SENIOR MANAGER, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (PARKING MANAGEMENT)
Apply NowCompany: Los Angeles Metro
Location: Los Angeles, CA 90011
Description:
Salary: $109,345.60 - $164,028.80 Annually
Location : Los Angeles, CA
Job Type: Regular Employee
Job Number: 2400521
Cabinet: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Cost Center: 3046 - PARKING MANAGEMENT
Opening Date: 04/04/2025
Closing Date: 4/18/2025 5:00 PM Pacific
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: Non-Contract
Metro's mission is to provide a world-class transportation system that enhances the quality of life for all who live, work, and play within LA County.
Description
Oversees, manages, and executes work activities that may have broad organizational-wide impact in an assigned organizational unit and manages the work of assigned staff and consultants on related projects. The Senior Manager, Transportation Planning (Parking Management) will be providing parking management skills as a subject matter expert implementing parking programs, operation management, and program administration. Oversees field parking management and enforcement operations and also conducts surveys and facility assessments. Develop and implement new parking and mobility plans, projects, products, and programs, including but not limited to parking innovative solutions, policies, and equipment implementation.
Recruitment Timelines: Interviews are projected to be scheduled for the week of May 5th, 2025. These dates are subject to change. We encourage you to monitor your governmentjobs.com profile and emails for the latest updates.
Examples of Duties
Minimum Qualifications
A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a year-for-year basis. A typical combination includes:
Education
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications (PQs) are used to identify relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) as determined by business necessity. These criteria are considered preferred qualifications and are not intended to serve as minimum requirements for the position. PQs will help support selection decisions throughout the recruitment. In addition, applicants who possess these PQs will not automatically be selected.
The following are the preferred qualifications:
Essential Knowledge
Knowledge of (defined as a learned body of information that is required for and applied in the performance of job tasks)
Working Conditions
Metro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, age, veteran status, or disability. Learn more about Metro does not deny participation in the application process to anyone with prior justice system involvement, in line with hiring practices.
Selection Procedure
Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to further evaluate job-related experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.
Application Procedure
To apply, visit Metro's website at www.metro.net and complete an online Employment Application.
Computers are available to complete online Employment Applications at the following Metro location:
METRO Headquarters, Employment Office
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Telephone: (213) 922-6217 or persons with hearing or speech impairments can use California Relay Service 711 to contact Metro.
All completed online Employment Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date. Late applications will not be considered.
*Open to the public and all Metro employees
This job bulletin is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform other related job duties.
*Please refer to the applicable benefit type (Regular or Temporary)*
BENEFITS FOR REGULAR EMPLOYEES
Benefits cover probationary or regular full-time (working at least 40 hrs/week) employees of Metro.
We offer a range of high-quality medical, dental and vision plan options as well as health care spending accounts for you and your family. Metro will cover a significant portion of your health care premiums.
Medical/Dental/Vision Plan - Employee has the choice of 3 separate medical plans and 3 dental plans. A separate vision plan is included in each medical plan.
Group Life Insurance - PTSC pays for an amount equal to your annual salary, rounded up to the nearest $1,000. Minimum amount of life insurance is $30,000.
Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance - PTSC provides $50,000 coverage for each employee. Additional voluntary coverage in amounts up to $500,000 is available at favorable premium rates.
Long-Term Disability Insurance - 100% employer paid. Provides employees with a minimum income of 60% of earnings after six months of disability. Buy up or buy down options available.
Holidays - 12 days a year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Cesar E Chavez, Juneteenth,Thanksgiving Day, Day After Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
Time off with Pay (TOWP) - Compensates employees who are on approved absence from work for reasons such as illness, injury, medical and dental appointments, personal business, vacation, or observance of (a) religious holiday.
Years of Service Annual Accrual
Hire date - 5 years 20 days
Beginning of 6th - 10th year 25 days
Beginning of 11th - 15th year 30 days
Beginning of 16th + years 35 days
Pension Plan - PTSC retirement plan is the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). Vesting is five (5) years. Minimum retirement age is 52, based on the 2% at 62 formula.
Other Benefits: Transportation passes for employees and/or eligible dependents; Medicare; Tuition reimbursement; credit union membership; SDI; Deferred Compensation Plan; 401(K) Thrift plan; EAP; Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts; Flexible work schedules; and Jury Duty Pay.
