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We offer a wide range of meaningful career opportunities with potential for growth, training and development, competitive salaries, flexible work schedules, paid time off, and robust benefits. The Redwood City team is guided by core values of excellence, integrity, service, collaboration, inclusion, and innovation. Inherent in these values is a great organizational culture based on trust, strong and supportive leadership, respect, risk-taking, empowerment, and effective communication. The community is known for its inclusivity, strong engaged neighborhoods, and civic pride. The City works diligently to maintain positive and productive relationships with community partners, together providing outstanding services, programs and opportunities for residents and businesses. This mix of tradition and progress, community and diversity, makes Redwood City an extraordinary place to work and call home. If you’re looking to grow your career or make valuable contributions as a part of the Department of Engineering and Transportation that fosters innovation, creativity and collaboration, we hope you’ll apply.
ABOUT THE POSITION
The City of Redwood City’s Engineering and Transportation Department invites you to apply for the position of Part-Time Contract Senior Transportation Planner. The current opening is a contract position for a two-year term with a focus on managing multi-use trail projects including planning, feasibility studies, environmental coordination, and engineering design. The position requires working with regulatory agencies on environmental clearance process.
Examples of projects may include but are not limited to the following: Seaport Boulevard Path, and Bay Trail Gaps in Redwood City.
Ideal Candidate
Will embrace the City’s emphasis on excellent customer service; will be able to manage planning, design, environmental and technical studies of trail and multi-use path projects in Redwood City. The ideal candidate will be able to manage multiple tasks with conflicting demands on time and attention; will see the big picture while remaining detail-oriented; and will demonstrate analytical ability and be able to synthesize and summarize information in a way that is easily understood.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities are qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Education
A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in transportation planning, environmental planning, urban planning, transportation engineering, or a closely related field; OR
A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in another field of study combined with training and experience in transportation planning and engineering that provides equivalent background required to perform the work.
A Master’s degree in planning, engineering or a related field is highly desirable.
Experience
Five years of progressively responsible experience in transportation planning and engineering, multi-use trail projects, and environmental studies.
Minimum of two years of project management experience.
Licenses & Certificates
- Required: Must possess a valid California driver license and satisfactory driving record.
- Desirable: Certification as a Professional Engineer (PE), OR certification from the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).
Knowledge of:
- Best practices and emerging trends in transportation planning, trail design, environmental requirements, and standards.
- Principles of community outreach and engagement and techniques for effectively dealing with the public and staff.
- Research methods applicable to assigned work.
- Multimodal transportation facility and network design and operation.
- Principles and practices of project management.
Ability to:
- Research complex planning issues; comprehend technical reports; prepare concise staff reports.
- Interpret, apply, and explain applicable laws, guidelines and regulatory codes, including city ordinances, the state codes and standards, and transportation engineering manuals.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public, other City personnel, and outside agencies.
- Understand and interpret engineering plans and specifications.
- Understand relationships between budget and resources.
Benefits
Please see flyer for more details on benefits.
Special Instructions
A City application and supplemental questionnaire are required. Applications must be filled out completely. Failure to complete the application and supplemental questions will disqualify the applicant from the recruitment process. Failure to list work experience, education or training or stating “See Resume” in the work experience section of the application will be considered an incomplete application and subject to disqualification. Resumes may be attached separately, but resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a City application.
Prior to appointment, candidates will be required to pass a background check (at no cost to the candidate) including the following:
- Criminal History Check
- DMV Check
- DOJ Fingerprint Check
- Professional References