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Valley Metro RPTA · 1 month ago

Principal Planner #Capital Investment Grant Programs #CIG

Phoenix, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

5+ years exp

Valley Metro RPTA is focused on providing efficient public transportation solutions, and they are seeking a Principal Planner to manage complex planning projects. The role involves overseeing major capital expansion efforts and serving as an agency resource on land use and economic development planning.

Public TransportationRailroadTransportation

Responsibilities

Serves as project manager for a variety of complex high-capacity transit projects (Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Phase of the project) and transit planning studies (feasibility studies and alternative analysis)

Prepares and oversees the preparation of FTA’s CIG readiness items and project rating templates

Provides guidance on land use planning principles surrounding existing high-capacity transit and planned future corridors

Assists the Agency in economic development evaluations and reporting as related to high-capacity transit projects

Requires thorough knowledge of the Federal Transit Administration Capital Investment Grant Program, and associated regulations and processes, including ADA, and Title VI/Environmental Justice

Writes scopes of work and independent cost estimates for projects

Supervises complex work of consultants, and other transit planning staff; may supervise student interns or junior level staff

Reviews and approves invoices and monitors budgets. Performs complex analyses, evaluation of findings, and identification of significant or controversial issues

Prepares requests for proposals, project reports, board memos and white papers of a highly complex nature

Develops staff recommendations on complex projects

Leads and represents the agency in efforts to align agency service and projects with community needs

Provides highly complex planning data to other divisions and departments, making decisions about how date is most appropriately used

Designs methods for ensuring accurate data are integrated into agency planning activities

Provides complex financial analyses and estimates costs related to plan implementation

Attends meetings, serves on committees; makes complex presentations and proposals to internal agency staff, technical working groups, member agency committees; supports and leads public meetings as needed

Prepares and relays complex agency information at public meetings; presents reports for review and action to applicable committees and the Board of directors

Facilitates public input processes, summarizes and reports feedback and makes recommendations for incorporation of feedback

Serves in a leadership role to project planning teams comprising other Valley Metro staff, local government staff and consultants

Requires basic knowledge of NEPA and associated requirements

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

Transportation PlanningFederal Transit Administration CIGLand Use PlanningEconomic Development PlanningGISStatistical AnalysisProject ManagementPublic SpeakingCustomer ServiceSupervisory Skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Geography, Urban Planning, Transportation Engineering, Sustainability, or a related field

Five (5) years of transportation planning experience

Three (3) years of applicable experience/knowledge of the Federal Transit Administration Capital Investment Grant Program, and associated regulations and processes, including ADA and Title VI/Environmental Justice

Three (3) years of land use and/or economic development planning experience

Or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties listed

Valid Driver's License

Preferred

Master's Degree

AICP designation

Intermediate GIS skills preferred

Company

Valley Metro RPTA

At Valley Metro RPTA we develop and deliver an integrated regional transit system with excellence, in collaboration with member agencies and through public and private partnerships.

Founded in 1985

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

201-500 employees