Department: Municipal Transportation Agency
Job Class: Transportation Planner II
Role Type: Temporary Exempt
Hours: Full-time
About:
- Application Opening: May 2, 2022
- Application Filing Deadline: May 17, 2022
- The Job Announcement has been reopened to accept additional applications. Applicants who have already submitted their application do not need to reapply.
- Annual Compensation: $92,170 - $112,034
APPOINTMENT TYPE: Temporary Exempt - This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer. The duration of the appointment shall not exceed 36 months.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA or “the agency”) connects San Franciscans with their communities to enhance the economy, environment and, ultimately, the quality of life in the city. As an agency within the City and County of San Francisco, the SFMTA is responsible for managing the city’s transportation network. The agency has more than 6,000 employees who are responsible for the management of all ground and some underground transportation in the city. The SFMTA has oversight over public transit, as well as bicycling, paratransit, parking and curb management, street operations, walking, and taxis.
- Division: Transit Division
- Section/Unit: Transit Priority Team
- Work Location: 1 South Van Ness, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103
- Work Schedule: Monday- Friday, 8:00AM- 5:00PM
Role Description
The Transit Priority Team is a dynamic, deadline driven and innovative team leading delivery of Muni Forward projects that improve travel time and reliability for San Francisco’s public transportation system. Muni Forward is a nation-leading program that is making service more efficient, reliable, safe and comfortable for over 700,000 daily customers. In conjunction with other San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) programs, Muni Forward is the ongoing blueprint for making Muni a great transportation choice and represents an exciting long-term enhancement to San Francisco’s transportation networks.
Under general supervision of the Transit Priority Team Lead, the 5288 Transportation Planner II performs planning work including data collection, outreach support, mapping, writing reports, coordinating with other groups, and other general transit planning tasks. This position will play a key role in Muni Forward implementation by informing designs through data collection, supporting project managers, and helping to communicate project benefits to stakeholders.
Essential Duties:
- Supports the development and outreach of Muni Forward transit priority projects.
- Prepares materials for public and stakeholder meetings and assists in presentations to various community and policy making groups.
- Prepares correspondence in response to public or other agency inquiries.
- Analyzes and summarizes project before/after results for non-technical audiences.
- Collects, compiles and reviews data concerning transportation activities, such as passenger surveys on Muni buses and trains to develop recommendations or interpret results obtained from project implementation.
- Designs, prepares, and/or directs the preparation of visual materials including graphs, charts, maps and models to illustrate presentations of transportation projects.
- Coordinates back-end process to advance Muni Forward projects (i.e. SFMTA Board reports, progress reports etc.)
- Evaluates transit data and information such as on-time performance, ridership, schedules, and maintenance performance information.
- Analyzes and presents geospatial data to support transit initiatives.
- Develops and prepares signage and customer information in support of transit priority projects.
- Performs other duties as required.
How to Qualify
Minimum Qualifications:
Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.
- Possession of a Master's Degree from an accredited college or university in Planning, Transportation, Transportation Engineering, Public Administration or other closely related field; OR
- Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university preferably in transportation, mass transit planning or other closely related field; AND two (2) years of transit planning and/or transportation planning experience.
Substitution:
- Additional transit planning and/or transportation planning experience beyond the Minimum Qualifications may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for year basis.
- Additional post-graduate education as described in item 1 of the Minimum Qualifications may be substituted for required experience on a year-for-year basis (30 semester units/45 quarter units equal one (1) year of experience).
Notes:
- One year full-time experience is equivalent to 2000 hours. (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week.). Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time experience.