BENEFITS FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
Temporary (Contingent) employees are eligible for the following benefits only:
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Please acknowledge that the following responses will be used to supplement and expand on the Work Experience section of your application. It is important to provide detailed answers and do not refer to or rely on a resume or other documentation as we will not review resumes to determine qualifications. The information provided in your application must support your selected answers in the supplemental questions. The information you provide will be verified and documentation may be required. Please be as accurate as possible. By completing this supplemental questionnaire, you are attesting that the information you have provided is accurate. Any misstatements, omissions, or falsification of information may eliminate you from consideration or result in dismissal.
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Please select the highest level of education you have completed.
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Please select the number of years of relevant experience in transportation planning, project management, urban design, transportation system design and research, travel simulation and demand modeling, transportation finance, operations planning, or a related area.
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If you indicated having relevant experience in transportation planning, project management, urban design, transportation system design and research, travel simulation and demand modeling, transportation finance, operations planning, or a related area, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
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Please select the number of years of relevant supervisory-level experience in transportation planning, project management, urban design, transportation system design and research, travel simulation and demand modeling, transportation finance, operations planning, or a related area.
06
If you indicated having relevant supervisory-level experience in transportation planning, project management, urban design, transportation system design and research, travel simulation and demand modeling, transportation finance, operations planning, or a related area, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
07
Please describe your experience managing projects for parking and mobility programs implementation, or capital projects for infrastructures development. Your response MUST include your job title, the employer(s) where experience was obtained, and date(s) the work was performed. If you do not possess this experience, please type N/A.
08
Please describe your experience overseeing field operations for parking or mobility programs, including facilities operations and maintenance, policies enforcement, and budget administration. Your response MUST include your job title, the employer(s) where experience was obtained, and date(s) the work was performed. If you do not possess this experience, please type N/A.
09
Please describe your experience writing scope of work, parking studies, reports and correspondence of a technical nature, conduct research, and analyze data. Your response MUST include job title, the employer(s) where experience was obtained, and date(s) the work was performed. If you do not possess this experience, please type N/A.
10
Please describe your experience negotiating, executing parking management related contracts and operating agreements. Your response MUST include your job title, the employer(s) where experience was obtained, and date(s) the work was performed. If you do not possess this experience, please type N/A.
11
Do you have a Certified Parking Professional (CPP) or Certified Administrator of Public Parking (CAPP) license/certification?
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If you indicating having the license/certification in the previous question, please state which one. If you do not possess this the license/certification, please type N/A.
Required Question
Location : Los Angeles, CA
Job Type: Regular Employee
Job Number: 2400521
Cabinet: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Cost Center: 3046 - PARKING MANAGEMENT
Opening Date: 04/04/2025
Closing Date: 4/18/2025 5:00 PM Pacific
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: Non-Contract
Metro's mission is to provide a world-class transportation system that enhances the quality of life for all who live, work, and play within LA County.
Description
Oversees, manages, and executes work activities that may have broad organizational-wide impact in an assigned organizational unit and manages the work of assigned staff and consultants on related projects. The Senior Manager, Transportation Planning (Parking Management) will be providing parking management skills as a subject matter expert implementing parking programs, operation management, and program administration. Oversees field parking management and enforcement operations and also conducts surveys and facility assessments. Develop and implement new parking and mobility plans, projects, products, and programs, including but not limited to parking innovative solutions, policies, and equipment implementation.
Recruitment Timelines: Interviews are projected to be scheduled for the week of May 5th, 2025. These dates are subject to change. We encourage you to monitor your governmentjobs.com profile and emails for the latest updates.
