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City of Tigard Principal Transportation Planner in Tigard, Oregon
Principal Transportation Planner
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Principal Transportation Planner
Salary
$92,283.46 - $120,661.07 Annually
Location
Tigard 97223, OR
Job Type
Full-time
Job Number
2024
Department
Community Development
Opening Date
03/07/2024
Closing Date
Continuous
Description
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Overview
At the City of Tigard, our talented, industrious, and innovative municipal government professionals have been providing essential services and recreational spaces to Tigard’s growing community for over 60 years. City of Tigard team members enjoy meaningful work, a diverse and inclusive culture of belonging, job-specific flexibilities and opportunities for growth and advancement. Incorporated in 1961, Tigard is Oregon’s 12th largest city and is part of the Portland metropolitan area.
OUR VALUES
Team Tigard are ambassadors of municipal services to the community. We aspire to treat all people with dignity, respect, and care; to demonstrate the equitable and sustainable practices that are environmentally and fiscally sound, and to engage with each other as trusted colleagues to achieve excellence in all we do. We do the right things, and we get things done.
Strategic Plan Vision
Tigard: an equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone.
Our Strategic Priorities
Set the standard for excellence in public service and customer experience.
Create a well-connected, attractive and accessible pedestrian network.
Ensure development and growth supports the vision.
Examples of Duties
Plans, manages, and oversees all transportation planning functions for the city, including updates to the Transportation System Plan, implementation of a Complete Streets Policy and prioritization of the capital improvements that seek to balance Tigard’s transportation network. Supervises the daily functions, operations and activities of the transportation planning division in close coordination with Engineering staff. Program includes coordination and collaboration with current and long-range planning, code compliance, economic development and sustainability work areas. Emphasis on implementing the City of Tigard’s strategic vision, which centers equity, access, public health and multi-modal transportation. Identifies grant and partnership opportunities to redress transportation inequities and demonstrate new models for active transportation adoption and innovation. Serves as lead staff to a Transportation Strategy Team that includes the Mayor, Council President and department heads, and the Tigard Transportation Community Advisory Committee. Liaison responsibilities to Metro, TriMet, Washington County and ODOT. Makes recommendations on grant pursuits, code updates and redevelopment area plans. Supervises the coordinator who runs the City of Tigard/Tigard-Tualatin School District Safe Routes to School program.
Participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for the transportation planning program; assists in recommending appropriate service and staffing levels; administers policies and procedures.
Participates in developing and implementing policies, procedures, methods, and performance standards to assure a high level of technical accuracy, cost-effectiveness, and community acceptability for the work products of the transportation planning program; participates in developing and implementing efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of planning services, projects, and activities.
Manages, directs, and participates in highly complex planning activities related to transportation including city’s Comprehensive Plan and/or Community Development Code; designs and conducts studies to develop policies, plans, and codes. Coordinates with Public Works Engineering on project development and design.
Coordinates development and implementation of the city's street and transportation systems, Comprehensive Plan, and Development Code with City of Tigard partners, including intergovernmental, regional, local, state, and federal agencies and large regional partners (e.g. Metro, Tri-Met, etc.). Assures effective city plans to meet current and long-range needs.
Why YOU belong with Team Tigard!
YOU are Collaborative!
You share time and knowledge with others; adjust priorities as circumstances dictate; follow through on commitments, accept responsibility for actions, resolve interpersonal conflicts constructively.
YOU embrace Diversity!
You demonstrate an awareness and respect of cultural and individual values. You treat all people with dignity, courtesy, and respec t.
YOU are a good Steward!
You demonstrate fiscal accountability aimed at sustainability. You actively contribute to the productivity of your organization; you demonstrate good stewardship of time and resources; you maintain high ethical standards.
YOU Care!
You anticipate the needs of internal and external customers; you deliver quality work products and services within expected timeframes. You consider and respond constructively to people in various situations.
YOU are Innovative!
You consider new approaches to situations; you are curious and solution oriented; you encourage ideas and improvements .
YOU foster Sustainability!
You actively encourage environmental benefits and the conservation of natural resources.
YOU work Safely:
You adhere to safety related laws, regulations, standards, and practices; you perform work in a safe manner; you encourage and support others to be safe while at work.
The City of Tigard is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination of training and experience, which would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in transportation planning, urban planning, engineering, environmental design, public administration, or a related field, and;
A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible professional transportation planning, urban planning, public transportation, or engineering experience for project administration in public agency professional planning or related experience and including at least one (1) year of lead or supervisory experience.
A Master’s Degree in transportation planning, urban planning, engineering, or a related field is preferred and may substitute for one year of experience.
Licenses and Certifications:
Possession of a valid driver’s license with a satisfactory driving record.
Supplemental Information
Union Representation: This position is not represented by a union.
Schedule: 40 hours per week. Work schedule includes a combination of office and off-site meetings (some evenings) There is an opportunity for remote work up to 50% of the time.
How to apply: Please apply online. We do not accept applications via email. Applications must be received by Human Resources by the closing time/date. This position is open until filled. Please apply by Sunday, April 1, 2024 or first application review.
Compensation: The annual range for this exempt position is $92,283.46-$120,661.07 The starting pay assignment, based on an analysis of the successful candidate’s related experience and education in accordance with the city’s pay equity policy and the Oregon Equal Pay Act, would be no higher than $108,594.96 annually.
IMPORTANT (Please read): In lieu of resumes and cover letters, the City of Tigard evaluates each applicant's work history and responses to supplemental questions. Please complete the application and answer the supplemental questions thoroughly to ensure our subject matter experts can appropriately evaluate your experience.
ATTENTION VETERANS: To receive veteran's preference, please upload your DD214/Separation documentation.
Working Conditions:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Management is receptive to receiving requests from employees for accommodations related to disability, will engage in the interactive process with employees who make such requests and, where accommodation is needed and reasonable, is committed to providing accommodation, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the business.
Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to inspect various construction sites, including traversing uneven terrain; to operate a motor vehicle and to visit various City and meeting sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen, and make inspections; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups, and over the telephone. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator, and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
Environmental Elements: Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels and controlled temperature conditions, but are occasionally exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, inclement weather conditions, road hazards, vibration, mechanical and/or electrical hazards, and hazardous physical substances and fumes. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives, in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures. May be required to work outside of normal work hours such as evenings, early mornings, and/or weekends.
In addition to being a great place to work (https://www.tigard-or.gov/your-government/departments/human-resources/jobs) , the City of Tigard offers competitive employee benefits for full-time and part-time employees working 20 or more hours per week:
Choice of health and dental plans
PERS only for Police Department
Generous retirement plan (non-PERS)
City-paid HRA-VEBA
Paid time off (PTO) program plus paid sick leave
10 paid holidays
Life and disability insurance
Universal transit pass through TriMet
This job classification is not represented by a union
Click here (https://www.tigard-or.gov/your-government/departments/human-resources/benefits) for more detailed benefits information.
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Which of the following best describes your highest level of education?
High School Diploma or Equivalent
Associate's Degree
Associate's Degree and additional coursework
Bachelor's Degree
Bachelor's Degree and additional coursework
Master's Degree or higher
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Please describe how your work experiences in transportation planning (or a related field) have helped make the transportation system more equitable and carbon-responsible.
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City of Tigard
Address
13125 SW Hall Blvd Tigard, Oregon, 97223
Website
http://www.tigard-or.gov
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