Salary : $72,125.46 - $120,208.82 Annually
Location : DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION, 4050 LEGATO ROAD, SUITE 400, FAIRFAX (EJ03), VA
Job Type: FT Salary W BN
Job Number: 26-00932
Department: Transportation
Opening Date: 06/20/2026
Closing Date: 7/10/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Pay Grade: S25
Posting Type: Open to General Public

Job Announcement

This position works as a motivated, highly qualified, and public service-oriented transportation planner within the Active Transportation, Capital Projects, and Traffic Engineering Division. Coordinates complex multimodal transportation projects. Working with neighborhoods throughout the county, such as Reston, Tysons and along Richmond Highway, continues 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:

• Assisting in developing, scoping, planning, managing, and reviewing intersection, roadway, bicycle, pedestrian, and other multimodal transportation facility studies and project plans
• Providing routine planning, traffic engineering, and design analyses and reviews for these projects and studies
• Coordinating studies, plans, reports, and special assignments within the department and with other local, state, and federal agencies, consultants, elected officials, special interest groups, and citizens with the ability to resolve project issues
• Assisting in preparation, oversight, and monitoring of program and project schedules, and managing consultant contracts from scoping to completion
• Performing traffic safety analyses, reviewing, and analyzing accident data
• Conducting site visits, and attending field and local community meetings
• Preparing and attending public hearings, workshops, community, state and national events, and presenting information to senior leadership and/or elected officials, residents, community associations, and other agencies
• Preparing and communicating technical reports, correspondence, status reports, meeting summaries, official items for Board of Supervisors' consideration, and other documents, as required
• Performing other duties as assigned

Employment Standards

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

(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 bachelor's degree in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field; plus two years of professional experience in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
Valid driver's 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 experience in two or more of the following areas: transportation planning for roadway and multimodal projects, traffic engineering, and/or transportation design.
• Experience preparing and reviewing multimodal transportation plans or traffic analysis.
• Experience working with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements for transportation projects.
• Experience preparing capital project design plans and transportation studies.
• Project management experience
• Ability to coordinate and complete multiple assignments within established priorities.
• Experience coordinating with local and state governments entities, including elected officials.
• At least two years of experience using transportation related software, such as ArcGIS, Highway Capacity Software (HCS), SYNCHRO/SIMTraffic, or VISSIM
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, experience in preparing and giving presentations to community groups, senior-level leadership, and/or elected officials.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships.
• Desire to advance a collaborative and supportive culture.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Work is generally sedentary. However, employee may be required to do some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of items under 25 pounds in weight. Ability to input, access, and retrieve information from a computer. Visual acuity to review detailed drawings, plans and documents. Ability to operate a motor vehicle. Conducts periodic field observations requiring standing, riding, and exposure to the elements (weather). 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 ) We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity.

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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
• Deferred Compensation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employees' Child Care Center
• Continuous Learning Opportunities

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

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Non-Merit Positions

1. 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
2. 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
• Associate's degree
• Bachelor's degree
• Master's 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 driver's license?

• Yes
• No

06

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 years or more

07

Please indicate which of the following areas you possess experience or education within. Check all that apply.

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

08

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have preparing or reviewing multimodal transportation 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 professional experience do you have conducting 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 or more years

10

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have working with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements for transportation projects?

• 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

11

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have in preparing 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 or more years

12

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 or more years

13

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 years or more

14

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have coordinating with local, state, or federal government agencies?

• 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

15

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have using ArcGIS?

• 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

16

Do you have a minimum of two years of full-time experience utilizing any of the transportation related software programs listed below? Check all that apply.

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

17

If you selected "Other transportation related software program(s)" for the previous question, please list the transportation software program(s) you have experience with. If this does not apply to you, enter N/A
18

This position will require you to attend project-related meetings and workshops, both in-person and virtual, including occasional evenings and weekends. Are you able and willing to do so?

• Yes
• No

Required Question