Maryland State Highway Administration
ANNUALLY $75,475.00 – $117,737.00
The Regional Planner serves primarily as SHA’s liaison to the local governments of a specific region, including municipal, county, and regional jurisdictions, as well as to other governmental agencies, business, civic, and community organizations, elected officials, and the general public. The Regional Planner communicates information to and from these stakeholders about SHA’s projects throughout project prioritization, programming, planning, design, right-of-way acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance. This role serves as the primary SHA point of contact for local governments seeking funding and implementation assistance from SHA for their transportation priorities, programs, and projects.
The Regional Planner supervises an assistant regional planner (ARP), an entry-level employee, who assists in the above day-to-day coordination and liaison activities (in select circumstances, an RP may manage two ARPs or share an ARP with another RP). Additionally, the Regional Planner is responsible for on-the-job training of the ARP, assigning work to the ARP, reviewing the ARP’s work, developing the ARP as a SHA employee ready to advance into more advanced positions, and integrating the ARP into SHA’s workplace culture.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree that includes 30 credit hours in Planning, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Transportation Studies, Architecture, Public Administration, Natural Resources Administration, Engineering, Geography, Landscape Architecture, Economics, Public Finance, Political Science, Sociology, Regional Science, Information Technology or Urban Affairs.
Experience: Three (3) years of experience in research and planning projects related to the development and use of land, water, transportation, community or natural resources by assisting in obtaining, analyzing, and conducting research on demographic, socio-economic, political, cultural, geographic or land-use trends.
Selective Qualification: One and a half (1.5) years of transportation planning experience.
To apply for this job email your details to tcummings@mdot.maryland.gov