Transportation Planner 1 (GIS, Mapping, and Visualization)

As a Transportation Planner 1 in the Systems Planning Bureau, Mapping & Geographic Information Team you will be responsible for the maintenance and production of professional mapping and visualization products utilizing various supporting software including Esri, Bentley, Hexagon, Adobe, and others.  This position will also research, test, and apply efficient methods of data visualization and publication through the implementation of established processes and technological advancements.

Mapping products include standard city, county, and state base maps, as well as a variety of special maps in static and online interactive form. Maps and other visualization products are primarily intended to communicate transportation information in summary form to provide the customer with an overall understanding of the features represented. Additional details are included as necessary to provide the level of detail required by the customer and the project. The position will apply skills in various technological areas including the ability to utilize both a variety of mapping and visualization software as well as a variety of supporting applications to convey the summary message.

The position will coordinate with the Roadway Asset Management System (RAMS) staff, utilize that database information as well as other datasets in the generation of mapping and visualization products. A strong understanding of the fields and data within critical databases is required to ensure results of simple to complex queries are correct for the needs of the product.

The position will also perform analysis of spatial transportation data in order to formulate potential solutions to planning issues that meet project priorities, objectives, and follow guidelines established by policy. Understand the relationships between data, the variability of the data, the integrity of the data, and impact of variables such as time and when to seek out other sources. Understand and utilize the tools available to analyze both spatial and non-spatial data to query, summarize, and visualize potential solutions to customers. Summarize and visualize in the form of documents, charts, static or online interactive maps with supporting statistics and various views to identify alternatives.