Transportation Planner



Job Details

Transportation Planner

This listing closes on 6/30/2025 at 5:45 AM Mountain Time (US & Canada).

Employer

City of El Paso

Salary

$52,280.00 - $80,350.00 Annually

Location

Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX

Job Type

Civil Service

Job Number

17626-0625

Department

ENGR ADMIN

Opening Date

06/12/2025

Closing Date

6/30/2025 at 5:45 AM Mountain Time (US & Canada)

FLSA

Exempt

Max Number of Applicants

50

Requirements

MOS CODE: None

Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree, or higher in Business, Public Administration, Transportation, Urban, Regional Planning, Design, or a related field, and two (2) years of professional transportation planning experience.

Licenses and Certificates: Valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state by the date of appointment.

General Purpose

Under general supervision, perform professional transportation planning work in support of the Capital Improvement Transportation Planning Division.

Typical Duties

Plan and conduct transportation planning research. Involves: Overseeing the implementation of the Bike Plan, Vision Zero, Safe Routes to School, Complete Streets, and Major Thoroughfare Plan. Conduct highly technical research and analysis, evaluate findings, identify significant issues, determine options, and develop recommendations on complex projects. Prepare technical material on transportation patterns, travel demands, financial projections, demographics, and air quality analysis. Assign and review the work of less knowledgeable staff. Perform capacity analysis, traffic impact analysis, traffic studies, forecasting, modeling, and programming.

Participate in developing and maintaining projects. Involves: Coordinating and participating in the analysis of plans and projects. Ensure traffic and transportation projects and programs are consistent with the comprehensive plan and that city transportation needs are effectively satisfied. Meet with private and public sector professionals and representatives, and work with other City departments, engineers, and consultants involved with transportation planning in addressing citywide transportation planning issues. Provide planning data to the public. Conduct surveys and research on property ownership and zoning. Prepare recommendations on transportation projects. Present staff reports and recommendations on traffic issues.

Represent the department and provide technical support, information, and guidance on planning issues. Involves: Respond to requests for information on ordinances, codes, policies, plans, and procedures. Prepare complex, comprehensive documents on data analysis, special reports, and recommendations, including reports to federal regulatory agencies. Attend board and committee meetings, City Council, citizen group meetings, and other gatherings to represent the department.

General Information

For complete job specification click here.

Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.

Important Note: Required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score. 

Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions examination.

Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions examination, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates. 

Note: Applicants with a foreign degree must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.

A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as "See résumé" are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.

To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application's employment history. We do not use any information on your résumé to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

BENEFITS

LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE
 
The City of El Paso is a self-insured entity with a third-party administrator for Medical and Pharmacy benefits. Basic Life Insurance Coverage is available at no cost to eligible employees. Additional Life Insurance and coverage for your dependents are also available.

Employees can select optional Dental, Vision, and Short Term Disability coverage. Employees also have the option to participate in a Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account (healthcare and/or dependent care for daycare expenses). All of these insurance and coverage options can be configured within a month of your new employee orientation date.

An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with access to mental health sessions, therapy, and more is available at no cost. A trained counselors are also available to help you and your dependents cope with life’s stressors so that you can live a happy productive lifestyle.

The City’s Wellness Program seeks to promote better health and wellness amongst the workforce through various programs and incentives in which employees may choose to participate in, to include wellness education, fitness tests, biometric screenings, group fitness, health coaching and so much more!

Keep Learning, Growing & Reinventing Yourself! The City of El Paso's Tuition Assistance Program encourages employee personal and professional development by sharing educational costs with those employees who have successfully completed their original probation, and in turn retain a skillful workforce. Each year, employees can obtain Tuition Assistance for Degree, Certifications, Continuing Education, and Books & Equipment.

ELIGIBILITY FOR VACATION LEAVE
 
All regular employees who are regularly scheduled to work on an average, a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week, who have held a position in the City Service for a period of six months from date of employment, shall be eligible for vacation allowance as hereinafter set forth. Part-time employees shall accrue vacation leave at a pro-rated amount of full-time entitlement based on the number of hours that they are scheduled to work. Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements shall accrue vacation as provided in the applicable agreement.
 
Regular employees in the City Service shall accrue vacation credit at the following rates per pay period, calculated from the date of employment of each employee:
 
For 0 - 5 years of service (12 days):
40 hour per week employees - 3.70 hours per biweekly pay period

For >5 to 15 years of service (17 days):
40 hour per week employees - 5.24 hours per biweekly pay period

For >15 or more years of service (20 days):
40 hour per week employees - 6.16 hours per biweekly pay period

SICK LEAVE WITH PAY
Employees shall be entitled to accrue sick leave with pay in accordance with the Rules of the Civil Service Commission.

ACCIDENT WITH PAY LEAVE
The Amended Section 4.4 of the Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption and shall apply to occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring on and after date of adoption. Occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring before such date will be governed by the Ordinance in effect at the time of the date of injury or disease.

