Job Description

CCI has a Client who is seeking to fill a managerial position responsible for development of Client’s service vision and strategies to meet agency goals and the needs of a growing community.  Facilitates development and approval of financially-constrained six-year transit service and capital plans, annual service improvement plans, service and fare policies.  Coordinates with land use and transportation planning of cities, counties, state and metropolitan planning organizations.  Manages planning studies and formulation of policies for adoption by Executive Team or Board of Directors; provides expertise and recommendations to leadership on technically and politically complex issues or policies.  

 This position has oversight of the following areas: development of transit markets, design and implementation of new services, route restructures and enhancement of existing service; development of service and fare policy; regional planning coordination; translation of leadership directives into complex decision support models including a cost allocation model, revenue/expense model, ridership forecasting model, and capital needs model.  This position requires strategic thinking, exceptional communication and relationship building skills, and the ability to integrate diverse needs and priorities into cohesive and achievable plans.  

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR: KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS    

QUALIFICATION TO ENTER THIS POSITION REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWING:  

• Principles and practices of transportation service and system planning and their relationship to land use planning.  

• Federal, state and local legislation and regulations governing land use, environmental impact, and transit operations.  

• Principles and practices of supervision and management.  Effective leadership including setting priorities, resolving conflicts and making decisions.  

• Market research, demographics and survey methodologies.  

• Financial and statistical analysis techniques.  

• Public policy planning processes.

  QUALIFICATION TO ENTER THIS POSITION REQUIRES SKILL IN:  

• Organizing, presenting, facilitating and negotiating with diverse stakeholders and user groups.  

• Personal leadership, including team cohesion, effective meetings, interactive listening, resolving conflicts, and making decisions.  

• Expressing ideas and information easily and clearly in verbal and written form to enhance understanding and affect desired outcomes.  

• Creating a vision and motivating others to achieve excellence in performance.  

• Managing project flow and staff resources in a dynamic and fast-paced public agency setting.  

• Identifying and defining problems and solutions.  

• Making assessments and financial recommendations based on numerical data.  

• Developing systems and plans based on research and analysis.   

• Establishing and maintaining productive and positive working relationships.  

• Organizing, presenting, facilitating and negotiating with diverse stakeholders and user groups.  

• Achieving results using a flexible, open approach to problem solving while remaining sensitive to individual and community issues.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS  

Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing, repetitive motions, carrying.    

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and /or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are requires only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. 

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS  

• Bachelor’s degree Public Administration, Transportation Planning or related field.   
• Seven years of progressively responsible experience in transit, public works, transportation or land use planning.   
• Five years of professional level experience applying planning principles.  
• Three years of experience of progressively responsible experience in supervision.

PREFERRED  

• A Master’s degree is highly desirable.  
• Transit and/or transportation planning experience are highly desirable.

Additional Information

For immediate consideration, please send your resume to hire(at)cci-worldwide.com with "System Planning Manager(Transit Market Design)(Job ID:2019-052)"WA as the subject line.