Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Waukesha, IL
Contact person: Ashley McGree
Phone: 608-267-8932
Email: Ashley.McGree@dot.wi.gov
Website: http://wisc.jobs/public/job_view.asp?annoid=86516&jobid=86030&org=395&class=2490...s
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The Department of Transportation is currently recruiting for Urban and Regional Planners. The register established from this recruitment will be used to fill a current vacancy in the Division of Transportation System Development (DTSD)'s Southeast Region (Waukesha), as well as future vacancies for the next six to twelve months in Green Bay (Brown County), Madison (Dane County), Superior (Douglas County), Eau Claire (Eau Claire County), La Crosse (La Crosse County), Milwaukee (Milwaukee County), Rhinelander (Oneida County), Spooner (Washburn County) Waukesha (Waukesha County), and Wisconsin Rapids (Wood County).
WisDOT is a great place to work! We offer amazing benefits such as a casual office atmosphere, ample vacation time, excellent health benefits, and an exceptional employee assistance program that offers a variety of programs and tools to help promote an employee’s wellness and health. Job Duties: The Urban and Regional Planner positions perform statewide or regional transportation planning, research and analysis.
The positions develop, promote and administer federal, state and local plans and policies affecting land use, travel corridors, transit demands, multi-modal system planning, environmental justice, or other transportation programs. Positions analyze problems, issues, or proposals and develop alternatives, options, or plans based on the results of the analysis.
Duties require applying that knowledge of transportation planning principles into consideration factors such social, economic, environmental and financial in developing recommendations for courses of action.
Urban & Regional Planner - Corridor Studies Planner (Waukesha)
This position functions within the Systems Planning Group of a large transportation region performing a variety of duties on transportation improvement projects in both the planning and design phases as part of the region's corridor studies team. The Southeast Region corridor studies team develops long-range corridor preservation, bypass and expansion studies.
Urban & Regional Planner - Assistant Bike & Pedestrian Planner (Waukesha)
This position assists the Region’s Urban and Region Planner Advanced Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator in the evaluation of project plans for state and local highway improvement projects related to bike, pedestrian, and transit elements. The position also assists in project problem solving, data gathering, and communication preparation on topics/issues related to bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
Special Notes:
Prior to any appointments for position(s) filled from this announcement, candidates may be subject to a comprehensive criminal background check which may include FBI fingerprinting. WisDOT does not sponsor work visas. Any appointment made will be contingent on the applicant being able to prove valid status to work in the United States.
Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of transportation planning principles, practices and theory
- Knowledge of land use/zoning regulations, specifically as they relate to transportation planning
- Working knowledge of transportation planning tools and methods, particularly
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or related applications, applied statistics, development and application of spreadsheet and database models, and transportation modeling
- Ability to design and conduct quantitative and qualitative studies, perform complex statistical research, and analyze results
- Ability to interpret and use data from multiple databases
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
- Ability to coordinate and review the work of other planners and technical personnel
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Knowledge of how socioeconomic issues impact highway facilities.