The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI), through its employees, enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective, high-quality, safe, and equitable public infrastructure and services.
For more information, please visit the DOTI website.
DOTI’s Commitment to Equity:
- DOTI is committed to providing attention and resources to the areas, assets and people of the city with the greatest need through equitable contracting, equitable investments, and equitable workforce development.
- DOTI’s culture revolves around four key principles: (1) Invest in Our People, (2) Operate with Discipline, (3) Use Data to Drive Decisions, and (4) Deliver Results.
Transportation and Mobility Planning is responsible for planning, designing, and operating the transportation and mobility infrastructure for the City and County of Denver (CCD). The division is responsible for programming changes to the city's multimodal transportation system. It also reviews, evaluates, implements, and maintains transportation system improvements. The staff in the Planning Division are leaders in urban transportation, and work to implement the Mayor’s Mobility Action Plan.
Transportation and Mobility Planning team is seeking a qualified Associate City Planner with expertise in multimodal transportation; transit, pedestrian, and bicycle planning. This position is responsible for advancing the implementation of the Transit program and other multimodal priorities within the Transportation and Mobility Planning Division of DOTI.
As an Associate City Planner for the Transit program, duties would include, but are not limited to, the following:
The duties of the Associate City Planner include:
- Administer the Employee Transportation Program for the City and County of Denver’s approximately 13,000 employees, developing, delivering, and incentivizing programs for using alternative transportation and reducing drive-alone rates.
- Assist with long-range and project-specific planning projects and multi-agency/multi-jurisdictional planning efforts by recommending changes and/or modifying plans and projects to ensure consistency with Denver Moves
- Conduct studies and research on transit utilization, service, operations, treatments, assets and commuter benefits
- Support planning and design of capital projects and services such as shared bikes and scooters and neighborhood-scale transit
- Prepare variety of visual materials including advanced graphics, maps, and charts to synthesize and communicate technical and complex information to a variety of internal and external audiences
- Participate in stakeholder engagement, planning committee meetings, with neighborhood groups, City Council, and other impacted communities on transit and multimodal issues
About You
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Ability to thrive in a team-based culture, with experience supporting interdisciplinary teams
- Commitment to integrating equity into planning and design
- Proficient in Geographic Information Systems, Microsoft Office and Adobe Suite programs
- Data analysis skills and written and oral communication skills
- Event planning and management skills
We realize your time is valuable so please do not apply unless you have at least the following minimum qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in City or Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation, Engineering, or a related field
- Experience: Three (3) years of professional planning experience
- License/Certifications: Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application. Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment
- Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education. Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements
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Position Type
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$62,488.00 - $103,105.00
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