Senior Transportation Planner

Yakima County

Essential Job Functions:
Oversees and coordinates transportation planning/programming activities including development of an updated long-range transportation plan for the Yakima Metropolitan Area and Yakima Valley Region. Performs planning research and legislative analysis.

Prepares and presents staff reports to the MPO/RTPO Technical Advisory Committee. Represents YVCOG or member
jurisdictions at state and local meetings and may be called upon to testify at hearings.

Develops the annual Metropolitan and Regional Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP/RTIP) and Unified
Planning Work Program (UPWP). Reviews, corrects and processes amendments to these documents.

Serves as a resource to member jurisdictions on transportation planning and transportation funding opportunities.

Utilizes computer-based transportation model for general planning and traffic analysis.

Prepares monthly newsletter articles and written documentation to support billable hours.

Applications and supplementals will be accepted until 4:00pm, Thursday, June 29, 2006.