Transportation Systems Analyst - Kanawha County Location: Room 240A, WV
Job Type: Full-Time Permanent
Job Number: DOT25PM006A
Department: West Virginia Department of Transportation
District/Subdivision: Performance Management Division
Closing Date: 10/17/2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
The Transportation Systems Analyst performs full-performance level work researching, analyzing, and planning the impact of, or bidding highway construction and maintenance projects. May manage grant programs. Position has latitude to independently choose procedures and guidelines to apply to the tasks. Complexity of duties are varied, may involve different and unrelated methods and processes, however work is reviewed upon completion. Distinguishing factor is full-performance level of work, as well as training lower level analysts in this series. Travel may be required to collect data and conduct field studies. This position may serve in the Performance Optimization Unit or the Performance Forecasting and Planning Unit of the Performance Management Division. Performs other related duties as required.
Nature of WorkThe Transportation Systems Analyst performs full-performance level work researching, analyzing, and planning the impact of, or bidding highway construction and maintenance projects. May manage grant programs. Position has latitude to independently choose procedures and guidelines to apply to the tasks. Complexity of duties are varied, may involve different and unrelated methods and processes, however work is reviewed upon completion. Distinguishing factor is full-performance level of work, as well as training lower level analysts in this series. Travel may be required to collect data and conduct field studies. This position may serve in the Performance Optimization Unit or the Performance Forecasting and Planning Unit of the Performance Management Division. Performs other related duties as required.
Pay Grade: 12
Typical Duties and ResponsibilitiesEdits, proofreads, and writes transportation reports.Collects and analyzes data and evaluates economic, environmental, and social impact of projects.Compiles technical and analytical findings into required documents such as assessments, categorical exclusions, impact statements, state management plans, project guides, state transportation improvement programs, or application packets.Designs and conducts field surveys, questionnaire surveys, and field reviews to collect data for transportation studies.Writes correspondence and reports to be sent to the Federal Highway Administration and/or the Federal Transit Administration regarding necessary amount of funds, scope of work, and revision of project plans and/or grant requirements.Reviews plans, typical sections, cross sections, profiles, cost estimates, and other data required for the preparation of contract bids.Reviews projects in the Project Tracking System and Bid Analysis Management System to ensure accuracy and consistency.Coordinates review of project plans, specifications, and estimates between agency and federal officials.Collects and researches data such as air, soil and water quality from reports of federal or state agencies, permits, or through field reviews of proposed, existing, or abandoned sites.Develops charts, graphs, tables, maps, schedules, and other illustrations for use in transportation reports.Applies for, reports, monitors, and closes out federal transit grant programs.Develops specifications for the procurement process regarding capital equipment and third-party contracts.Oversees grant compliance by providing all grantees the requirements of federal regulations and monitoring their compliance.Travel may be required; therefore, a valid driver's license is required. Required Skills and KnowledgeKnowledge of methods and techniques used in the collection, evaluation, and organization of data.Knowledge of the objectives, methodologies, and principles of planning.Knowledge of principles and practices of environmental analysis.Knowledge of the effects of environmental projects on human and natural resources and ecological relationships.Knowledge of transit grant programs and applicable federal requirements.Ability to orally communicate the purpose of obtaining, imparting, or exchanging information.Ability to collect, evaluate, and organize data for use in transportation programs, to draw valid conclusions from data.Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other Department of Transportation employees, grantees, and federal officials.Ability to provide direction and guidance to lower level Transportation Systems Analysts. Required Education and ExperienceREQUIRED TRAINING/EDUCATION Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university.Substitution: Experience may be substituted for the required training/education through an established formula.REQUIRED EXPERIENCE Two (2) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in the research, analysis, planning, bidding, or administration of highway construction and maintenance projects or managing transit grant programs.Substitution: Successful completion of graduate coursework from a regionally accredited college or university in transportation, urban or regional planning, engineering, economics, statistics, mathematics, geography, business administration, public administration, environmental studies, history, archeology, or the physical or natural sciences may substitute for the required experience through an established formula. Agency: West Virginia Department of Transportation (WV)
Phone: 304-558-3111
Website: https://transportation.wv.gov Division: West Virginia Department of Transportation
Address: 1900 Kanawha Blvd, East
Building 5, Room A-450
Charleston, West Virginia, 25305
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