Transportation Supervising Planner (40 Hour)

Travel Demand & Air Quality Modeling

Recruitment # 240611-8884FE-001

Location Newington, CT

Date Opened 6/13/2024 12:00:00 AM

Salary $101,281 - $141,782/ year* *(Salary effective 6/28/2024)

Job Type Open to the Public

Close Date 7/5/2024 11:59:00 PM

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• Introduction

  The State of Connecticut (https://portal.ct.gov/) Department of Transportation (DOT) is recruiting for a Transportation Supervising Planner (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/specs/classspecdisplay.asp?ClassNumber=8884FE&R1=&R3=) in the Bureau of Policy and Planning Travel Demand and Air Quality Modeling Unit in Newington, Connecticut. The Travel Demand and Air Quality Modeling Unit develops and maintains the statewide travel demand model, prepares demographic and socio-economic forecasts, and conducts project and regional level transportation air quality conformity for transportation projects across our state.

  What We Can Offer You:

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• A healthy work-life balance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6n9M1Qd5fo) to all employees

• Professional growth and development opportunities

• The opportunity to work for a Forbes top company - ‘Forbes’: State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 (https://portal.ct.gov/DAS/Press-Room/Press-Releases/2023/Forbes-State-of-CT-Ranked) - State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule

  Position Details:

• This position is full-time, 40 hours per week

• Monday - Friday

• P-4 (Engineering and Scientific) bargaining unit

• Reports to a Transportation Assistant Planning Director or employee of a higher level

• This position is eligible to apply for telework after successful completion of the working test period, and thereafter, in accordance with the Telework Policy. The Policy can be found here: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/OPM/OLR/Notices/2021-TW-final-agreement-with-arbitrated-issue-included.pdf Employees in their initial working test period must work on site in the office.

• Supervisors can expect to spend roughly half of their working hours, if not more, in the office in order to execute upon their job functions and supervise their team. Time in the office may fluctuate based on circumstances and the team being supervised. The ability to apply for telework continues to be available and the agency continues to provide reasonable accommodations for those who need them.

  The Role:

  This position is responsible for supervising the development and use of the Travel Demand Model; the utilization of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA's) required Air Quality Emission Model, MOVES3 and provide analysis to meet both state and federal regulations. The Travel Demand and Air Quality Modeling Unit is responsible for developing and maintaining the statewide travel demand model which utilizes current and future socio-economic and demographic projections to estimate travel demand. The Unit compiles demographic datasets for use by the CTDOT and its partner agencies. By overseeing the project and regional level transportation air quality conformity analysis, the position is responsible to ensure that the Metropolitan Transportation Plans and the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) are consistent with air quality goals and that progress is made toward achieving and maintaining Federal air quality standards.

  The Transportation Supervising Planner will oversee the preparation of forecasts of travel demand based on socioeconomics, demographics and transportation system characteristics and oversee the analysis of air quality impacts on projects individually and regionally. This position will also manage consultants being utilized to update the Travel Demand Model using CUBE software and develop and facilitate a new Household daily travel survey This position is responsible for coordinating with State and Federal regulatory agencies and the public; presenting technical materials to diverse audiences; and working collaboratively to build and maintain relationships with other offices and Bureaus within CTDOT.

  About Us: 

  As one of Connecticut’s largest State agencies, DOT employs approximately 3,300 individuals statewide in five distinct bureaus. It is our mission to provide a safe, accessible and efficient multimodal transportation network that improves the quality of life and promotes economic vitality for the State and the region. We have a significant transportation infrastructure system that is essential to maintaining mobility for Connecticut residents and businesses and supporting economic and community development while preserving the State’s resources. The Department of Transportation is committed to cultivating a diverse staff that is representative of the communities we serve. Applications from individuals having diverse backgrounds and life experiences are strongly encouraged. 

  Selection Plan

  To Apply:

• In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on this job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.

• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.

• Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69 (https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/act/pa/pdf/2021PA-00069-R00SB-00056-PA.pdf) , the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.

• Please select all location(s) and shift(s) you are willing to work on your application. Failure to do so may result in not being considered for vacancies in that specific location or shift.

• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.

• In order to receive educational credits toward qualification for this job posting, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the recruiter listed on this job posting.

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  Important Information After You Apply:

• For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.

• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.

• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.

• Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.

• Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position.

• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.

• Candidates who are offered and accept a position with the State of Connecticut are bound by the State Code of Ethics for Public Officials and State Employees which is available at www.ct.gov/ethics (https://portal.ct.gov/ethics) .

  Connect With Us:

  Due to the large volume of applications received, we are unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process. Updates will be available through your JobAps portal account. Should you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Hayley Newhouse, at Hayley.Newhouse@ct.gov.

  PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

  In the Department of Transportation this class is accountable for supervising an operating unit engaged in transportation planning studies, programs and related activities.

  EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

• Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work of staff;

• Provides staff training and assistance;

• Conducts performance evaluations;

• Determines priorities and plans unit work;

• Establishes and maintains unit procedures;

• Develops or makes recommendations on development of policies and standards;

• Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures;

• Oversees development of integrated and comprehensive unimodal or multi-modal transportation plans, programs and activities for movement of goods or people;

• Oversees preparation of reports, studies, surveys and other related activities;

• Develops findings and conclusions;

• Makes recommendations based on completed analyses;

• Provides final review for accuracy and conformance with standards and requirements;

• Provides direction in interpretation and coordination of transportation plans, programs and activities to local, regional, state and federal agencies;

• Makes preparations and presentations for legislative and public hearings as required;

• Performs related duties as required.

  KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Considerable knowledge of

• relevant agency policies and procedures;

• relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations;

• multi-modal transportation theories, practices and methodologies;

• social, economic and environmental considerations involved in transportation planning;

• Considerable

• interpersonal skills;

• oral and written communication skills;

• Considerable ability to

• plan, organize and execute projects and studies;

• develop and use computer software including planning models and other programs related to planning process;

• comprehend and interpret laws and regulations;

• Supervisory ability.

  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

  Eight (8) years of professional experience in transportation civil engineering or transportation, urban, regional or environmental planning.

  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been in a lead capacity.

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Transportation Planner 2.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.

• A Master's degree in a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.

  PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in: Mathematics, Statistics,, Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Transportation, Regional, Urban Planning, Civil Engineering or closely related degree

• Experience in project management and leading teams with varying technological skill levels on projects of varying complexity, size, priority, and time schedules.

• Experience with FHWA, FTA and EPA planning and Air Quality regulations.

• Experience with principles and concepts of travel demand modeling and Air Quality modeling

• Experience reading and interpreting design plans and other technical media,

• Experience analyzing and manipulating large, complex datasets,

• Experience utilizing and integrating travel demand modeling to evaluate different policy scenarios to be included in decision making processes.

• Experience utilizing and incorporating new software products for travel demand modeling and air quality conformity on a statewide or regional level

• Experience utilizing the Microsoft Office Suite of applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams

  SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.

• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

  Conclusion

  AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.

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