Transportation Planning Manager - SDOT

About the Department

Salary Range: $89,081.00 - $111,351.50 based on knowledge and experience The Transportation Program Manager supervises, oversees, and participates in the planning, design, review, and construction of transportation infrastructure and engineering improvement projects, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations. We offer great pay, excellent benefits to include medical, dental, and vision plans, life insurance, and employee/spouse/child supplemental life insurance, short-term disability, and tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, deferred compensation plan (457 B), pension plan, flexible spending account, home purchase assistance, employee referral program, and 12 paid holidays!

Acts as planning activities liaison and communicates information with project stakeholders, consultants, contractors, vendors, executive management, governmental regulatory bodies, and the public, for decision-making; attends meetings as necessary.

Represents the City of Savannah at MPO activities.

Continually updates and manages planning and programming projects and program development and activities.

Supports preparation of Requests for Proposals and Statements of Qualifications; may evaluate and score proposals; and provides a recommendation to the City Council for contract awards.

Prepares scope of work documents.

Performs pre-design assessments, programming, and conceptual planning for transportation projects; develops initial project schedules and an overall estimated project cost.

Manages contracts and planning and develops grant applications supporting transportation initiatives and projects.

Review contractor/consultant submittals (reports, schedules, products, costs, etc.) Reviews and approves assigned project-related invoices and applications for payment.

Provides professional/technical assistance and past project information to support other City departments and outside entities, including the MPO.

May perform travel demand modeling, GIS, and multimodal traffic assessments.

Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Acts as planning activities liaison and communicates information with project stakeholders, consultants, contractors, vendors, executive management, governmental regulatory bodies, and the public, for decision-making; attends meetings as necessary.
• Represents the City of Savannah at MPO activities.
• Continually updates and manages planning and programming projects and program development and activities.
• Supports preparation of Requests for Proposals and Statements of Qualifications; may evaluate and score proposals; and provides a recommendation to the City Council for contract awards. Prepares scope of work documents.
• Performs pre-design assessments, programming, and conceptual planning for transportation projects; develops initial project schedules and an overall estimated project cost.
• Manages contracts and planning and develops grant applications supporting transportation initiatives and projects.
• Review contractor/consultant submittals (reports, schedules, products, costs, etc.)
• Reviews and approves assigned project-related invoices and applications for payment.
• Provides professional/technical assistance and past project information to support other City departments and outside entities, including the MPO.
• May perform travel demand modeling, GIS, and multimodal traffic assessments.
• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Bachelor's Degree in Urban Planning, Traffic Civil Engineering, or Public Administration with four years of planning management experience, including personnel and administration experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Certifications: AICP, Georgia Professional Engineer, Professional Traffic Operations Engineer, Project Management Profession Certification, and/or Local Administered Project (LAP) Additional Requirements: Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license with an acceptable driving history.

Knowledge of planning and traffic management design theories and principles.

Knowledge of City budgetary and purchasing procedures.

Knowledge of City personnel policy.

Knowledge of planning theories and principles with multimodal transportation preferred.

Knowledge of the principles and practices of transportation project cost estimation and contract administration.

Knowledge of job-related computer applications.

Knowledge of modern office practices and procedures.

Skill in developing and reviewing concepts, traffic management, engineering plans, and designs for transportation projects.

Skill in developing and administering contracts.

Skill in developing short- and long-range plans.

Skill in establishing priorities and organizing work.

Skill in the training and supervision of personnel.

Skill in the operation of computers and other modern office equipment.

Skill in public and interpersonal relations.

Skill in oral and written communication.

CITY OF SAVANNAH EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Overview of Benefits Paid Holiday Paid Vacation Paid Sick Leave Defined Benefit Retirement Pension Plan Protective Services Retirement Plan (select positions) Deferred Compensation Retirement Plan Retirement Seminars PPO Medical Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Flexible Spending Accounts Wellness Programs Health & Wellness Incentives Long Term Disability Excellence and Service Recognition Employee Development and In-Service Training Educational Assistance Program Uniform Allowance (select positions) Employee Assistance Program Discounts and Memberships Employee Relations Direct Deposit Credit Union Pretax Parking Deductions Employer Assisted Home Purchase Program Domestic Partnership Benefits Healthcare PPO Medical Plus Plan PPO Medical Basic Plan Dental Plus Plan Dental Basic Plan Vision Service Plan Life Insurance Basic Life and ADD Supplemental Life Employee Supplemental Life Spouse Supplemental Life Child Benefits costs are paid by the City of Savannah, by the employee or shared by both the City and the employee.

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