Transportation Planner

Company

We specialize in project management, construction management, and community relations. We work on multi-modal projects throughout California: rail, transit, highway, aviation and maritime, providing an opportunity to gain varied industry experience.

We are headquartered in Oakland, California, and has a client base that covers most of California. We are rapidly expanding. While many employees work off-site at project or client offices, everyone knows we are still a team and can contact anyone within the company for assistance or advice. We are collaborative, positive place to work with structured and unstructured fun. We posses an adventurous spirit and a growth mind-set.

We are currently seeking a Transportation Planner to join our dynamic Team.

Seeking a Transportation Planner or Engineer with at least five years’ project management experience leading studies and/or capital projects that require close coordination and negotiation with multiple stakeholders. Ideal candidates are clear communicators who are familiar with transit signal priority (TSP) and policies that support transit speed and reliability and has experience/ served as Project Manager.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to study and deploy TSP projects as an extension of VTA staff
• Prepare project-related reports, correspondence, and policy issues for presentation to VTA’s
• Advisory Committees, Standing Committees, and Board of Directors
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, and quality while also performing project tasks as part of the project team
• Direct and coordinate work with subject matter experts and consultants to keep projects moving
• Assign, review, and evaluate project deliverables for consistency with project scope
• Collaborate with, and manage expectations of, cities in Santa Clara County to study and deliver
• multi-jurisdictional signal priority projects
• Support VTA staff in discussions with a variety of public and private officials on traffic engineering issues and act as VTA's representative to other government agencies, as needed
• Coordinate with VTA planning and engineering to develop traffic administration policies and procedures for transit signal priority
• Assist in the preparation of budgets for Capital Improvement Projects
• Assist the lead traffic engineer to ensure VTA's compliance with applicable ordinances, codes and laws, and reviews traffic operating conditions in the field
• Identify and write grant applications for traffic and transportation studies and construction projects
• Monitor developments in the traffic control field and recommend policy and procedure improvements

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills with project management skill
• 5+ years’ leading and delivering small to mid-sized studies and projects
• Ability to work independently, make decisions, and escalate risks before they become issues
• Demonstrated experience facilitating and negotiating with multiple stakeholders to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes
• Experience performing peer reviews, research, data analysis, and policy analysis to make recommendations
• Ability to distill technical or complex information into an easy-to-understand message orally, visually, and in writing
• Interested in building expertise in the technical aspects of deploying transit signal priority
• 5+ years working with traffic signal systems and intelligent transportation systems, including construction and deployment of these systems.
• Updating and managing GIS databases and performing spatial analysis Immediate projects
• Lead the development of VTA’s System’s Engineering Document
• Lead TSP corridor audit across multiple jurisdictions and make recommendations for improvements
• Lead development of a multi-jurisdictional memorandum of understanding for signal controller and communication procurement, operations, and maintenance