Senior Transportation Planner & Program Lead

State of Indiana; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Pension options

Paid leave

Job summary

Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) in Indianapolis seeks a Principal Transportation Planner to oversee the agency’s planning office, lead planning staff, and serve as lead expert on environmental, sustainability, and planning products. Oversees regional plans, transportation improvement programs, and outreach activities.

The role requires deep knowledge of planning concepts, regulations, and funding, with a focus on multi-modal planning and community engagement.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of transportation planning concepts, principles, techniques, federal/state regulations, land use, multi-modal planning, travel demand model theory, economic development, transportation funding, market analysis, historic preservation, and basic traffic/transit operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect administrative oversight of federally required transportation planning activities and agreements: e.g., development/review of regional plans, thoroughfare plans, transportation improvement programs, congestion mitigation analysis, air quality conformity analysis, public outreach, unified work programs, ADA transition plans, agreements, and certification reviews.
• Supports and works directly with Outreach Manager in executing all programmatic aspects of planning related public involvement meetings, community outreach/advisory committees; civic leadership engagement, conferences/workshops; educational training; focus groups; special interest/advocacy groups and similar events as it related to transportation planning.
• Manage and perform complex, large-scale, interdisciplinary, and sensitive professional planning projects/studies, research, planning studies, programs, initiatives, analysis, and activities.

Skills

Transportation planning

Public involvement

Regulations

Multimodal planning

Data analysis

Job description

Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) in Indianapolis seeks a Principal Transportation Planner to oversee the agency’s planning office, lead planning staff, and serve as lead expert on environmental, sustainability, and planning products. Oversees regional plans, transportation improvement programs, and outreach activities.

The role requires deep knowledge of planning concepts, regulations, and funding, with a focus on multi-modal planning and community engagement.