Planner

Job Title

Joining a team of motivated professionals at the 5th largest Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) in the country.

Assist in updating TIP, 10-Year Plan and RTP project listings.

Coordinate with project sponsors including local government agencies, TxDOT Districts, Transit agencies, ports, and project tracking team to process TIP amendment requests.

Assist with system performance target setting, tracking, and reporting and annual reports

Maintain and update a running list and maps of programmed projects by geographic areas.

Assist with organizing committee meetings and preparing materials.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Key Qualifications

Experience in urban or regional planning, public administration, data analysis, and database administration.

Thorough knowledge of transportation and land use planning, policies, regulations, and best management practices, and the ability to solve planning-related problems

Strong analytical and critical reasoning skills

Proficiency with collecting, sorting and compiling data for analysis

Working knowledge of ArcGIS program

Working expertise with MS Excel and understand how to efficiently manipulate tables, charts, graphs, pivot tables, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH, INDEX, and CHOOSE functions

Ability to coordinate and communicate with other team members and external partners

Bachelor's degree in an applicable academic discipline or related field of study

3 years of experience working with local government, nonprofit programs, school, or in job-related duties