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Hays County · 1 month ago

Grounds Technician I, II or III - Department of Public Works / Facilities

Westminster, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

4+ years exp

Hays County is seeking a Grounds Technician to work in the Department of Transportation. The role involves supervising a sub-unit within a transportation planning division, performing transportation planning studies, and coordinating ongoing transportation projects.

Government Administration

Responsibilities

Assigns, trains, supervises and evaluates subordinate professional staff in the conduct of transportation planning relating to such work as: advance planning, current planning, public transit, waterway and rail transportation, systems planning, small urban area studies and other functional areas of work; makes recommendations on personnel actions such as employment, promotion, demotion, transfer, retention, and increases for exceptional performance

Assembles and prepares necessary standard documents for programming projects with the Federal Highway Administration; monitors projects and use of funds during work on projects; coordinates all paperwork with the field necessary for the proper conduct and completion of projects

Carries out, interprets, and enforces exiting policy and methods and assists in the development of intra-unit policy and methods

Personally performs especially difficult analyses and studies requiring special expertise and which may have significant impact on economies in proposed programs

Performs personal contact and liaison duties with a variety of other individuals, agencies, governments and other entities in furnishing and obtaining information, explaining transportation planning matters, procedures, rules and regulations

Supervises and participates in the preparation of important, detailed and complex records and reports

Qualification

Transportation planningSupervisory skillsProject managementAnalytical skillsCivil engineeringPublic transitMathematicsCommunication skillsTeamworkProblem-solving

Required

Education equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to four years of full-time professional transportation planning work

Qualifying professional community planning or professional and/or technical transportation related experience in 1) planning; 2) civil engineering; 3) airport management; 4) public transit; 5) traffic studies; 6) surveys; 7) mathematics; 8) drafting/cartography; or 9) photogrammetry may substitute for the required education to a maximum of four years

Graduate course work credit received from an accredited college or university in one or a combination of the following areas may substitute for the required experience on a month-for-month basis to a maximum of one year: (1) community development studies, including urban, regional, transportation or community planning, urban design, or land use management and reclamation; (2) civil engineering studies; 3) business or public administration studies, including public affairs, public policy, political science, or business management; (4) mathematics, including accounting, business math, applied math, or statistics; (5) geography; (6) sociology; (7) history; or (8) aviation studies including aeronautics administration or aviation management

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in one or a combination of the following: transportation planning, urban planning, business administration, public administration, mathematics, accounting, business math, applied math, statistics, geography, sociology, history, aeronautics administration, or aviation management; and three years of full-time professional transportation planning work

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in one or a combination of the following: transportation planning, urban planning, business administration, public administration, mathematics, accounting, business math, applied math, statistics, geography, sociology, history, aeronautics administration, or aviation management; and two years of full-time professional transportation planning work