Transportation Planner II​/III - Programming and Grants

Come join the Planning Division's Programming Department at VTA and use your knowledge of transportation planning to improve funding and implementation of transportation projects in Santa Clara County!

The Planning Division is responsible for conducting all Congestion Management Program and VTA transportation and transit planning activities. As well as programming, grants management and real estate.

The Planning Division consists of the following areas:

• Planning – Responsible for the planning and conceptual design of all transit projects, forecasting and modeling analysis for capital projects and the CMP, development review, bike and pedestrian planning, and long range planning functions of the CMP.
• Programming and Grants – Responsible for advocating, prioritizing, programming, managing, and ensuring compliance for all federal, state and regional highway/transit/roadway/bicycle/pedestrian grants, as well as the programming of funds for the CMP.
• Real Estate

The Programming and Grants teams play a key role in securing and managing transportation funding across the region. They work to identify funding opportunities, allocate resources effectively, and ensure that all projects follow the rules set by funding agencies. This includes managing funds for VTA congestion management and strategic capital investments. The team collaborates with partner agencies to make sure transportation investments are well-planned, timely, and deliver travel benefits to the community.

• Transportation Planner II: Under supervision, to prepare transportation planning studies and analyses and act as a resource for data used in transportation related studies.
• Transportation Planner III: Under general supervision, to carry out transportation planning projects and coordinate with other professional and support staff and consultants.

• Transportation Planner II: This is the journey level class within the Transportation Planner series. Incumbents within this class are distinguished from Transportation Planner I by the performance of the full range of duties as assigned. Incumbents at this level receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new and unusual situations arise, and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit.
  
  Incumbents at this level may provide training and lead direction over Transportation Planner I and clerical support staff. This class differs from the higher level class of Transportation Planner III in that the latter possesses specialized, technical, or functional expertise within the area of assignment.
• Transportation Planner III: This is the advanced journey level class in the Transportation Planner series. Positions at this level possess a specialized, technical, or functional expertise within the area of assignment and may exercise lead supervision over assigned subordinate staff. Incumbents are typically assigned significant responsibility above the journey level and often exercise independent judgment in the performance of all duties.

This position supports the Grants team and is well suited for candidates with a general understanding of the roles and responsibilities of Congestion Management Agencies. The ideal candidate will bring technical expertise in transportation planning, funding, design, or implementation, along with experience writing and reviewing grant applications. Strong organizational and facilitation skills are essential, including the ability to organize and lead meetings with both internal and external partners.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across multiple VTA departments and with external partners, including local agency staff.

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority employs more than 2,000 people dedicated to providing solutions that move Silicon Valley. Unique among transportation organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area, VTA is Santa Clara County’s authority for transit development and operations (light rail and bus), congestion management,…