(JC-503507) Associate Transportation Planner – PID Support

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Will consider Transportation Planner

Under the direction of the Branch Chief within the District 11 Division of Planning and Local Assistance, the incumbent is an interdisciplinary team member at full journey person level. Incumbent works independently to perform difficult and complex planning work to plan, develop, organize, and direct activities which integrate various social, economic, environmental, transportation, and land use factors to support implementation of a balanced, multimodal State transportation program. The incumbent leads in the development and implementation of Project Initiation Documents (PIDs) and associated workload reporting tools, data management practices and PID Program functions. The incumbent also assists in the development of the State Highway Operation Protection Program (SHOPP) 5-year plan and related activities. Some assignments may be given by the Office Chief (PPM), and may include assisting with other Transportation Planning efforts. This may include but not limited to, regional planning, multimodal system planning, community planning, state planning, freight planning, active transportation, health, climate change, air quality, program project planning, Native American consultation, modeling, geospatial data analysis, and economics.


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Associate Transportation Planner Exam
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g. transfer, permissive reinstatement or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. The exam is located here: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Exams/ExamBulletin.aspx?ExamControlId=3422


Transportation Planner Exam
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g. transfer, permissive reinstatement or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. The exam is located here: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Exams/ExamBulletin.aspx?ExamControlId=2895


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