The City of Syracuse is hiring a new Transportation Planner.  Please feel free to spread the word through your personal and professional networks.

The Transportation Planner will be responsible for the City’s transportation planning and performs a wide range of work duties, including, but not limited to, planning research, composing plans and documents, and developing and implementing public participation initiatives for programs.

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES

• Prepares, implements, and revises the City’s long-range transportation plans, including but not limited to, the City adopted Bicycle Master Plan; 
• Actively participates and develops programs and projects for the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council (SMTC), the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), including updates to the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), and the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP);
• Collects and analyzes data from a variety of sources; and engages in planning at multiple scales, including but not limited to, the site, corridor, neighborhood, and city-wide scales, over a range of timeframes including short, medium and long range plans and/or recommendations;
• Designs and performs studies involving data collection and design and/or participates in studies involving analysis of physical, economic, environmental, fiscal and demographic factors relating to transportation planning;
• Performs related work as required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Geography, Public Administration, Environmental Studies, Transportation and Transit Planning and Analysis, or Urban Planning or a field closely related to Urban Planning; and
• Minimum three years (five years preferred) of relevant professional level work experience, or its part-time equivalent in planning, development, or redevelopment in a public sector agency or its equivalent in the private sector. 

This position offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

CITY RESIDENCY IS REQUIRED

The City of Syracuse may conduct a criminal background check with regard to the employment sought.

For consideration, email resumes no later than December 9, 2016 to Andrew Maxwell at amaxwell@PROTECTED

Postings may be found here:

http://jobs.syracuse.com/jobs/transportation-planner-syracuse-new-york-91939534-d?contextType=browse

or here:

http://www.indeed.com/cmp/City-of-Syracuse/jobs/Transportation-Planner-bf152e884a11784f?q=Transportation

Andrew M. Maxwell, MPA

Director of Policy & Innovation

Office of the Mayor / Office of Innovation

City of Syracuse

233 E. Washington Street

Syracuse, NY 13202

P: 315.448.8005

C: 315.399.2235

amaxwell@PROTECTED