GIS Field Technician (Planning Technician II)

GIS Field Technician (Planning Technician II)

Salary

$55,417.02 - $96,979.79 Annually

Location

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

Job Type

FT Hourly W BN

Job Number

26-01701

Department

Transportation

Opening Date

11/14/2026

Closing Date

12/4/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

Pay Grade

S19

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 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.

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

Employment Standards

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 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:

• 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

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Ability to use hand tools. Work is generally sedentary. Employee may be required to do some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of items under 25 pounds in weight. 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.

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 the major(s) or minor(s) for your completed degree(s). 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

How many years of full-time equivalent paraprofessional planning or zoning related work experience 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 years or more

07

How many years of full-time equivalent paraprofessional experience in traffic engineering or transportation planning program administration 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 years or more

08

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have preparing or reviewing project design plans?

• 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 or more years

09

How many years of full-time equivalent project management experience do you possess in establishing priorities and organizing/coordinating multiple projects and assignments?

• 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 years or more

10

Please indicate which of the following you have experience with. Check all that apply.

• Highway signage placement and installation
• Ensuring compliance with MUTCD standards applicable to highway signs
• Ensuring compliance with FHWA standards applicable to highway signs
• None of the above

11

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have conducting field observations and performing data analysis?

• 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 or more years

12

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have preparing and reviewing transportation or traffic analysis?

• 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 years or more

13

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have coordinating with local and state government entities, 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 years or more

14

Please indicate your level of proficiency/experience using ArcGIS Pro software.

• Beginner (Less than 2 years of experience using ArcGIS Pro)
• Moderate ((Between 2-3 years of experience using ArcGIS Pro, experience to include 1 or more years of experience using ESRI Products (ArcGIS Online, Portal, Spatial Analytics)
• Intermediate (Between 3-5 years of experience using ArcGIS Pro, experience to include 1 or more years of experience using ESRI Products (ArcGIS Online, Portal, Spatial Analytics)
• Advanced (At least 5 years of experience using ArcGIS Pro, experience to include 1 or more years of experience using ESRI Products (ArcGIS Online, Portal, Spatial Analytics)
• None of the above

15

Are you proficient in any of the following Microsoft Office Suite applications? Check all that apply.

• Outlook (Composing email messages; sending and receiving email messages; organizing email messages into folders; managing contacts; scheduling appointments & meetings, managing tasks)
• Word (Knowledge of common functions such as creating a title; using, modifying, and creating styles; indenting paragraphs; using tabs and tables; inserting a hard page break; using page numbering; creating headers and footers; inserting graphics; adding comments and tracking changes)
• PowerPoint (Creating a template and working with a design template; working with graphics, animation and multimedia; building interactive presentations using hyperlinks)
• Excel (Basic knowledge of creating a worksheet; performing calculations in a worksheet; modifying and formatting a worksheet; printing workbook contents; creating and modifying pivot tables; using formulas and links to other cells/worksheets)
• None of the above

16

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

• Yes
• No

17

Are you willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the position with or without reasonable accommodations?

• 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