Transportation Planner II - Project Lead & Policy Insights

American Planning Association - Kentucky Chapter; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Louisville Department of Transportation is seeking qualified candidates for the Transportation Planner II position. This grant-funded role focuses on managing complex transportation projects, developing plans, schedules, and budgets, and coordinating with multiple agencies.

Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in engineering, planning, or related fields, along with 2 years of transportation planning experience or equivalent credentials such as a Kentucky PE, APA Certified

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, planning, urban planning or related discipline.
• Two years of transportation planning, development, engineering, urban and regional planning or multi-modal transportation planning experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• PE in Kentucky, CPA or PMP credentials may be accepted as alternatives.

Responsibilities

• Acts as project manager on complex interdisciplinary transportation projects.
• Develops work plans, schedules and budgets for projects.
• Coordinates, assigns and reviews work products from projects.
• Analyzes transportation systems and policies to identify problems and generate reports, solutions or alternatives.
• Recommends new policies, plans and projects.
• Recommends and implements measures to mitigate impacts of transportation/construction plans.
• Provides technical guidance to staff and department personnel.
• Prepares, negotiates and monitors conformance with inter-agency agreements.
• Leads multi-agency technical review committees.
• Briefs and delivers formal presentations to the public, government agencies and elected officials.
• Responds to citizen inquiries by explaining policies and/or investigating issues.
• Leads consultant selection process, negotiates scope of work, monitors conformance to contracts, reviews and approves work products and payments to consultants.

Skills

Transportation planning experience

Project management exposure

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Planning, Urban Planning or related discipline

Professional Engineer (PE) in Kentucky

Certified Planner by the American Planning Association

Project Management Professional (PMP) by PMI

Job description

The Louisville Department of Transportation is seeking qualified candidates for the Transportation Planner II position. This grant-funded role focuses on managing complex transportation projects, developing plans, schedules, and budgets, and coordinating with multiple agencies.

Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in engineering, planning, or related fields, along with 2 years of transportation planning experience or equivalent credentials such as a Kentucky PE, APA Certified