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Community Planner

Federal Highway Administration
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The Federal Highway Administration is hiring Community Planners (GS-0020-09 - $66,731 to $91,582 annually) in multiple locations throughout the United States. To apply, visit https://www.usajobs.gov/job/782236400 (open to U.S. Citizens). This job announcement closes on 06/17/2024.

The Office of Federal Lands Highway (FLH) was established to promote effective, efficient, and reliable administration for a coordinated program of federal public roads and bridges; to protect and enhance our Nation's natural resources; and to provide needed transportation access for Native Americans. Our primary purpose is to provide financial resources and transportation engineering assistance for public roads that service the transportation needs of Federal and Indian lands. The FLH provides these services in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and US Territories through our Headquarters, Eastern, Central, and Western Federal Lands Highway Division offices.

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The Community Planner position is in an FHWA Federal-aid Highway or Federal Lands Highway Division Office - the position assists with the technical, administrative, and program management aspects of community planning at FHWA.

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As a Community Planner, you will:

  • Review transportation plans, environmental and project development technical reports, impact analyses, and other documents.
  • Participate with other Federal agencies and State Departments of Transportation and recommend changes to project plans and designs to eliminate conflicting factors relative to highway issues (with the goal of advancing Federal Aid and Federal Lands programs and projects).
  • Coordinate programs and projects with other Federal, State, and local agencies, public officials, historic preservation offices, local developmental authorities, and other affected non-Federal organizations.
  • Participate on interdisciplinary team reviews or activities, work groups, and task forces to address project or program issues or to ensure implementation for the transportation planning and project development processes.
  • Demonstrate and promote new planning processes, procedures, techniques, and technology to the State, local agencies, and other groups.
  • Participate in public involvement programs. Attend public hearings, agency meetings, and technical discussions to obtain information and data that have an impact on highway programs and projects. Prepare and present technical findings and project information.

The ideal candidate for this position is a beginning level community planner who has a desire to learn the technical, administrative, and program management aspects of administering Federal-aid Highway and Federal Lands Highway Programs.

The ideal candidate should have between 0 to 5 years of experience, be mobile and willing to travel to remote locations for extended periods of time and be able to work independently and in a team environment.