Associate Climate Change Planner

Associate Climate Change Planner Under the supervision of the Senior Transportation Planner, the Associate Transportation Planner will work on a team and often act as a team lead, supporting the Senior Climate Change Planner as one of the points of contact for the Climate Change Program for the District. The incumbent will assist District 7 in implementing new climate change programs established as a result of the Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and any additional programs established by the State Legislature on climate change adaptation. The IIJA programs include, but are not limited to, the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost‑saving Transportation (PROTECT) Program and the Carbon Reduction Program. The incumbent will support District efforts to identify climate change concepts for project development, assist in the development, coordination, and implementation of climate change policy into transportation decision‑making, coordinate climate change activities across all appropriate functional units, provide technical assistance in identifying and supporting research and analysis of climate change and adaptation, identify and provide outreach, education, and training on climate change, and assist in the preparation of various planning studies and documents to coordinate District 7 Planning needs and identify adaptation measures for capital project delivery. #J-18808-Ljbffr Our Design Discipline