-way improvements to make it easier and safer for people to walk, bike or roll to planned light-rail stations.
• Develop and manage interagency agreements related to the funding and delivery of station access projects, and draft interagency concurrence memos documenting agreements with partner agencies.
• Coordinate with partner departments on City-led ST3 work such as station area planning, station access planning, and related policy or planning studies.
• Collaborate with the ST3 Planning Manager to coordinate City reviews of major planning elements, milestones, and deliverables, including Sound Transit station designs, street concept planning, and multimodal access project development.
• Review and evaluate technical materials such as design documents, plan sets, and interagency documentation.
• Work with City’s grant team to identify, apply for, and manage grants to fund station access improvements and other planning needs.
• Identify the need for consultant support and manage consultant contracts, including scope development and deliverable oversight.
• Represent the City and interdepartmental ST3 planning priorities to internal stakeholders, external partners, and City leadership.

Skills

Interagency coordination

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Multimodal planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, urban planning, transportation planning, public administration, or a related field

Job description

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) seeks a transportation planning professional to support City-related planning efforts for major ST3 investments including West Seattle Link Extension, Ballard Link Extension, and Graham Street Station. The role leads planning and design for a broad portfolio of station access projects and interagency coordination.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree and at least four years of project or construction management experience, with a strong emphasis