PREGNANCY LEAVE

A) Pregnancy shall be treated the same as any other temporary physical disability.

B) An employee on pregnancy leave shall use accumulated and unused regular sick leave time and then (unless granted use of special sick leave) shall be on leave without pay, unless the employee chooses to use any accumulated and unused annual leave.

C) An employee going on pregnancy leave shall give written notice to her department head with appropriate medical verification. Before returning to work from pregnancy leave, the individual will provide appropriate medical documentation releasing the employee to return to work, as is required for any individual who has been on leave for a temporary physical disability.

LEGAL HOLIDAYS
 
The following days are hereby declared legal holidays for all the City departments, provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the Fire Department whose duties are to prevent or extinguish fires, or to members of the Police Department whose duties are those of law enforcement: (Amended 10/03/95)
 
1. First day of January (New Year's Day)

2. Third Monday in January (Martin Luther King Holiday)

3. Thirty-first day in March (Cesar Chavez Day)

4. Last Monday in May (Memorial Day)

5. June 19 (Juneteenth)

6. Fourth day of July (Independence Day)

7. First Monday in September (Labor Day)

8. Eleventh Day in November (Veteran's Day)

9. Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day)

10. The Friday following the fourth Thursday in November (Day after Thanksgiving) 

11. Twenty-fifth Day in December (Christmas Day)

12. Employee's Birthday
 
In addition to the above days, the following days are also declared to be legal holidays: 1. Any day designated as a holiday by City Council. 2. When any legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be considered a legal holiday. 3. When any legal holiday falls on a Sunday, the following business day shall be considered a legal holiday.

01
What is the highest level of education you have completed?
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Associate's Degree
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Master's Degree or higher
  • None of the Above
02
How many years of professional transportation planning experience do you have?
  • 1 year
  • 2 years
  • 3 years or more
  • None of the above
03
Do you have a valid USA driver's license? If so, what type of driver's license do you have?
  • Texas Class A - CDL or equivalent from another state.
  • Texas Class B - CDL or equivalent from another state.
  • Texas Class C or equivalent from another state.
  • No, I do not have a valid driver's license.
04
Describe your knowledge of transportation planning, practices, and methods.
  • No knowledge of transportation planning principles, practices, or methods.
  • Some knowledge of transportation planning principles, practices, or methods.
  • Good knowledge of transportation planning principles, practices, or methods.
  • Considerable knowledge of transportation planning principles, practices, or methods.
05
Describe your knowledge of data gathering and research methods and techniques.
  • No knowledge of data gathering and research methods and techniques.
  • Some knowledge of data gathering and research methods and techniques.
  • Good knowledge of data gathering and research methods and techniques.
  • Considerable knowledge of data gathering and research methods and techniques.
06
Describe your knowledge of local, state, and federal codes, regulations, and guidelines governing municipal transportation.
  • No knowledge of local, state, and federal codes, regulations, and guidelines governing municipal transportation.
  • Some knowledge of local, state, and federal codes, regulations, and guidelines governing municipal transportation.
  • Good knowledge of local, state, and federal codes, regulations, and guidelines governing municipal transportation.
  • Considerable knowledge of local, state, and federal codes, regulations, and guidelines governing municipal transportation.
07
Describe your knowledge of environmental analysis methods and techniques.
  • No knowledge of environmental analysis methods and techniques.
  • Some knowledge of environmental analysis methods and techniques.
  • Good knowledge of environmental analysis methods and techniques.
  • Considerable knowledge of environmental analysis methods and techniques.
08
What does clear and concise communication mean to you? Please provide an example of a time you used clear, concise oral and/or written communication to provide general reference information, prepare and present reports to management, boards, and committees, citizen groups, and private industry representatives.
09
Required supplemental questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.
  • I understand my answers to the supplemental questions will generate a score.
10
I understand that I am being tested on a conditional basis pending review of minimum qualifications. Note: Only applications that pass the Supplemental Questions exam will be reviewed.
  • I understand that I am being tested on a conditional basis pending review of my minimum qualifications.
11
Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Have you had your diploma, transcripts, degree or other required documents translated and evaluated by an agency of NACES?
  • Yes, it has been translated and certified and I can provide documentation upon a job offer.
  • No, I have not had my degree translated and certified.
  • N/A - my degree is from an accredited U.S. university or college.
12
Candidates will be evaluated based on the information provided on the application and the completeness of the responses to the Supplemental Questions. The following will disqualify you from moving forward in the recruitment process. -Failure to fully detail all work experience and job duties. -Failure to fully detail all lead, supervisory and managerial experience and duties if required. -Overlapping dates of work experience. -Copying and pasting directly from the job specification. -Responses referring to your résumé.
  • I acknowledge I have read and understand the above information.

* Required Question

Employer
City of El Paso
Address
300 N. Campbell

El Paso, Texas, 79901
Phone
915-212-0045
Website
http://www.elpasotexas.gov

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