Overview
To Apply: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=457318
As a member of the Office of Local Civil Compliance and under the general direction of the Office Chief, a Supervising Transportation Planner, the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Liaison serves as a high-level senior leader. The Incumbent is responsible for providing guidance, training, oversight, and enforcement of the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program as required by US Department of Transportation regulations. The DBE program ensures disadvantaged businesses have opportunities to work on state transportation projects. As a DBE Liaison, the incumbent works closely with assigned districts to ensure local agencies are administering the DBE Program properly on federally funded local transportation projects. The DBE Liaison is a subject matter expert on DBE and identified key areas. The DBE Liaison collaborates and works closely with 2 other DBE Liaisons to provide a cohesive liaison team to lead DBE guidance, oversight, and training efforts to districts and Local Public Agencies (LPA), including the development of training and updating guidance. The DBE Liaison is also responsible for managing complaints made by DBE’s through completion as well as other oversight and monitoring tasks. As a Senior Transportation Planner, the DBE Liaison is involved with updating and maintaining the Local Assistance Procedures Manual where related to DBE, as well as the Caltrans DBE Program Plan related to local projects. The DBE Liaison is a member of the Local Civil Compliance management team and is responsible for contributing to performance measures, performance plans, and management activities. This position requires a high-level understanding of both written and verbal communications, as the incumbent works directly with a variety of management teams at Caltrans, Caltrans Districts and with external Caltrans transportation partners. The DBE Liaison will support and promote equal opportunity in all of Caltrans programs, services and activities. The DBE Liaison may be assigned other duties commensurate with responsibilities of the classification.implementation of federal and state legislation and policies, and the conduct of key studies of critical national, statewide, interregional, and regional significance.
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Senior Transportation Planner Exam
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Senior Transportation Planner Exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g. transfer, permissive reinstatement or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. The Senior Transportation Planner Exam is located here: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Exams/ExamBulletin.aspx?ExamControlId=3026
About Caltrans
From roads less traveled to highways supporting California’s demanding commute. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) manages more than 50,000 miles of California's highway and freeway lanes, provides inter-city rail services, permits more than 400 public-use airports and special-use hospital heliports, and works with local agencies to keep California moving.
More than the road workers, we are California’s transportation infrastructure; established in 1895, Caltrans has been active in moving the people and commerce of California and continues to model the way in innovative transportation systems. Caltrans specializes in many areas related to transportation: Engineering, Environmental Analysis, Information Technology, Maintenance, Equipment, Transportation Planning, Land Surveys, Right of Way, Finance, Traffic Operations, Aeronautics, Legal, and Administration
