Are you a designer, engineer or planner who straddles the work between transit planning and functional design? Do you want to identify Metrorail station access, circulation, and amenity design improvement opportunities and create the designs and plans needed to compete for capital investments?
Metro is seeking a Planning Program Manager for the Station Planning (SPLN) branch in the Office of Planning. SPLN leads the Authority’s station planning and design reinvestment program, from needs identification through feasibility and concept design/engineering, and develops approaches to mode of access planning with a focus on bicycle and pedestrian access.
The Planning Program Manager will coordinate development and evaluation projects and planning studies, working collaboratively with both internal stakeholders and jurisdictional partners to identify system study needs, develop scopes of work, and guide project studies to completion. For this position, knowledge and experience in station architectural and engineering concepts, including ADA, NFPA 130, customer LOS, and pedestrian flow, is desired.
This job entails a detailed understanding of the design and function of WMATA station facilities, including both back-of-house functions and customer-facing facilities, with a focus on elements that affect the safety, access, capacity, and user experience of the station.
The Program Manager, Planning oversee, manages, and coordinates the development of assigned transit planning programs and projects from concept to final delivery. The incumbent manages teams comprised of employees, contractors, and/or colleagues to drive outcomes to improve transit services and/or infrastructure. The incumbent advocates for Metro’s needs in regional planning activities including coordination with other offices within the Authority and with federal, state, regional and local agency representatives and other stakeholders.
Essential Functions
- Leads or supports the implementation of key programs, projects and/or initiatives within the Office of Planning Business Plan in support of the Authority’s strategic plan.
- Serves as a project manager, managing teams consisting of employees, contractors, and colleagues from partner departments to develop solutions to achieve Authority’s mission and resolve the region’s mobility challenges.
- Manages planning activities to improve transit service and/or infrastructure including developing and preparing major inputs to the annual work plan; writing scopes of work; identifying program goals and outcomes; determining staffing needs, and managing plans and programs to expand and improve transit service and infrastructure.
- Prepares and presents oral/written documentations, presentations, reports/recommendations for internal and Board materials within areas of assigned responsibility.
- Advocates for Metrorail system or Metrobus services in local, state, and regional transportation projects and studies, and represents the Authority at local, state, and regional technical and committee meetings.
- Identifies opportunities for ridership growth and service enhancement through innovation and new initiatives and recommends these strategies to senior management.
- Supports WMATA’s strategic plan by identifying policies for potential Board consideration that leverage an enhanced understanding of mobility, equity, and land use to improve operational and financial performance.
- Supervises subordinate staff to include interviewing, hiring, training, and coaching employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; leveraging team and individual strengths; managing performance; rewarding and disciplining employees. Leading contractors and 3rd party vendor relationships (agreements, statement of work, deliverables, schedules) and perform Contracting Officer duties as needed.
Other Functions
- Ensures success of Strategic Planning work plan by engaging and gaining buy-in from WMATA leadership and key stakeholders such as COUN, IPLN, OMBS, OBTR, OEEO, GOVR, CASC
- Directs analysis of benefits and costs and WMATA fiscal/financial impacts of strategies and polices
The essential duties listed are not intended to limit specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Nor is it intended to limit in any way the right of managers and supervisors to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Planning, Engineering, Economics, Public/Business Administration, or a related field
Experience
- A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in transportation planning, public transportation policy and/or planning, project management, and/or public advocacy