Transit Planner

City of Fayetteville, North Carolina; Fayetteville (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

The City of Fayetteville, North Carolina is seeking a Transit Planner to perform advanced technical analysis in support of Transit Department operations. You will develop and implement route schedules and service plans, analyze operator work patterns and maintain GIS/AVC/AVl data structures.

Engagement with the public and preparation of outreach materials are essential. Responsibilities include researching routes, planning improvements, analyzing ridership and travel patterns, and ensuring

Qualifications

• Four years increasingly responsible experience in public administration, business administration, public transit administration, geography, planning or a related field.
• Equivalent to an Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in geography, planning, marketing or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and perform research and analysis leading to the development of new and improved transit routes, including routing patterns and ridership trends.
• Assist in developing short- and long-range plans for fixed route service.
• Analyze demographic data, passenger use data and future projections to determine amenity improvements and maintain bus stop inventories.
• Generate maps and analyze spatial data using transit planning software and forecast travel patterns.

Skills

Geography

Planning

Public administration

Education

Associate’s degree in geography or planning

Bachelor’s or higher preferred

Tools

GIS

APC

AVL

Job description

Description

The City of Fayetteville is currently recruiting for a Transit Planner to perform complex technical analysis in support of Transit Department operations, to include the development and implementation of route schedules and service plans, analyzing data involving Transit Operator work assignments, and development and maintenance of a variety of databases and programs associated with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Automatic Passenger Counts (APC) and Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL).

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Coordinate and perform research and analysis leading to the development of new and improved transit routes, to include routing patterns, travel patterns, stop activity, ridership trends, etc.
• Assist in the development of short- and long-range plans for the implementation of new and/or modified fixed route service.
• Analyze demographic data, passenger use data and future service projections to determine the need for amenity improvements (bus stops, shelters, sidewalks, etc.); maintain inventory of all bus stop locations for use in mapping and performance measurement reporting.
• Generate maps and analyze spatial data using Transit planning software and forecast travel patterns.
• Work with the Title VI Coordinator to develop public outreach activities and prepare media releases for planned service improvements. Coordinate the design and production of printed/electronic materials for advertising service changes and special services.
• Participate in public meetings to explain planning proposals and service improvements and gather feedback.
• Record daily mileage numbers and maintain a log of exceptions for the purpose of monthly reporting to NTD and reconciliation with maintenance software.
• Maintain database of all route changes and update system mapping to ensure deadhead and revenue mileage is accurate for NTD reporting. Work with external map developers to ensure maps/schedules are updated in advance of service changes.
• Analyze scheduled versus actual operator payroll hours to identify opportunities for efficiency improvements/schedule changes.
• Administer various survey instruments (mystery riders, customer surveys, etc.) to analyze and measure the quality of transit services and programs; oversee ride check survey program for annual APC validation.

Minimum Qualifications

Any Combination Of Experience And Training That Would Likely Provide The Required Knowledge And Abilities Is Qualifying. A Typical Way To Obtain The Knowledge And Abilities Would Be:

Please Note: Candidates selected for hire will be required to submit proof of education prior to a firm job offer being made. Therefore, to avoid delays in the hiring process, it is strongly recommended that you attach a copy of your official graduation certificate(s) from higher level institution(s) at the time of your application submission.

Experience: Four years increasingly responsible experience in public administration, business administration, public transit administration, geography, planning or a related field.

Training: Equivalent to an Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in geography, planning, marketing or a related field.

Required: None.

Preferred: None.

Selection Process: From the time of closing, the selection process is anticipated to last approximately 4 - 6 weeks. The process will consist of a panel interview with the selected candidate being subject to a pre-employment drug screen, background check and driving check.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Health And Dental Insurance

The City of Fayetteville Employee Healthcare Benefit Plan provides comprehensive and affordable health and dental coverage while maintaining reasonable costs to employees. Coverage is available for all regular status employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week. Employees may also choose to cover eligible dependents. The premium is deducted on a pre-tax basis, with the City paying a portion of the premium. Qualifying employees are eligible for benefits on the 1st day of the month following 30 days of service.

Employer Paid Leave

Vacation Leave: Regular employees begin accruing vacation leave the first day of employment. Accruals are based on years of service and the number of hours an employee is scheduled to work.

Sick Leave: Regular employees begin accruing sick leave the first day of employment. Accruals are based on the number of hours scheduled to work; regular full-time employees accrue eight (8) hours per month. Sick leave hours accumulate without limits and may be used toward creditable service upon retirement from the NC Local Governmental Retirement System.

Holidays: The City of Fayetteville observes 12 paid holidays per calendar year. When Christmas day is on a Wednesday, an additional holiday is provided making for 13 paid holidays.

Bereavement: Regular employees are eligible for bereavement leave. The City will authorize 24 hours per calendar year to mourn or attend a funeral or memorial service of a family member.

Retirement: The City of Fayetteville assists employees in securing their financial future during retirement by participating in the NC Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System, administered by the State of North Carolina. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week become members in the retirement system upon employment. As a member of this system, employees are required to contribute 6% of their gross salary on a tax-deferred basis.

Deferred Compensation Plans: To further assist employees in saving for retirement, the City offers two supplemental retirement savings programs. These programs enable regular full-time, and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week, an opportunity to save a portion of their salary on a tax-deferred basis to supplement their retirement benefits. These programs are the NC 401(k) plan and NC 457 plan; both administered by Empower. The City currently contributes 4% of base salary to an eligible employee’s NC 401(k) account.

Cafeteria Plan / Supplemental Benefits: Realizing that each employee may have different insurance needs, the City offers its employees the opportunity to supplement City-provided benefits by selecting from the benefits listed below. These benefits are offered at employee's expense through payroll deduction:

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) – Healthcare and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts (pre-tax)
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Optional Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment

Death Benefit: The first year an employee contributes to the retirement system, the City provides a death benefit of $3,000 once the employee is benefits eligible. After one year as a contributing member of the Retirement System, a death benefit is provided by the NC Retirement System that is equal to the highest 12 months’ salary in a row during the 24 months before death, no less than $25,000 and no more than $50,000. There is no cost to the employee for this benefit.

Pay Periods / Deduction For Benefits / Direct Deposit: City employees are paid bi-weekly (every other Friday). Benefit deductions are taken for 24 pay periods of the year. As an added convenience and safety measure, the City requires all new employees to sign up for direct deposit.

Employee Assistance Program: The EAP is available at no cost to all employees and their household members. The EAP provides confidential guidance on legal, financial and personal issues affecting your health, relationships and job.