Urban Planner At Miami Agency

JOB SUMMARY:

Manages routine and complex multi-modal transportation planning activities for the Miami Downtown Development Authority (Miami DDA). Project manages large-scale, complex, multiagency projects. Work involves the development, design, and coordination of research for projects with a focus on context-sensitive solutions, integrated land use, and transit-oriented design and planning. Transportation disciplines include transit, rail, bicycle, and pedestrian and are applicable to capital projects and emerging transportation technologies.

Work is performed under nominal direction with considerable latitude in the use of initiative and independent judgment. Position develops solutions to non-routine issues, without appreciable guidance from others and exercises significant latitude in determining best approaches to critical assignments.

SALARY: $79K-88K Annual

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in urban or transportation planning, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, or a related field; supplemented by seven (7) years of progressively responsible public sector planning experience, three (3) of which should include transportation planning including multi-modal transportation; or an equivalent combination of education, certification, training, experience, and/or at the discretion of the Executive Director. Oral and written fluency in English is required, and the ability to understand and communicate in Spanish is helpful for conducting some of the work assigned to this position.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Master’s degree in urban planning and design with five (5) years of professional transportation planning including collaborating with government agencies, municipalities, and expert consultants, and experience in securing external funding for large scale projects.

TOP QUALITIES:

• Grant writing experience (i.e. Federal grants)
• Mass Transit Design Experience (i.e. bicycle and bus routes)