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City & County of San Francisco

Transportation Planner IV

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Under general administrative supervision the Transportation Planner IV performs work in urban mass transit and/or transportation planning and manages or supervises a major transit or transportation planning study or project. The essential functions of this job include: analyzing and evaluating transportation related data; preparing and/or supervising the preparation of reports on more complex and difficult planning issues; developing, interpreting, coordinating, carrying out and monitoring urban transit or transportation policy and planning work, including completion of complex written documents and reports; supervising the design and preparation of models, maps, charts and other graphic materials to illustrate plans and/or reports; developing and evaluating proposals for planning and coordinating the implementation of transit route and service changes; preparing plans and projections of future transit, transportation, economic or demographic conditions and trends; investigating and reviewing federal and state legislation and regulations for potential impact on transit/transportation plans and programs; preparing budgets, schedules and contracts for major projects; representing the department in public meetings, governmental/regulatory agency hearings, peer working groups, Board of Supervisors and Commission meetings to explain transit planning and transportation planning policies, procedures, regulations, programs and projects and preparing and reviewing correspondence in response to public, Commission and/or other agency inquires; and performing other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

1.      Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; AND six (6) years of transit planning and/or transportation planning experience; OR

2.      Possession of a Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Planning, Transportation, Transportation Engineering, Public Administration or other closely related field; AND four (4) years of transit planning and/or transportation experience.

Substitution:  

1.      Additional transit planning and/or transportation planning experience beyond the Minimum Qualifications may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for year basis.

2.      Additional post-graduate education as described in item 2 of the Minimum Qualifications may be substituted for required experience on a year-for-year basis (30 semester units/45 quarter units equal one (1) year of experience).

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Some positions may require possession of a valid California Driver’s license.