Actransit Jobs – Senior Transportation Planner

Job Description:

AC Transit is currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of Senior Transportation Planner. Under general supervision, conducts a variety of complex transit planning, service delivery, and capital planning studies and projects that include the identification of issues; collection and analysis of data; evaluations and recommendations for change; the preparation and presentation of oral and written reports; and participation in policy development and project implementation.
In addition to working with some of the best in the business at one of the largest bus agencies in California, AC Transit also has an excellent benefits package that includes pension, medical, dental and vision coverage, flexible spending and 457 savings plan.

Job Responsibilities:

• Plans and conducts a variety of transit planning and technical studies covering a medium to large sized geographic area or for one or more complex projects, including documentation of service performance, service analysis, recommendations for service enhancements, and discussion of pertinent issues.
• Manages or conducts complex transit and service delivery research and analysis, including long-range studies, service restructuring, technical studies, and major investment studies.
• Monitors current service levels and identifies potential areas for study, and may prepare cost analysis studies.
• Analyzes technical, demographic, economic, and financial data used to assess route and schedule changes and related service enhancements; and develops recommendations for change.
• Consults with staff in the Capital Funding and Grants unit of the Finance department to develop capital funding strategies, and projects for grant funding. May assist in monitoring the administration of grants and the expenditure of grant related funds.
• Collects and/or supervises the collection of data, develops and implements survey techniques and processes, and may supervise and participate in field studies.
• Prepares complex statistical studies, reports, and presentations with accompanying charts, and/or maps.

Job Requirements:

Equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in City and Regional Planning, Urban Studies, Geography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Public Administration, Political Science, Finance, Economics, or a closely related field.

Four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience in Transportation Planning or systems analysis in a large urban public transportation system. Some assignments in this classification may require a minimum of one (1) year in a professional capacity working with raw data files, GIS software, GIS based scheduling applications, Hastus and/or CAD/AVL.

Job Details:

Company: AC Transit

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Modesto, CA, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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