GIS Field Technician (Planning Technician II)

Since 1977, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) has served the Fairfax County community by enhancing mobility, safety, and the quality of life of residents, businesses, and visitors through planning, coordinating, funding, implementing, and sustaining a multimodal transportation system. FCDOT is seeking an innovative, motivated and qualified Planning Technician II to join the Active Transportation, Capital Projects and Traffic Engineering Division. This position works for projects in Fairfax County's Residential Traffic Administration Program, which include the Traffic Calming Program, Cut-Through Traffic Restriction Program, Through Truck Restriction Program, $200 Additional Fine for Speeding Program and the Watch for Children Program. This position may also perform work supporting residential parking programs and associated street sign management.

Responsibilities include:

• Evaluating residential traffic issues for program eligibility
• Coordinating and performing traffic data collection activities, including the installation, retrieval, downloading, and analysis of traffic counter data, to evaluate compliance with program requirements
• Assisting with managing residential traffic programs, including processing, analyzing, and reporting results and providing recommendations to Board of Supervisors' office staff
• Using ArcGIS Pro to create, issue, and evaluate qualifying public ballot packages; using ArcGIS to maintain relevant map layers, to produce project maps
• Evaluating and updating public content for program web pages, including program maps
• Managing inventory of program materials
• Maintaining all program databases to ensure data is accurate and up to date
• Preparing and attending public hearings, workshops, community, state and national events, and presenting information to residents, community associations, and other agencies
• Preparing official items for Board of Supervisors' consideration, and other written materials as required to successfully complete projects or assignments
• Performing complex and technical paraprofessional work, requiring independent review and analysis of information, complex calculations, judgment, and decision making
• Assisting Transportation Planners with plan development by visiting field locations to collect transportation data, such as road measurements, location of existing roadway features, and mark potential device locations
• Performing other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to:
High school graduation or a GED issued by a state department of education; plus three years of paraprofessional planning or zoning related work, as defined by the area to which assigned.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
Valid driver's license.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a driving record check to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of the principles and methods of traffic engineering and analysis
• Three or more years of paraprofessional experience in traffic engineering or transportation planning program administration
• Two years of experience in using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools, database software, design software, and/or traffic analysis tools
• Experience preparing/reviewing project design plans.
• Experience with and ability to organize and coordinate multiple projects and assignments, and establish priorities
• Experience with highway signage placement and installation, including ensuring compliance with applicable Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) standards and requirements for highway signs
• Experience conducting field observations and performing data analysis.
• Experience in preparing and reviewing transportation or traffic analysis
• Experience in coordinating with local and state government entities, including elected officials
• Good written and oral communication skills, strong negotiation skills
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with fellow employees, public officials, and the general public
• Proficiency with Microsoft office