Transportation Planner III

Date Opened: Friday, August 22, 2025 12:00 AM

Close Date: Sunday, September 21, 2025 12:00 AM

Department: Transportation Department

Planning

Salary: $87,368.00 - $109,210.00 Commensurate with Experience

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• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

The City of Charlotte’s Department of Transportation (CDOT) is seeking a leader to work within the department’s Strategic Mobility Division, with a demonstrated commitment to collaboration and innovative thinking to help shape our mobility planning initiatives. The Transportation Planner III is part of a team of planners and engineers responsible for advancing transportation policies, and planning for Charlotte’s future mobility investment. This position will collaborate across departments, partner agencies, and the community to achieve multimodal solutions that shape our rapid growth and development.
Among its many responsibilities, this position will support the Department in project development and prioritization, Vision Zero planning and advancement, and continued implementation of the Strategic Mobility Plan. This position requires a high level of technical, project management, and communication skills.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Transportation Planning:

• Leads the development of long-range transportation policy, plans, programs, projects, and initiatives
• Maintains and expands collaborative relationships with other City and County departments and agencies (including the Charlotte Planning, Design and Development Department and the Charlotte Area Transit System) and other CDOT Divisions/staff to advance ongoing initiatives to integrate transportation and land use planning
• Represents the Strategic Mobility Division on interdisciplinary teams with internal and external stakeholders
• Participates in regional transportation planning activities associated with the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CRTPO)
• Develops and conducts, as necessary, public involvement processes related to plans and policies
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Community & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Engages and develops collaborative relationships with stakeholders, community groups, and public/private agencies to successfully implement the City’s transportation policies and programs
• Supports CDOT leadership in responding to City Council and the City Manager’s Office on transportation planning initiatives and projects
• Makes presentations to the community, civic boards, and/or professional peers on transportation initiatives and growth-related transportation issues

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Demonstrated working knowledge of the principles and practices of urban and transportation planning
• Demonstrated working knowledge of policy development, particularly policies that integrate mobility, land use, urban growth, and equitable transportation components
• Knowledge of ordinance development
• Familiarity with land development principles and practices
• Working knowledge of transportation facilities and project design
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects and tasks simultaneously
• Ability to prepare comprehensive plans and reports
• Ability to establish and maintain effective public and working relationships
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to integrate land use, urban design, and multimodal transportation perspectives in the review, coordination, and development of mobility projects and plans
• Ability to understand and effectively use data for mobility-related analyses
• Proficiency in ArcGIS
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in urban planning, Transportation Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Geography, or a related field
• Certified Planner (AICP), Professional Engineer (PE), and/or Professional Landscape Architect (PLA)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree with five years of relevant work experience

OR

• Master's Degree with three years of relevant work experience

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress, appearance, or behavior.

Our culture is to serve the community honorably.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

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You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby, where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST), excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process, please email Careers@ci.charlotte.nc.us.

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BENEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.

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