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, motivated and qualified Planning Technician II to join the Capital Projects and Traffic Engineering Division. This position works for projects in Fairfax County’s Residential Traffic Administration Program, which include the Traffic Calming Program, Cut-Through Traffic Restriction Program, Through Truck Restriction Program, $200 additional Fine for Speeding Program and the Watch for Children Program. This position may also perform work supporting Residential Parking Programs and associated street sign management.

Responsibilities include:

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  Evaluating residential traffic issues for program eligibility
• Managing residential traffic programs, including processing, analyzing, and reporting results and providing recommendations to Board of Supervisors’ office staff
• Using Access and ArcGIS to create, issue, and evaluate qualifying public ballot packages; using ArcGIS to maintain relevant map layers, to produce project maps
• Evaluating and updating public content for program web pages, including program maps
• Managing inventory of program materials
• Maintaining all program databases to ensure data is accurate and up to date
• Preparing and attending public hearings, workshops, community, state and national events, and presenting information to residents, community associations, and other agencies
• Preparing official items for Board of Supervisors’ consideration, and other written materials as required to successfully complete projects or assignments
• Performing other duties as assigned

For more information on the Fairfax County Department of Transportation, please click here.

Employment Standards

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:

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  Knowledge of the principles and methods of traffic engineering and analysis
• Three or more years of paraprofessional experience in traffic engineering or transportation planning program administration
• Two years of experience in using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools, database software, design software, and/or traffic analysis tools
• Ability to organize and coordinate multiple projects and assignments, and establish priorities
• Experience in preparing and reviewing transportation or traffic analysis
• Experience in coordinating with local and state government entities, including elected officials
• Good written and oral communication skills, strong negotiation skills
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with fellow employees, public officials, and the general public.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to use hand tools. 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 39.8% 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.