Overview
To Apply: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=455157
Under the general direction of the Deputy District Director (DDD) of Transportation Planning & Local Assistance (TPLA), the incumbent serves as the District Division Chief for Transportation Planning. The incumbent provides strategic direction and plans and directs the activities of the following offices: Multimodal & System Planning, Regional & Community Planning, Sustainability, and Transit & Active Transportation. The incumbent is responsible for planning, organizing, budgeting, reviewing, and directing the work of his/her assigned functions, and for advising the DDD on the full range of issues relating to these functions. The incumbent may serve as chief spokesperson for projects at meetings and act as the contact person within the Department and various outside agency groups, including federal, other State, regional and local transportation and regulatory agencies.
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Principal Transportation Planner Minimum Requirements: https://www.calhr.ca.gov/state-hr-professionals/Pages/4768.aspx
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
