Capital Projects Team Leader (Transportation Planner IV)

• Performing technical work requiring a high degree of competence in both technical and administrative aspects
• Managing a professional team and completing assignments related to multimodal transportation facilities, including intersection, roadway, pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and parking facilities:

• Identifying need, location, scope, and cost
• Developing and reviewing project engineering design plans, feasibility studies, and environmental documents
• Preparing or managing project planning studies
• Preparing or managing scopes of work for routine and complex county and VDOT transportation engineering design projects and programs
• Reviewing traffic studies submitted to the county on highway and other facility designs
• Managing and reviewing engineering consultant plans and studies
• Developing, overseeing, and monitoring program and project schedules; scheduling, modifying and organizing staff and other team resources to meet project deadlines; prioritizing, and delegating projects, studies, and tasks
• Assisting staff with contract management, including consultant selection, contract evaluation and negotiation, and contract approval
• Coaching employees through the performance evaluation process and helping establish development plans for employees
• Preparing and communicating technical reports, status reports, meeting summaries, letters, official items for Board of Supervisors' consideration, and other documents, as required
• Preparing presentations for and serving as a subject matter expert at project-related public meetings, briefings for senior leadership and/or elected officials, and other audiences, as required to meet specific audience needs
• Attending other project-related meetings, both in-person and virtual, including occasional evenings and weekends

• 5+ years of experience in transportation planning, civil engineering, and/or transportation design for multimodal transportation projects.
• Knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and experience interpreting and applying ADA requirements for active transportation facility design requirements.
• Experience preparing or reviewing capital project design plans and transportation studies.
• Experience performing or reviewing transportation and traffic analyses.
• Knowledge of and experience with budgeting, financial management, procurement, contract management, and reporting.
• Strong project management skills, ability to organize and coordinate multiple projects and assignments and establish priorities.
• Experience in data management and GIS information and analysis.
• Strong analytical skills, excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Possess any of the following licenses/certifications, such as: Member of the American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP); Professional Engineers License (P.E.);Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE); Project Management Professional (PMP);VDOT Locally Administered Projects (LAP) Certification
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with government officials, the development community, colleagues, and the general public.
• Experience preparing and making presentations to elected officials and the public.
• Experience in supervising professional transportation planners, engineers, and technicians.

Fairfax County