Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window. The primary function of this position is to perform advanced professional and administrative work to provide transportation planning for long-range and current planning services of Monroe County's Planning and Environmental Resources Department for various transportation planning-related tasks. This is a grant-funded position.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Conducts research and prepares data and analysis for long-range and strategic transportation-related planning projects.
• Provides quarterly reporting of transportation-related activities to the JPA project manager for inclusion in the FDOT grant reimbursement package.
• Prepares, analyzes, reviews, and provides professional recommendations on proposed Development Permits for maintenance of the adopted level of service standards and sufficient available capacity.
• Manage the development and implementation of the Transportation Strategy Master Plan and associated Long Range Transportation Plans, including coordinating with cities on annual priorities to be added to the FDOT 5-year Work Plan.
• Reviews development applications and associated traffic studies for compliance and makes recommendations on transportation-related issues.
• Reviews traffic studies to provide recommendations regarding improvements required to maintain the adopted level of service standards and sufficient available capacity.
• Serves as a member of the Development Review Committee (DRC).
• Manages Transportation Committee, holding meetings quarterly.
• Coordinate with FDOT on the 5-year Work Plan and priorities of the County.
• Participates in transportation planning, analysis, and data collection activities.
• Prepares reports, analyses, and recommendations for the Director of Planning & Environmental Resources, advisory committees, the Planning Commission, and the Board of County Commissioners.
• Participates in the On-Call Transportation Planning Consultant selection process.
• Reviews and processes Right-of-Way Abandonment applications. Coordinates with utilities and service providers on requests. Prepares agreements and resolutions for the Board of County Commissioners meetings.
• Acts as a member of the planning team, providing transportation planning services to the community.
• Explains transportation planning-related policies and regulations to the public and offers customer service to the community and developers by providing information, guidance, and assistance.
• Represents the County at public hearings and meetings.
• Represents the County at agency meetings and public engagement events.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.
• In the event of special, emergency, or disaster situations, employee may be required to work schedules other than those for which they are regularly scheduled in any capacity deemed appropriate.