Community Planner Pathways Recent Graduate

As a Community Planner Pathways Recent Graduate, you will:

• Review transportation plans, environmental and project development technical reports, impact analyses, and other documents.
• Participate with other Federal agencies and State Departments of Transportation and recommend changes to project plans and designs to eliminate conflicting factors relative to highway issues (with the goal of advancing Federal Aid and Federal Lands programs and projects).
• Coordinate programs and projects with other Federal, State, and local agencies, public officials, historic preservation offices, local developmental authorities, and other affected non-Federal organizations.
• Participate on interdisciplinary team reviews or activities, work groups, and task forces to address project or program issues or to ensure implementation for the transportation planning and project development processes.
• Demonstrate and promote new planning processes, procedures, techniques, and technology to the State, local agencies, and other groups.
• Participate in public involvement programs. Attend public hearings, agency meetings, and technical discussions to obtain information and data that have an impact on highway programs and projects. Prepare and present technical findings and project information.

The ideal candidate for this position is a beginning level community planner who has a desire to learn the technical, administrative, and program management aspects of administering Federal-aid Highway and Federal Lands Highway programs.

Additionally, the ideal candidate should have between 0 to 5 years of experience; be mobile and willing to travel to remote locations for extended periods of time; and be able to work independently and in a team environment.