JOB DESCRIPTION

Management & Administration

• Develops and monitors an annual division operating budget.
• Oversees the daily activities of the PART Planning Division staff.
• Oversees the visioning and strategic planning processes for the Planning Division and Planning Division managed regional work programs and projects.
• Assists PART CEO in the hiring, training, disciplinary action, evaluation, and professional development of all PART Planning Division staff.
• Assists in the evaluation of overall program effectiveness.
• Assists PART CEO in providing excellence in communications with civic groups, the business community, and other groups and organizations.

Transportation Planning Duties

• Ability to oversee and manage a regional travel demand modeling program, with knowledge of required data inputs including socio-economic data, maintenance processes, and application of model results for planning decisions.
• Coordinates the analysis of existing and new transit routes.
• Coordinates the development of regional transportation plans to support economic development initiatives in areas needing regional coordination.
• Manages Regional Transportation Demand Management program.
• Establishes regional multi-modal needs, priorities, and funding strategies.
• Provides technical support to MPO's and Rural Planning Organizations (RPO's) regarding transportation plan updates and/or air quality conformity analysis.
• Oversees the development and maintenance of GIS mapping.
• Acts as a resource for local, regional, and statewide transportation/land use planning activities for transit oriented developments and multi-modal transportation systems and interconnections.
• Provides professional transportation planning support to the CEO/General Manager.

Communications/Collaborations Duties

• Ensures PART is represented at all TCC/TAC meetings within PART boundaries.
• Meet regularly with regional transportation planning stakeholders for purpose of ensuring an understanding of their needs, issues, and concerns.
• Coordinates regional initiatives and keeps regional stakeholders apprised of current and planned regional activities.

DESIRABLE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGES AND ABILITIES

• General management/leadership skills and the ability to manage multiple staff.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Strong analytical thinking and professional judgment.
• Knowledge of a number of transportation planning practices including: bike/pedestrian planning, GIS analysis, project development, and/or travel demand.
• Knowledge of growth allocation and scenario planning principles particularly as they apply to transportation planning.
• Experience and knowledge of planning software program TransCAD, Remix, CommunityViz, GIS
• Knowledge of state and federal planning requirements (Title 23 of United States Code, as amended), air quality conformity regulations and procedures, environmental planning (National Environmental Policy Act and Council and Environmental Regulations and Chapter 136 of North Carolina Administrative Code), congestion management, federal and state highway, transit, and planning funding programs.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of the North Carolina Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) process and progressive experience in the NCDOT-TIP process.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices for pedestrian/bikeway planning, safety education, public transportation planning, and roadway facility planning.
• Knowledge of fixed route and paratransit bus operations, administration, and funding sources and policies.
• Ability to effectively manage professional staff, consultant contracts, budgeting, internal/external communications, and public involvement efforts.
• Ability to work on several projects simultaneously in a team environment.