The Montgomery County Planning Department of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCCPC) seeks an experienced and motivated Multimodal Transportation Planner Coordinator with strong transportation planning and design experience to join its Area 1 Master Planning Team. This is an opportunity to help one of the nation's premier planning agencies shape Montgomery County for the 21st century. It is an opportunity to have a broad impact on the built environment, advocate for design excellence, and shape future communities that cover urban and suburban parts of Montgomery County.
M-NCPPC has enjoyed a national reputation for excellence in planning and serves a culturally diverse population of nearly two-million people on the border of Washington, DC. We at Montgomery Planning focus our skills and talents to bring high-quality design in both form and function to all areas, from central business districts to rural villages and have pioneered programs in agricultural preservation, inclusionary housing, and transit-oriented design. To learn more about us, visit www.montgomeryplanning.org.
This position requires strong oral and written communication skills; interest and ability to communicate directly with the public on technical transportation planning issues; knowledge of transportation planning and design; the ability to read and interpret roadway design and land use plans, and to analyze traffic studies. Must have strong presentation and writing skills and know intersection analysis procedures and best transportation demand management practices.
EXAMPLES OF IMPORTANT DUTIES:
Coordinate complex, transportation planning for master planning and development review functions in high profile development areas;
Participates in or leads community meetings;
Serve as an internal expert on panels, committees, and task forces and may propose planning and transportation recommendations for future master plans and sector plans, policies and amendments to the Zoning Ordinance or Comprehensive Plan in response to a variety of complex transportation policy and land-use issues;
Assess transportation related impacts for a multimodal review of master plans and development projects, including adequacy of transportation circulation and network, transit, pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular safety, and compliance with the County's regulations;
Review multimodal transportation studies, transportation plans, and intersection analyses based on delay-based Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) guidelines and computational procedures;
Coordinates and conducts transportation field observations, analyzes data, and conducts research to develop transportation recommendations for master plans;
Prepare detailed reports, presentations and staff reports on complex transportation projects/initiatives, multimodal policies, among others;
Represent the Department's positions at public hearings before the County Council and the Montgomery County Planning Board;
Coordinate with incorporated cities, county and state transportation agencies, such as the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, the Maryland State Highway Administration, and the Maryland Transit Administration, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority;
Master's degree in planning, architecture, parks, engineering, environmental science, or equivalent disciplines related to job function and three years of progressively responsible professional level planning experience at the journey level; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
