Job Alert: Transportation Specialist – ITS Joint Program Office (U.S.Dept of Transportation) @ Washington, DC

June 11, 2013 at 5:59 pm

The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO) is looking for a Transportation Specialist to serve as program manager and technical expert responsible for the development and direction of the Multimodal ITS Research and Deployment portions of the Department’s ITS program.

The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent communications skills, expertise in ITS research and development topics, such as highway operations, transit, and ITS deployment.  The incumbent will work closely with the highway, motor carrier, rail, and transit industries to promote ITS initiatives and with the ITS community to ensure that multimodal systems operations needs are being accommodated.  The incumbent will champion the capabilities and interests of the ITS community, often to a constituency that is not knowledgeable about or sympathetic to its needs.  In this capacity, the incumbent works to increase consensus building among its partners and work towards meeting National ITS program goals and objectives related to the deployment of ITS solutions.

To qualify, you must either:

  • Be a current or former Federal employee with Status OR
  • Be a veteran who qualifies under VEOA.

If you know someone interested in this Washington, D.C. based position with relevant experience and proven results, please encourage them to apply using one of the vacancy announcement links below.  We are looking for a diverse pool of qualified candidates.

Note: The deadline for applying is Monday, June 17, 2013.

Job Number: FHWA.JPO-2013-0001

Click here to access the vacancy announcement.

Job Alert: Transportation Specialist – @U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration

May 3, 2013 at 6:10 pm

Note: Application Deadline  Monday, May 13, 2013

This position is located in the Office of Transportation Management.  You will provide program management and program and technical support to federal field staff on various Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and Transportation Systems Management and Operations initiatives.  You will be responsible for developing program strategies and for providing hands-on technical and program expertise to federal field staff in areas such as ITS architecture, standards, systems engineering.  The objective is for the specialist to ensure that federal field staff is equipped with the skills, knowledge, and information to

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effectively support ITS deployment and key ITS initiatives with state and local agencies.

The ideal candidate is a mid-career or seasoned professional with experience developing program strategies and providing technical and program expertise in areas such as ITS architecture, standards, systems engineering.

DUTIES:

As a Transportation Specialist, you will:

  • Lead the ITS Standards Deployment, ITS Regional Architecture and Systems Engineering programs.
  • Provide leadership and technical expertise to State, local transportation agencies, and FHWA staff in transportation system management and operations, including interpretations of legislation and regulations, procedures, requirements, technological advancements and/or approaches.
  • Recommend and facilitate the implementation of innovative programs and processes to support ITS deployment.
  • Serve as the Government’s Technical Representative or Task Monitor.
  • Provide learning and development opportunities to State, local transportation agencies and FHWA staff to strengthen their technical competencies in the area of ITS Standards, ITS Regional Architecture, and Systems Engineering.

Click here to learn more and to apply.

 

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