Assistant Division Chief, Regional & Intermodal Planning Division , Maryland State Highway Administration

The State Highway Administration’s (SHA) Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering (Baltimore City) is currently recruiting for an Assistant Division Chief (Administrator VI) position. This position is open to anyone who meets the minimum and selective qualifications listed below. The resulting list of eligible candidates will be used to fill this SHA position or function only. You will need to reapply for any future recruitment conducted for this job classification.

Nature of Work: This position serves two primary responsibilities. The first is to manage permanent professional staff (and, when necessary, temporary, consultant, and/or intern staff) responsible for Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) SHA’s long-range transportation planning activities for Maryland’s counties, municipalities, and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). This involves developing, interpreting, and communicating transportation policies and positions regarding MDOT SHA’s capital program and specific projects to local elected officials, county and municipal planning officials and staff, and county and municipal public works staff. It also involves coordinating capital program development and recommending potential projects and/or phases of projects to add (or remove) from MDOT SHA’s capital program. In addition, this position is responsible for briefing MDOT SHA management about potential and current projects and local priorities ahead of and during the annual consultation meeting “Tour” and during the General Assembly session. This position also may oversee feasibility study development; lead interdisciplinary teams of MDOT SHA and partner agencies staff to fulfill MDOT and MDOT SHA planning objectives; supervise program coordination activities with MPOs and other government agencies; coordinate Interstate highway access modification with the Federal Highway Administration; and supervise the identification of highway needs with local governments.

Second, this position manages various statewide planning activities, which may include but are not limited to Access Management Program development, Bicycle/Pedestrian Priority Area plan development, Federal-Aid Highway Program functional classification coordination, Highway Needs Inventory (HNI) development, Managed Lane Program coordination, Park-and-Ride Program development, and road transfer candidate segment identification. The HNI, required by State law, serves as MDOT SHA’s long-range planning document, and the functional classification factors into the distribution of state aid in lieu of federal aid to local jurisdictions. Lastly, this position reviews and analyzes proposed state and federal legislation affecting MDOT SHA with respect to policy, operations, and/or budget.