Transportation Planner, Bus Rapid Transit – Raleigh, NC

Location
NC 27601, NC

Job Type
Full-Time

Department
Transit-Transportation Svcs

Closing Date
3/5/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

Work Hours
Monday – Friday; 8:30 am – 5:15 pm

Hiring Range
$60,400.00 – $77,000.00

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Here is what you’ll bring

• Effective communications: Strong written and verbal skills, including public speaking to explain complex technical details to residents and transit users

• Design and detail oriented: An eye for designing multimodal solutions with transit users in mind and detail oriented to provide key technical guidance to design and engineering consultants
• Strategic planning: Can look at the big picture and chart a path forward to implementing meaningful and effective projects
• Experience riding transit: Practice what you preach, having experience in being a transit user provides the best opportunity to understand challenges and develop solutions
• Research ability: Proactively researching project elements to ensure the best decisions are made throughout project design

About Us:

The City of Raleigh’s Transit Division seeks to provide quality public transportation to Raleigh and surrounding Wake County municipalities. Our goal is to increase mobility options and access for all users of the transit system. The Transit Division is within the larger Transportation Department and works alongside partner groups such as: Mobility, Strategy and Infrastructure; Vision Zero; Signs and Markings; and Traffic Signals to provide safe and effective transportation solutions for Raleigh. The City of Raleigh is a member of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), and as an employee you will have access to member forums, webinars, and resources provided by NACTO.

Join our team of over 30 passionate public transit professionals keen on making an impact in both Raleigh and the greater Triangle region. We foster a collaborative, inclusive work environment, and we value perspectives and ideas from all to enhance the quality of our public transit services.

In this dynamic role, you’ll play a key part in supporting the development of transit capital infrastructure and contribute to a program increasing high-capacity mobility options within the region.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Support the BRT program including the design and engineering of BRT corridor projects
• Participate in cross departmental teams evaluating first/last mile mobility challenges within the vicinity of the proposed BRT stations
• Deliver effective community engagement through a variety of means designed to meet the public where they are
• Collaborate with other departments, internal and external stakeholders, boards and committees, and the broader public to effectively communicate program and project updates
• Create maps and other visuals, lead website updates, and develop progress reports on transit improvement
• This position will be required to operate a City-owned vehicle

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree in Planning, Urban Planning, Transportation Planning, Engineering, or related field; 1 to 3 years’ experience in urban/regional planning, transportation planning, or related work
OR

Any equivalent combination of training and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities may be substituted.

Licenses or Certifications:

• Valid North Carolina Class C Driver’s License with a satisfactory driving record, or the ability to obtain within 60 days of hire

• Transit best practices, trends and emerging transit technologies. Firsthand transit experience is preferred but not required

• Project management principles and practices, including leading project tasks and initiatives
• Best practices in community engagement and survey design
• Principles and practices of strategic planning, long-range planning, critical thinking, and analysis
• Customer service principles
• Modern office practices and procedures including the use of standard office equipment and computer applications such as word processing, databases, and spreadsheet applications
• Relevant software applications including – but not limited to – Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Suite, and ArcGIS
• Principles and applications of critical thinking and analysis