Planning Technician II

Job Announcement

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 innovative and public service-oriented transportation professional to join the Site Analysis Section. This position will support section-wide initiatives within the entitlement, post-entitlement, and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) areas of the Site Analysis Section. This position will provide a challenging and rewarding experience for an individual invested in advancing the County's multimodal, people-focused transportation goals. About the section: We strive to be proactive in addressing county, community, and commuter needs as our transportation landscape evolves. The 22-member Site Analysis Section is responsible for three key areas of land development with respect to transportation, defined below.

The Entitlement Team handles all plans and related documents that require transportation review prior to being entitled by the Board of Supervisors (BOS) for development or redevelopment. Any non-by-right change in land use comes to this team for review and evaluation. All Entitlement Team members provide this review and additionally manage specialized areas related to environmental impact, urban design, and Comprehensive Transportation Analyses (CTA's).
The Post-Entitlement Team handles the review of by-right land development applications (site plans); actions to request the vacation, abandonment, or discontinuance of rights of way (V/A/D/ROW); review of waivers to our standards, manuals, and ordinances; and any other post-BOS approval matters related to transportation.
The Transportation Demand Management Team (TDM) handles all things TDM. From TDM proffers during zoning review, to reviewing annual reports for a new development, or outreach to businesses to support the development of TDM programs. The TDM team helps to ensure we're providing resources, monitoring implementation, and securing commitments to reducing SOV trips throughout Fairfax County.

Responsibilities of this position include:

• Independently tracking, monitoring, and producing custom reports/findings/graphics to assist with furthering section-wide initiatives in each of the three focus areas our section is responsible for.
• Working directly with staff at all levels within Site Analysis to understand needs related to data collection, monitoring, and evaluation to identify opportunities to streamline our work and increase efficiency.
• Implementing creative solutions in collaboration with section leadership to further section, division, and agency goals.
• Serving as a point of contact for citizens, County staff, and outside agencies regarding each of our three focus areas.
• Reviewing the Comp Plan, Bicycle Master Plan and Trails Plan, the Public Facilities Manual, and other documentation for information on planned transportation facilities.
• At times, reviewing analyses of land development applications, transportation proffers, proffer interpretations, research of maintenance of roads, and coordinating of state mandated requirements to better inform work products.
• Conducting site visits and field work, including field and local community meetings to discuss and further projects in alignment with applicable standards.
• Managing Smartsheet database for tracking land development applications, waivers, site plans, and other section initiatives.
• Coordinating implementation of public projects through land development applications with county, state, and federal agencies.
• Performing other duties as assigned to help the entitlement, post entitlement, and TDM teams including but not limited to assisting with division-wide administrative functions, document coordination, communication tracking, and website updates.

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to:
High school graduation or a GED issued by a state department of education;
plus three years of paraprofessional planning or zoning related work, as defined by the area to which assigned.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
A valid motor vehicle 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:

• Desire to work as part of a team.
• Desire to further a collaborative, supportive, and people focused culture.
• Desire to be challenged and grow as a transportation professional.
• Desire to identify and implement creative solutions to known and unknown challenges.
• Desire to advance a collaborative and supportive culture and improve the community of Fairfax County.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with co-workers, county and government officials and the general public.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, including ability to prioritize among multiple assignments and meet established deadlines.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong analytic and technical skills, as well as strong written and oral communication skills.
• Desire to learn and gain proficiency in new tools and resources that will improve our ability to address team and customer needs.
• Knowledge of land development and transportation systems.
• Ability to use word-processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, and other software to prepare, manipulate, analyze and present information to a wide range of customers and stakeholders.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Work is generally sedentary, however, employee may be required to do some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of items under 25 pounds in weight. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include exercise.

The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 38.7% of residents speak a language other than English at home (Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and others) and we encourage candidates bilingual in English and a foreign language to apply to this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact 703-324-4900 for assistance. TTY 703-222-7314. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov EEO/AA/TTY.

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