Planner II - Transportation

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $69,908 - $83,886 Annually

Pay Range: $69,908 - $97,864 Annually

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Department:
Transportation

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5367 - Planner II

Salary Grade: 15

• Coordinates, schedules and participates in land planning work and research.
• Prepares amendments to update and implement the County’s zoning code, Comprehensive Plan and other development plans and regulations.
• Maintains and updates department records, files, databases and maps; reviews and analyzes applications for rezoning variances, comprehensive plan amendments and other development plans and prepares staff recommendations on the same based on applicable research, current or past studies and other relevant factors.
• Presents oral and written presentations and staff reports or recommendations to various County, other government, or public agencies, committees, boards, regulatory committees, or citizens groups.
• Performs general zoning administration including research, review, interpretation and revision of codes, ordinances, regulations and policies.
• Reviews complex building and infrastructure permits for compliance with planning and zoning regulations.
• Provides information services to the general public, developers, contractors or government employees and agencies regarding planning or zoning policies, procedures, or processes.
• Represents planning division staff on various local planning committees and boards.
• May supervise, train and evaluate staff, make effective recommendations on hiring, termination and related personnel activities.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in City, Urban or Regional Planning, Geography, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Cartography, Remote Sensing or other degree as identified by the department head at the time of recruitment AND two years of professional planning work experience reviewing or processing subdivision plats, development plans, rezoning applications or in comprehensive urban or regional planning or landscape architecture.

OR:
Six years of professional planning work experience reviewing or processing subdivision plats, development plans, rezoning applications or in comprehensive urban or regional planning or landscape architecture.

OR:
Two years of experience as a Planner I with Pima County.

(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

• Bachelor's and/or master's degree from an accredited college or university in urban planning, civil engineering, transportation engineering, or related field.
• Minimum three (3) years experience in transportation planning and/or travel demand forecasting, or traffic impact analysis, or quantitative and qualitative analysis, including smart mobility and modeling.
• Minimum three (3) years experience reviewing subdivision and/or development plans and roadway engineering drawings in accordance with Pima County Roadway Standards and Specifications.
• Minimum three (3) years experience managing programs or projects including developing project scopes, schedules, and budgets. This may also include transportation funding and roadway impacts fee programs and methods.
• Minimum three (3) years professional experience applying transportation planning software and tools such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems), traffic modeling software (e.g., Synchro, VISSIM), or data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, Python, R).

Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and experience. Candidates meeting the minimum qualifications may be further evaluated/scored against any advertised Preferred Qualifications. The hiring authority will interview and select the successful candidate from a referral list provided by Human Resources.

Additional assessments/testing may be required as part of the selection process.

Licenses and Certificates:
Valid driver license is required at time of application. Valid AZ driver license is required at time of appointment. The successful applicant will be subject to a 39-month DOT Motor Vehicle Record review to determine applicant’s suitability to operate county vehicles in accordance with Pima County administrative procedures. Failure to obtain and maintain the required licenses and certifications shall be grounds for termination.

Any offer of employment resulting from this recruitment is contingent upon Fleet Services’ review and approval of the…