• Preparation and review of capital project feasibility studies, project scopes, cost estimates and schematic functional layouts to advance transportation improvement projects to the first 30% of completion. This includes intersection, roadway, and multimodal projects such as pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and parking facilities.
• Management and review of consultant transportation studies and designs, which provide essential information for project decision-makers.
• Coordination of project-specific plans and studies as well as special transportation program activities within the DOT and other County departments, state, and federal agencies, consultants, elected officials, and citizens with the ability to resolve project issues.
• Preparation, oversight, and monitoring of program and project schedules, and managing consultant contracts from scoping to completion.
• Preparation and presentation of technical reports, correspondence, board items, status reports, meeting summaries, and other written materials as needed to describe the results of technical evaluations, analyses, and reviews performed.
• Project management requiring a high degree of competence in both technical and administrative aspects.
• Performing traffic safety analyses, reviewing, and analyzing accident data.
• Conducting site visits, including field and local community meetings to discuss and further projects in alignment with applicable standards.
• Off-site meetings and site visits may require the operation of a personal and/or county vehicle.
• Supporting other agency divisions as needed to advance the mission of FCDOT.
  
  The position may be underfilled as a Transportation Planner II (Grade S25); the underfill requirements are stated below in the Employment Standards section.

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
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Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field; plus four years of professional experience in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field.

UNDERFILL REQUIREMENTS:
This position may be underfilled as a Transportation Planner II (Grade S25; $69,324.74 - $115,540.88).

The employment standards for the Transportation Planner II are:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
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Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field; plus two years of professional experience in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field.

Underfill candidates must be able to meet the minimum qualifications of the Transportation Planner III within two years of the job announcement's closing date by 5/03/2026.

Applicants hired at the Transportation Planner II level will be non-competitively promoted to the Transportation Planner III level upon successful completion of an underfill agreement.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
A valid motor vehicle driver's license.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee is required to complete a credit check and a driving record check to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education and experience in two or more of the following areas: transportation planning for roadway and multimodal projects, traffic engineering, and/or transportation design.
• Strong project management skills, ability to organize and coordinate multiple projects and assignments and establish priorities.
• Experience with local and state governments, boards, commissions, authorities and transportation agencies.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with government officials and the general public.
• Ability to analyze transportation and policy issues at the state or federal level.
• Ability to identify work-flow issues and develop solutions.
• Strong analytical, verbal and writing skills.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license a plus.