Office of Planning- Transport Planning Spec 3- TRP062- PG L- Freight Planner

JOB SUMMARY: Under broad supervision, provides advanced level professional support in transportation planning activities including multimodal short- and long-range transportation plans and geographic planning analyses. May also serve as a lead worker.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops and implements planning strategies to improve freight mobility, freight infrastructure, and related operations throughout Georgia as part of one integrated, multimodal system regardless of funding or ownership (i.e., public, private, or mixed public-private) within the state.
• Assists in clarifying planned multimodal short-, medium- and long-term freight mobility improvements including highways; air; marine; and rail and involving multiple public agencies and private businesses. 
• Assists in facilitating public/private, state/local and state/federal freight transportation investment decisions in planning freight mobility. 
• Establishes stakeholder relationships with GDOT staff that effectively facilitate discussions on planning freight infrastructure and policies from an intra-office and inter-office perspective. 
• Communicate, inform and collect ongoing input from other public sector freight planning stakeholders, and/or participate in freight mobility planning stakeholder outreach performed by other entities, and incorporate those perspectives into GDOT’s freight planning activities. Examples include FHWA and Georgia MPOs.
• Identifies how freight-related programs in the Office of Planning, Intermodal, and Traffic Operations (truck-related initiatives) align with the state strategic planning objectives and work program. 
• Assists in implementing and communicating the planning strategies laid out in the State Freight & Logistics Plan and the Statewide Transportation Plan/State Strategic Transportation Plan.
• Seeks out opportunities to promote synergies and connections of local or regional (i.e., city, county, Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO’s), Regional Commissions and Chambers of Commerce/Development Authorities) planning initiatives with the GDOT statewide freight planning and policy process.
• Assists oversight of freight planning program management, analysis, communication/coordination, budget/finance, and training within the Office of Planning.
• Establishes relationships and serves as an active planning resource and advocate for freight issues in coordination with other governmental organizations and the private sector.
• Leads identification and development of educational planning resources (such as presentations, white papers, fact sheets, website content) on freight issues and the importance of freight for the public and private sectors as well as the general public and state’s economy. 
• Serves as liaison for freight-related research planning and/or planning studies conducted by other public and private entities, including those done in GDOT outside the Office of Planning.

Position Specific Job Responsibilities: Position will work in the Office of Planning in the Freight & Policy section, reporting to the Strategic Branch Chief. Responsible for identification, analysis and monitoring of multimodal (road, rail, air, port and pipeline) freight planning and policy trends and needs, including coordination within the Office of Planning as well as across the Department and external stakeholders for freight-related issues.  Supports integration of freight mobility considerations into GDOT business practices and promotes synergies with other state transportation and economic development policy and plan initiatives. Assists with program management related to freight-focused transportation improvements and lump sum category.  Work requires contact and coordination with public and private sector stakeholders including numerous levels of government and research institutions.               

NOTE: This position requires statewide travel with occasional overnight stay.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The selected candidate must meet the advertised minimum qualifications to include State Entry Qualifications as well as Agency Specific Qualifications

ENTRY QUALIFCATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university AND three (3) years of experience in transportation-related work
• OR Two (2) years of experience required at the lower-level Transport Planning 2 (TRP061) or position equivalent.

AGENCY SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Planning, Urban Planning, Transportation Planning, Public Policy, Public Administration, or a related degree.
• Two years of experience in preparing clear, concise, organized, and accurate written reports, documentation, presentations, and correspondence showing the planning for freight mobility across the state’s intermodal transportation system.
• Two years of experience in gathering and analyzing publicly- and privately sourced supply chain data and other relevant resources; identifying trends and understanding relationships; and presenting and implementing recommendations to management.
• Working knowledge of the logistics industry and how aspects of the industry are integrated into the broader private sector business processes and public sector plans at regional and statewide levels. 
• Strong organizational and decision-making skills
• Expresses ideas and facts to groups or individuals effectively.
• Able to meet task deadlines with limited supervision.
• Committed to providing quality customer service.

AGENCY PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Three years of experience reviewing strategies, transportation plans, reports, and other materials completed by other public sector entities
• Advanced knowledge of and experience with freight management-related studies.
• Working knowledge and applied skillsets of freight-related datasets and database software (MS Access).
• Working level knowledge of state and federal freight mobility planning related requirements, regulations, proposed legislation, and laws.
• Advanced level knowledge of freight mobility, operations and resiliency.
• Advanced level knowledge of the Georgia Statewide Freight & Logistics Plan and Georgia State Rail Plan, other freight-related GDOT plans as well as Federal freight-related plans and initiatives.
• Advanced level knowledge of current and future freight mobility related research through published TRB reports.
• Working knowledge of the freight related multimodal transportation system including projects and initiatives proposed with state, federal, or local funds
• Advanced knowledge of freight mobility related modal studies.
• Working knowledge of private sector and quasi-private entities such as Class I and short line Railroads, American Motor Trucking Association/ATRI, and Georgia Ports Authority.
• Displays excellent oral and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to take complex concepts and data and synthesize into easy-to-understand format to be relayed to the public, private-sector stakeholders, and executive leadership
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others in a team environment.
• Strong understanding of other state and local transportation planning agencies’ missions and identification of freight mobility planning processes that could dovetail into their day-to-day business practices.
• As they affect Georgia, have broad understanding of freight movement trends at local, state, regional, national and international levels.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL GDOT JOBS

The interview is just one part of the overall selection process and is not the only criteria used to make the final selection.  In addition to the interview, the final selection is based on the applicant’s work history and performance (documented in HR and/or Office files), PeopleSoft/employee status (i.e. rehire code), employee performance reviews, personnel file review (HR & Office Files), criminal background check, employment reference checks (including references and commendations from Managers and other relevant documentation) and, for supervisory positions, demonstrated leadership skills based on past and current work history will be considered.          

Good Employment Standing:

In accordance with the Interview and Selection Process (ISP), an applicant must have no active disciplinary actions to be in good employment standing.  Actions that may disqualify an applicant include letters of reprimand (active for 12 months after issuance date); suspension without pay or disciplinary demotion (active for 12 months from the effective date); Performance Improvement Plans (PIP) and Leave Restriction Plans (active until 12 months after the date of conclusion).  In addition, an employee must have an overall ePerformance rating score of three (3) or higher on their most current evaluation.  Please note that Memorandums of Concern are not considered disqualifying factors.  Human Resources may remove any employee from consideration for selection who is pending a disciplinary action; however, if the action is resolved in the employee’s favor, he or she will be allowed to compete. 

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THE SELECTED APPLICANT FOR THE POSITION WILL BE SUBJECT TO A REFERENCE CHECK AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, WHERE APPLICABLE

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UPON PROMOTION, THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL RECEIVE 10% or THE GDOT JOB SPECIFIC MINIMUM SALARY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. 

GDOT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER