Site Analysis Team Lead (Transportation Planner IV)

Since 1977, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) has served the Fairfax County community by enhancing mobility, safety, and the quality of life of residents, businesses, and visitors through planning, coordinating, funding, implementing, and sustaining a multimodal transportation system. FCDOT is seeking an experienced, innovative, and public service-oriented transportation professional to join the Site Analysis Section. This position serves provides high-level professional guidance and facilitation to transportation planners and leading coordination and collaboration efforts with county agencies, VDOT, and other outside agencies. In a dynamic and quickly evolving environment, this position will provide a challenging and rewarding experience for an individual invested in achieving the county’s strategic transportation goals.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading the Entitlement Review team responsible for review and assessment of transportation impacts associated with rezoning applications and other entitlement processes, including Special Exceptions and proposals to alter the built environment.
• Supervising Transportation Planners and Technicians, including setting staff goals, prioritizing tasks, adjusting workloads as needed, planning staff professional development activities, coaching and mentoring, and conducting performance reviews.
• Reviewing and analyzing the transportation impacts of proposed land use changes.
• Participating in cross-agency, multi-disciplinary teams to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the land development process and respond strategically to development opportunities
• Coordinating with county agencies, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), and other agencies and partners to improve and maintain effective review process.
• Developing and communicating findings, status reports, meeting summaries, official items for Board of Supervisors’ and partnering agencies consideration, and other written materials as required to successfully complete projects or assignments.
• Preparing presentations for community meetings, advisory groups, technical working committees, briefings for senior leadership and/or elected officials, and other audiences, as required to meet specific audience needs.
• Arranging, coordinating, and attending project-related meetings and workshops, both in-person and virtual, including occasional evenings and weekends.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for “Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to”)
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field, plus five years of progressively responsible transportation planning related experience. The years of experience should include at least one year in the specific area of assignment (for e.g., SAS, Modeling, Facilities Maintenance, et al).

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
Valid driver's license

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a driving record check to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to create and maintain a people-first culture.
• Ability to provide staff development and training to align and achieve individual and organizational goals and experience managing and developing professional staff within the land development process.
• Ability to develop, implement, and monitor team goals and initiatives.
• Strong analytical skills, excellent oral and written communications skills with experience preparing and giving presentation to various groups.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with government officials, the development community, colleagues, and the general public.
• Strong organizational, time management, and project management skills, including ability to coordinate multiple projects, prioritize, and meet established deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to work productively in pursuit of goals and objectives while understanding competing goals and objectives and finding productive compromises when appropriate.
• Experience in evaluating changes in land use resulting from transportation plans and development projects, negotiating transportation-related improvements, and coordinating with local, state, and federal government entities, as well as elected officials.
• Experience presenting findings/ serving as a subject matter expert related to transportation or land use planning-related projects in a professional context. 
• Experience working on projects associated with multimodal transportation.
• Experience in reviewing proffers, comprehensive pan guidance, zoning applications, and site plans.

Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home (including Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and many others.) We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity.