Metro COG has one open position for a Transportation Planner at either the Assistant or Associate Transportation Planner level.
The position will remain open until filled. Resumes are being accepted at this time.
The hiring level of the position will be determined based on the experience and qualifications of the successful applicant.
The Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments (Metro COG) is offering an exciting opportunity to learn and grow professionally in a small public agency that works with several vibrant growing communities in a metropolitan area of over 200,000. Metro COG serves as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area, and in that capacity, works with Cass County, Fargo, Horace and West Fargo, North Dakota and Clay County, Dilworth and Moorhead, Minnesota as well as the North Dakota and Minnesota Departments of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration.
Metro COG’s work, which is largely focused on metropolitan area transportation planning, is a balance of technical planning and stakeholder/public engagement. A successful candidate for the position will provide technical and planning assistance to implement Metro COG’s community planning, transportation planning, and transit work program elements, under the supervision of the Executive Director and other senior staff.
Metro COG’s organizational structure allows for ample growth in presentation skills, document preparation, technical analyses, and public engagement. A successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of project teams made up of both internal staff and external stakeholders.
GENERAL DUTIES
Assistant Planner:
General activities include: public interaction, research for special studies, data collection/retrieval, analyses of technical data, computer analysis, transportation planning efforts, and coordination with Metro COG’s GIS Coordinator. This position may be called upon to assist with compiling the annual Metro Profile and conducting analysis on the performance measures required by the FAST Act, and will be involved in many other aspects of Metro COG’s work program, including:
interaction with the public,
planning and implementing on-line and in-person public engagement events,
preparing special studies,
assisting with and building skills in project management,
collection/retrieval of socio-economic data,
staffing of diverse committee assignments,
assisting with traffic and bike/pedestrian counts,
completion of community development/environmental/transit planning and transportation planning efforts, and
coordination with local city and county staff and stakeholders on matters related to transportation and land use planning
Associate Planner:
General responsibilities include:
project management of consultant-led transportation planning projects such as transportation plans, corridor studies, bicycle and pedestrian plans, and transit plans;
project management and/or contributions to transportation plans and other types of planning efforts carried out internally by Metro COG staff;
planning, organizing and carrying out public engagement activities;
interaction with and responding to local/state/federal officials and the public;
coordinating with internal project teams as a leader or contributor;
conducting research for special transportation and land use studies;
data collection and retrieval and analyses of technical data;
working with GIS to carry out analyses and to prepare maps for planning documents;
preparing written communication in the form of plans, letters, memos and general correspondence with committees, boards, other local/state/federal agencies and the public; and
preparing and making presentations to Metro COG’s Transportation Technical Committee, Policy Board, and various other committees.
Both positions require strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to facilitate planning efforts between multiple jurisdictions in and around the metropolitan area.
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Assistant Transportation Planner
A bachelor’s degree in geography, GIS, urban planning, transportation planning, landscape architecture or a related major is the minimum qualification. A minimum of one (1) year of experience in community development, urban planning, transportation planning, and/or the use of GIS. Metropolitan and/or regional planning experience is preferred.
Associate Transportation Planner
A bachelor’s degree in geography, GIS, urban planning, transportation planning, landscape architecture or a related major plus a minimum of four years of professional experience in transportation planning, transportation engineering, or a combination of land use and transportation planning. Past experience and education should include training and experience in community development, urban planning, or transportation planning; including experience Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (ESRI ArcGIS software and related spatial/data analysis software). Metropolitan and/or regional planning experience is preferred.
For consideration, send a cover letter, resume, general application, and Title VI EEO survey to Ben Griffith, Executive Director, Metro COG, 1 2nd Street N, Suite 232, Fargo, ND 58102, or by email to griffith@fmmetrocog.org.
EEO STATEMENT
It is the continuing policy of FM Metro COG to afford equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their sex, race, creed, disability or national origin, and to conform to applicable laws and regulations. Equal opportunity encompasses all aspects of employment practices to include, but not be limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, layoffs, recall from layoffs, discipline, and agency-sponsored educational, social, recreational programs. Additionally, it is the policy of this agency to provide its members a viable means for communicating and resolving grievances and complaints regarding unlawful discriminatory employment practices. Any employee of the FM Metro COG who fails to comply with this policy is subject to appropriate disciplinary action.
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