The State of Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) invites qualified applicants to apply for the position of Transportation Supervising Planner in the Bureau of Public Transportation, Fleet & Customer Amenities Unit, located in Newington, CT.
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POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
- Full Time (40 hrs per week), first shift
- P-4 (Engineering and Scientific) bargaining unit
- Location: Newington, CT
- This position would report to a Transportation Assistant Planning Director or employee of a higher level.
- This position is eligible to apply for telework after successful completion of the working test period, and thereafter, in accordance with the Telework Policy. The Policy can be found here. Employees in their initial working test period must work on site in the office.
- Supervisors can expect to spend roughly half of their working hours, if not more, in the office in order to execute their job functions and supervise their team. Time in the office may fluctuate based on circumstances and the team being supervised. The ability to apply for telework continues to be available and the agency continues to provide reasonable accommodations for those who need them.
The Role:
This position will lead Battery Electric Bus (BEB) development projects, coordinate across the Department to ensure BEB performance goals are addressing as many needs as possible in an efficient manner, and play a foundational role in managing the Departments decarbonization transformation.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES INCLUDE:
- Lead the BEB program including bus procurement, management of bus maintenance inspections, and other fleet management activities, as well as managing park and ride lots and the statewide Bus Stop Enhancement Program
- Administering procurement projects including BEBs, charging infrastructure program, and related technology
- Oversight of vendors and consultants
- Coordination with various Transit districts in ensuring the successful operation of BEBs
- Preparing and processing various reports on BEB performance
- Utilizing the Departments SharePoint document control system
- Offering expertise and review in examining performance data to determine the best operational plan to address key business and operational questions, identifying opportunities for improvements in BEB operation, and maintenance procedures
- Work directly with management staff to provide performance data and develop tools that aid them in day-to-day decision making
About Us:
As one of Connecticuts largest State agencies, DOT employs approximately 3,200 individuals statewide in five distinct bureaus. It is our mission to provide a safe, accessible and efficient multimodal transportation network that improves the quality of life and promotes economic vitality for the State and the region. We have a significant transportation infrastructure system that is essential to maintaining mobility for Connecticut residents and businesses and supporting economic and community development while preserving the States resources. The Department of Transportation is committed to cultivating a diverse staff that is representative of the communities we serve. Applications from individuals having diverse backgrounds and life experiences are strongly encouraged.
To Apply:
- In order to be considered for this job opening you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
- The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
- In order to receive educational credits toward qualification for this job posting, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the individual listed on this job posting.
- Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
- Please select all location(s) and shift(s) you are willing to work on your application. Failure to do so may result in not being considered for vacancies in that specific location or shift.
- All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidates obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to [email protected].
- For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.
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Important Information After You Apply:
- This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting’s closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire’s expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user’s spam.
- Read through this helpful link to prepare for your interview.
- Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
- Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
- Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position.
- The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class in the next twelve (12) months.
- Candidates who are offered and accept a position with the State of Connecticut are bound by the State Code of Ethics for Public Officials and State Employees which is available at www.ct.gov/ethics.
Connect With Us: Due to the large volume of applications received, we are unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process. Updates will be available through your JobAps portal account. Should you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Sharon McIntosh, at
[email protected].
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In the Department of Transportation this class is accountable for supervising an operating unit engaged in transportation planning studies, programs and related activities.
- Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work of staff;
- Provides staff training and assistance;
- Conducts performance evaluations;
- Determines priorities and plans unit work;
- Establishes and maintains unit procedures;
- Develops or makes recommendations on development of policies and standards;
- Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures;
- Oversees development of integrated and comprehensive unimodal or multi-modal transportation plans, programs and activities for movement of goods or people;
- Oversees preparation of reports, studies, surveys and other related activities;
- Develops findings and conclusions;
- Makes recommendations based on completed analyses;
- Provides final review for accuracy and conformance with standards and requirements;
- Provides direction in interpretation and coordination of transportation plans, programs and activities to local, regional, state and federal agencies;
- Makes preparations and presentations for legislative and public hearings as required;
- Performs related duties as required.
- Considerable knowledge of
- relevant agency policies and procedures;
- relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations;
- multi-modal transportation theories, practices and methodologies;
- social, economic and environmental considerations involved in transportation planning;
- Considerable
- interpersonal skills;
- oral and written communication skills;
- Considerable ability to
- plan, organize and execute projects and studies;
- develop and use computer software including planning models and other programs related to planning process;
- comprehend and interpret laws and regulations;
- Supervisory ability.
Eight (8) years of professional experience in transportation civil engineering or transportation, urban, regional or environmental planning.
One (1) year of the General Experience must have been in a lead capacity.
NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Transportation Planner 2.
- College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor’s degree.
- A Master’s degree in a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
- Knowledge of public transportation vehicles, systems, and facilities
- Experience in leading the development of new transit projects and programs
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for coordinating across diverse teams of engineers, planners, and financial administrators (among others), internal and external to the Department
- Experience in coordination with Municipal, State, and transit organizations
- Experience with mentoring staff
- Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operators license.
- Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.