Capital Project Manager (Transportation Planner III)

Capital Project Manager (Transportation Planner III)

Salary

$84,670.14 - $148,172.75 Annually

Location

DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION, 4050 LEGATO ROAD, SUITE 400, FAIRFAX (EJ03), VA

Job Type

FT Salary W BN

Job Number

26-01497

Department

Transportation

Opening Date

10/03/2026

Closing Date

10/23/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

Pay Grade

S28

Posting Type

Open to General Public

• Description
• Benefits
• Questions

Job Announcement

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 a motivated, highly qualified, and public service-oriented professional to join the Active Transportation, Capital Projects, and Traffic Engineering Division (ACTD). This position is responsible for all aspects of project management and coordination of complex multimodal transportation projects. Working with neighborhoods and board offices throughout the county, such as Reston, Tysons and along Richmond Highway, this position will continue developing the multimodal transportation network that is critical to the vitality of Fairfax County. In a dynamic and quickly evolving environment, this position will provide a challenging and rewarding experience for an individual invested in achieving the county's ambitious multimodal transportation goals.

Responsibilities include:

• Prepares and reviews capital project feasibility studies, project scopes, cost estimates and schematic functional layouts to advance transportation improvement projects. This includes intersection, roadway, and multimodal projects such as pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and parking facilities.
• Manages and reviews consultant transportation studies and designs and providing essential information for project decision-makers.
• Coordinates project-specific plans and studies as well as special transportation program activities within FCDOT and other county departments, state, and federal agencies, consultants, elected officials, and citizens with the ability to resolve project issues.
• Prepares, oversees, and monitors program and project schedules, and manages consultant contracts from scoping to completion.
• Prepares technical reports, correspondence, board items, status reports, meeting summaries, and other written materials as needed to describe the results of technical evaluations, analyses, and reviews performed; presenting to community groups, senior-level leadership, and elected officials.
• Performs traffic safety analyses, reviewing, and analyzing accident data.
• Conducts site visits and attending field and local community meetings to discuss projects and ensure they align with applicable standards.
• Supports other agency divisions as needed to advance the mission of FCDOT.

For more information on the Fairfax County Department of Transportation, please click here.

For more information on Working For Fairfax County Government, please click here

Employment Standards

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:

(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelors degree in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field; plus four years of professional experience in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:

Valid drivers 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:

• Education and five or more years of experience in two or more of the following areas: transportation planning for roadway and multimodal projects, traffic engineering, and/or transportation design.
• Experience developing multimodal transportation projects and analyzing alternatives.
• Experience preparing/reviewing capital project designs and transportation studies.
• Strong project management experience and skills with a high degree of competence in both technical and administrative aspects; ability to organize and coordinate multiple projects and assignments and establish priorities.
• Experience completing or reviewing transportation and traffic analyses.
• Experience coordinating with local, state, and federal government entities, boards, commissions, authorities and transportation agencies
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with government officials and the general public.
• Experience preparing and presenting to community groups, senior-level leadership, and/or elected officials.
• Ability to analyze transportation and policy issues at local, state, or federal level.
• Ability to identify work-flow issues and develop solutions.
• Experience using transportation related software programs such as Highway Capacity Software (HCS), SYNCHRO/SIMTraffic, VISSIM, or other.
• Experience using ArcGIS.
• Understanding of the American Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements for transportation projects.
• Strong analytical, verbal and writing skills.
• Professional license/certification in engineering, planning, or architecture.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Ability to input, access, and retrieve information from a computer. Field work, must be able to operate a motor vehicle. Work is generally sedentary. However, employee may be required to do some walking, standing, bending and carrying of items under five pounds in weight. Visual acuity to review detailed drawings, plans and documents. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Panel interview and may include exercise.

Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home (including Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and many others.) We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov EEO/AA/TTY.

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Merit Positions

Fairfax County is proud to offer employees an attractive and comprehensive benefits program, including the following:

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• LiveWell Program
• Flexible Spending Programs
• Paid Leave (annual, sick, parental, volunteer activity, and more!)
• Paid Holidays
• Contributory Retirement Plan
• Deferred Compensation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employees Child Care Center
• Continuous Learning Opportunities

Please click here for a summary of our benefits.

