Balanced Transportation Manager - City Planner III position open here in Omaha!!!

City of Omaha

Planning Department

Balanced Transportation Manager-City Planner III

Salary Range: $65,596.70 to $80,256.02 annual

The City of Omaha, Nebraska is seeking qualified applicants for an advanced professional position in the City of Omaha Planning Department, with coordination responsibilities with other city departments, elected and administrative officials and community partners such as Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (MAPA) and Metro Area Transit (MAT). The work involves developing, reviewing and managing the implementation of city and regional master plans, studies and projects to promote the goal of transportation projects and plans that balance and accommodate multiple transportation modes, including private automobiles, pubic transportation and bicycle and pedestrian transportation.

Minimum qualifications: A bachelor’s degree in Urban Studies, Economics, Business, Community or Regional Planning, Real Estate, Landscape Architecture, Architecture or Planning Research Methods. Six (6) years of experience in increasingly responsible planning, engineering, architecture or related experience preferred. Candidates should have substantial technical planning expertise in applicable fields, understand the relationships between transportation and urban design, and have a demonstrated ability to work with planners, engineers, administrators advisory boards and citizens.

Closing Date: August 27, 2009

Years of experience preferred: 6

AICP membership: Preferred

Further information can be found at: http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us