Transportation Systems Analyst - Mercer County

**Disclaimer-this position will be considered classified-exempt and “at will.”

The Transportation Systems Analyst will report to the District Comptroller's Office. This position performs full-performance level work researching, analyzing, and planning the impact of, or bidding highway construction and maintenance projects. May manage grant programs. Position has latitude to independently choose procedures and guidelines to apply to the tasks. Complexity of duties are varied, may involve different and unrelated methods and processes, however work is reviewed upon completion. Distinguishing factor is full-performance level of work, as well as training lower level analysts in this series. Travel may be required to collect data and conduct field studies. Performs related duties as required.

• Edits, proofreads, and writes transportation reports.
• Collects and analyzes data and evaluates economic, environmental, and social impact of projects.
• Compiles technical and analytical findings into a required document such as assessments, categorical exclusions, impact statements, state management plans, project  guides, state transportation improvement programs, or application packets.
• Designs and conducts field surveys, questionnaire surveys, and field reviews to collect data for transportation studies.
• Writes correspondence and reports to be sent to the Federal Highway Administration and/or the Federal Transit Administration regarding necessary amount of funds, scope  of work, and revision of project plans and/or grant requirements.
• Review plans, typical sections, cross sections, profiles, cost estimates, and other data required for the preparation of contract bids.
• Review projects in the Project Tracking System and Bid Analysis Management System to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Coordinate review of project plans, specifications, and estimates between agency and federal officials.
• Collects and researches data such as air, soil and water quality from reports of federal or state agencies, permits, or through field reviews of proposed, existing, or  abandoned sites.
• Develops charts, graphs, tables, maps, schedules, and other illustrations for use in transportation reports.
• Applies for, reports, monitors, and closes out federal transit grant programs.
• Develops specifications for the procurement process regarding capital equipment and third-party contracts Procures capital equipment and programs and/or materials under  third party contracts.
• The work product or service affects the design or operation of systems, programs, or equipment.
• Personal contacts are with employees of the same agency. but outside the immediate organization.
• Oversees grant compliance by providing all grantees the requirements of federal regulations and monitoring their compliance.
• Travel may be required; therefore, a valid driver’s license is required.

• Knowledge of methods and techniques used in the collection, evaluation, and organization of data.
• Knowledge of the objectives, methodologies, and principles of planning.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of environmental analysis.
• Knowledge of the effects of environmental projects on human and natural resources and ecological relationships.
• Knowledge of transit grant programs and applicable federal requirements.
• Ability to orally communicate the purpose of obtaining, imparting, or exchanging information.
• Ability to collect, evaluate, and organize data for use in transportation programs, to draw valid conclusions from data.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other Department of Transportation employees, grantees, and federal officials.
• Ability to provide direction and guidance to lower level Transportation Systems Analysts.

REQUIRED TRAINING/EDUCATION 

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Substitution: Full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in the research, analysis, planning, bidding, or administration of highway construction and maintenance projects or managing transit grant programs may be substituted for the required training/education through an established formula.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE 

• Two (2) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in the research, analysis, planning, bidding, or administration of highway construction and  maintenance projects or managing transit grant programs.
• Substitution: Successful completion of graduate coursework from a regionally accredited college or university in transportation, urban or regional planning, engineering, economics, statistics, mathematics, geography, business administration, public administration, environmental studies, history, archeology, the physical or natural sciences, or related field may substitute for the required experience through an established formula.

Salary : $42,394 - $60,244