NOTE: Fairfax County Government is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. For more information about the PSLF program: Public Service Loan Forgiveness | Federal Student Aid

For additional details please visit the Countys benefits webpage.

Non-Merit Positions

• Non-Merit Benefit Eligible: scheduled to work a minimum 1,040 hours and no more than a maximum of 1,560 hours in a calendar year.

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage

• Flexible Spending Program

• Deferred Compensation

• Temporary: scheduled to work a maximum of 900 hours in a calendar year.

• No benefits

01

What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

• Less than 12th grade
• High school diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associates degree
• Bachelors degree
• Masters degree
• Doctorate degree

02

If you answered "Some college" for the highest level of education completed, please indicate the number of quarter or semester hours you have completed towards a degree.

• Less than 45 quarter hours
• 45 to less than 90 quarter hours
• 90 to less than 135 quarter hours
• 135 to less than 180 quarter hours
• 180 or more quarter hours
• Less than 30 semester hours
• 30 to less than 60 semester hours
• 60 to less than 90 semester hours
• 90 to less than 120 semester hours
• 120 or more semester hours
• Not applicable

03

Please indicate your area(s) of study or major(s)/minor(s) towards a degree. Check all that apply.

• Civil engineering
• Urban planning
• Regional planning
• Transportation planning
• Other (related field)
• Other (non-related field)
• Not applicable

04

If you answered "Other (related field)" or "Other (non-related field)" for the previous question, please list all of your majors and minors. If this question does not pertain to you, or you do not have a degree, enter "Not applicable".

05

Do you currently possess a valid drivers license?

• Yes
• No

06

Please indicate the following professional certification(s) and/or license(s) you have earned. Please check all that apply.

• FE(EIT) Certificate
• Professional Engineer License (PE)
• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE)
• American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
• Registered Landscape Architect (RLA)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• VDOT Locally Administered Projects (LAP) Certification
• Other
• None of the above

07

If you answered "Other" in the previous question, please indicate the specific certification or license below. If this does not apply to you, enter N/A.

08

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field do you possess?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

09

Please indicate which of the following areas you have at least five years of full-time equivalent experience within. Check all that apply.

• Transportation planning for roadway and multimodal projects
• Traffic engineering
• Transportation design
• None of the above

10

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have working specifically on developing multimodal transportation projects and analyzing alternatives?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

11

What is your level of understanding of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements for transportation projects?

• None
• Limited understanding
• Fair understanding
• Proficient understanding

12

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have in preparing or reviewing capital project design plans and transportation studies?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

13

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have in project management?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

14

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have completing or reviewing transportation and traffic analyses?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

15

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have in coordinating with local and/or state government agencies, including elected officials?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

16

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have preparing and giving presentations to community groups, senior-level leadership, and/or elected officials?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

17

Please indicate your level of proficiency using ArcGIS software.

• Beginner (Less than 2 years of experience using ArcGIS)
• Moderate (Between 2-3 years of experience using ArcGIS, experience to include 1 or more years of experience using one or more extensions (3D Analyst, Business Analyst, Network Analyst, or Spatial Analyst))
• Intermediate (Between 3-5 years of experience using ArcGIS, experience to include at least 1 year experience using one or more extensions (3D Analyst, Business Analyst, Network Analyst, or Spatial Analyst))
• Advanced (At least 5 years of experience using ArcGIS, experience to include at least 2 years of experience using one or more extensions (3D Analyst, Business Analyst, Network Analyst, or Spatial Analyst))
• No experience

18

Do you have a minimum of three years of full-time experience in using transportation related software programs? Check all that apply.

• Highway Capacity Software (HCS)
• SYNCHRO/SIMTraffic
• VISSIM
• Other related transportation software
• None of the above

19

If you answered "Other related transportation software" in the previous question, please indicate the specific transportation software below. If this does not apply to you, enter N/A.

20

This position may be required to attend evening and occasional weekend meetings and events which may require the operation of a personal and/or county vehicle. Are you able and willing to do so?

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Employer Fairfax County

Address 12000 Government Center Pkwy. Suite 270

Fairfax, Virginia, 22035

Phone 703-324-3311

Website http://agency.governmentjobs.com/fairfaxcounty/default.cfm