Connected Network Planner (Limited-Term)

AC Transit is currently seeking candidates for the Connected Network Planner position. This is a limited-term position lasting three years from the start of employment with the potential for a longer duration. Under direct supervision of AC Transit's Director of Service Development and Planning, this position specifically will represent the Bay Area transit operators as the co-project lead of the Connected Network Plan with staff from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and as defined in the Bay Area Transit Transformation Action Plan.

This is an excellent opportunity to work for the largest bus agency in California, make a difference in our local community and promote AC Transit as a great employer of the East Bay. In addition to working with some of the best in the business, AC Transit also has an outstanding benefits package that includes pension, medical, dental and vision coverage, flexible spending and 457 savings plan.

• May plan, supervise, and oversee the daily functions, operations, and activities of transportation planning and programming staff responsible for a wide range of complex transportation plans, programs, projects, and studies.
• May supervise and participate in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for assigned function; recommend within departmental policy, appropriate service and staffing levels; recommend and administer policies and procedures.
• Develops and standardizes procedures and methods to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of planning services, projects, and activities; assesses and monitors workload, administrative and support systems, and internal reporting relationships; identifies opportunities for improvement and recommends to District staff.
• Participates in the development and administration of and oversees the assigned budgets including the annual work unit budget and/or project budgets.
• May participate in selection, training, motivation, and evaluation of assigned personnel; provides or coordinates staff training; works with employees on performance issues; implements discipline procedures.
• Acts as project manager on transportation planning and development projects, including complex multi-jurisdictional transit service plans, overseeing application and plan review, coordination with project applicants and agencies, background research, environmental review, preparation of public notices and staff reports, scheduling meetings and hearings, and monitoring project implementation to verify conformance with approved plans, grant/loan requirements, conditions, and mitigation measures.
• Leads, reviews, and presents complex multi-jurisdictional transportation planning studies; conducts site and policy background research to obtain information for the preparation of staff reports, correspondence, memoranda, policy and procedure documents, and presentations to management or governing bodies; reads, interprets, analyzes, and explains a wide variety of technical documents, studies, and practices.
• Supervises the development of or personally develops consultant requests for proposals and qualifications for professional services; evaluates proposals and recommends project award; develops and reviews contract terms and amendments; ensures contractor compliance with Commission standards and specifications and time and budget estimates; reviews and updates deliverables; analyzes and resolves complex problems that may arise.
• Manages large-scale planning and design consultant contracts to carry out complex planning, design and outreach activities and ensure promised deliverables within the allotted scope of work, consultant budget and agreed upon timeline.
• Tracks project expenditures, reviews invoices for accuracy and consistency with contractual obligations, recommends appropriate dispersals of allocated funds.
• Coordinates, facilitates and leads meetings with technical advisory committees, policy advisory committees, stakeholders, task forces, working groups, representatives of other agencies, public focus groups, appointed advisory groups, and boards and elected officials in order to discuss items of common interest, develop project study reports, and clarify project specifications, financial details, and project schedules.
• Manages relationships between member agencies and state and federal officials to effectively carry out the implementation and management of transportation plans, programs, and projects; ensures that procedures and information are delivered to the applicants as well as to the State and Federal regulators in a timely fashion.
• Conducts environmental reviews of all projects; evaluates impacts to transportation infrastructure and develops mitigations of those impacts.
• Compiles information for a variety of studies and reports; researches, analyzes, and interprets transportation, social, economic, population, and land use data and trends; develops and implements recommendations; prepares written reports on various transportation planning matters; develops, implements, and administers major portions of the Countywide Transportation Plan.
• Researches, collects, records, analyzes, interprets, and summarizes statistical and demographic information; prepares spreadsheets and establishes and maintains a comprehensive database.
• Provides highly complex staff assistance to District staff and staff of multiple jurisdictions including other transit operators, cities, counties, the State of California and MTC; develops and reviews staff reports related to planning activities and services; presents information to the Board of Directors and various councils, commissions, committees, and boards; performs a variety of public relations and outreach work related to assigned activities. Attends and participates on a variety of committees, professional groups, and task forces; stays abreast of new trends and innovations related to transportation planning.
• Performs related duties as required.

Education: Equivalent to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in mathematics, statistics, computer applications, geography, transportation, urban planning, business, public administration, or a closely related field.

Experience: Six (6) years of increasingly responsible experience in transportation planning or systems analysis or at least four (4) years that involved responsibilities at a level equivalent to the District's classification of Senior Transportation Planner. Additional education, such as a graduate degree in one of the above disciplines from an accredited college or university, may be substituted for experience on a year-for-year basis.

Special Requirements: Must be willing to: (1) work outside regular business hours as required and (2) travel between the various District divisions.

Physical Requirements: (1) Must maintain the physical ability necessary to perform tasks in an office setting, operating computers, keyboards, and other peripheral equipment. Must maintain the physical mobility necessary to transport oneself to various locations around the District.

• Medical - Choice of two Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs): Kaiser Permanente and Health Net. $10.00 office visit co-pays; $5.00 - $35.00 prescription co-pays.
• Dental - MetLife Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) $50 annual deductible per person/$150 per family; $3,000 per person annual maximum; preventative care covered at 100%; basic and major care covered at 90%; $4,000 lifetime maximum orthodontia covered at 50%.
• Vision - Vision Service Plan - $10.00 copay; eligible for an exam, lenses, frames or contact lenses every 12 months - based on the last date of service. $200 frame allowance or $120 allowance for contact lenses.
• Employer paid Basic Life Insurance
• Employee paid Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Retirement - employees automatically participate in a lifetime defined benefit plan and have the option to contribute to a 457 deferred compensation plan via payroll deductions. All employees hired on or after January 1, 2016 may be in the District's Tier II pension plan covered by the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA). As such, employee may be required to contribute a small portion of annual income towards the cost of the pension.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Health Care, Dependent Care, Parking, Transit
• AC Transit contributes up to $50.00/month towards an employee's FSA Transit costs
• Free AC Transit Bus Pass
• Federal Credit Union
• Vacation and Sick Leave or Personal Time Off
• Nine (9) paid holidays; 2 paid floating holidays; 1 paid birthday holiday
• Tuition Reimbursement - up to $2500 per fiscal year on approved courses
• Wellness Program