Examples of Duties
- Manages complex transportation planning, implementation, funding, and analytical projects and programs
- Leads and facilitates development of strategies, processes, and policies
- Develops, negotiates, and executes major cooperative and service agreements, Memorandums of Understanding, and interagency funding plans to include scopes of work, financial plans, schedules, and contracts with other agencies and private developers
- Provides technical support and policy guidance to management on Metro plans, programs, and projects
- Applies, develops, and evaluates analytical, quantitative, and statistical tools and their results
- Represents Metro and makes presentations before various public/private audiences
- Participates and takes a leadership position in committees, forums, interagency task forces, and/or technical advisory groups
- Coordinates with municipal partners and ensures compliance with relevant policy guidelines and regulations
- Supports the acquisition processes and consultant contracts; manages schedules, staffing, technical deliverables, and budgets from the end user/business unit perspective
- Develops, forecasts, and monitors budgets for plans, programs, and projects
- Evaluates proposed legislation for impact on specific plans, programs, and projects
- Evaluates the costs, benefits, and risks of alternative funding plans, programs, and projects
- Prepares comprehensive reports, correspondence, and cost estimates
- Manages and coordinates the work of staff and/or consultants
- Guides work plan, staff, resource allocation, and stakeholder engagement strategy to advance implementation of pilot projects and to implement Metro's Vision 2028 Strategic Plan
- Coordinates with municipal partners to pilot new initiatives and to implement Metro's Vision 2028 Strategic Plan
- Communicates and implements safety rules, policies, and procedures in support of the agency's safety vision and goals; and maintains accountability for the safety performance of all assigned employees
- Contributes to ensuring that the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies and programs of Metro are carried out
May be required to perform other related job duties
Minimum Qualifications
A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a year-for-year basis. A typical combination includes:
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Urban or Transportation Planning, Civil or Transportation Engineering, Business, Public Administration, Political Science, Urban Design, Public Policy, Finance, or a related field; Master's Degree in a related field preferred
- Six years of relevant experience or three years supervisory-level experience in transportation planning, project management, urban design, transportation system design and research, travel simulation and demand modeling, transportation finance, operations planning, or a related area; two years of relevant management-level experience preferred; some positions in this class may require specialized experience in area of assignment
- A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions preferred
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications (PQs) are used to identify relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) as determined by business necessity. These criteria are considered preferred qualifications and are not intended to serve as minimum requirements for the position. PQs will help support selection decisions throughout the recruitment. In addition, applicants who possess these PQs will not automatically be selected.
The following are the preferred qualifications:
- Experience managing projects for parking and mobility programs implementation, or capital projects for infrastructures development.
- Experience overseeing field operations for parking or mobility programs, including facilities operations and maintenance, policies enforcement, and budget administration.
- Experience writing scope of work, parking studies, reports and correspondence of a technical nature, conduct research, and analyze data.
- Experience negotiating, executing parking management related contracts and operating agreements.
- Certified Parking Professional (CPP) or Certified Administrator of Public Parking (CAPP)
Essential Knowledge
Knowledge of (defined as a learned body of information that is required for and applied in the performance of job tasks)
- Applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations governing transportation policies, funding, and planning for a public agency
- Theories, principles, and practices of project and program management, transportation and land use planning, and regulations, contracts, and funding
- Financial, analytical, statistical, and reconciliation methods and practices
- Organization and processes of local, regional, state, and federal government, including legislative and funding processes and policies
- Political, socioeconomic, and environmental issues that influence transportation
- Modern management theory
- Applicable business software applications
- Managing the activities of a major transportation mode, project, or program
- Managing projects effectively
- Determining strategies to achieve goals
- Conducting studies, research, and analyses
- Understanding complex planning concepts
- Analyzing situations and issues, identifying problems, recommending and implementing solutions, evaluating outcomes, and making course corrections
- Exercising sound judgment and creativity in making decisions and solving complex problems
- Preparing reports and correspondence
- Establishing and implementing relevant policies and procedures
- Communicating effectively orally and in writing
- Interacting professionally with various levels of Metro employees, outside representatives, and the public
- Writing and editing documents for diverse audiences, including complex and technical documents; and translating complex concepts into easy to understand terms
- Mediating and negotiating
- Managing multidisciplinary professionals to achieve goals
- Managing procurement contracts and negotiating
- Building consensus and support around new concepts and innovations
- Work independently or in teams
- Think and act independently
- Compile, analyze, and interpret complex data
- Negotiate consensus solutions
- Promote and build support for innovation with internal and external stakeholders
- Effectively navigate complex political, controversial, and challenging subjects to build consensus and achieve desired outcome
- Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, contracts, budgets, and labor/management agreements
- Represent Metro before the public
- Make financial decisions within a budget
- Supervise, train, and provide expert technical assistance to assigned staff
- Read, write, speak, and understand English
Working Conditions
- Typical office situation
- Close exposure to computer monitors and video screen
- Sitting at a desk or table
- Operate a telephone or other telecommunications device and communicate through the medium
- Type and use a keyboard and mouse to perform necessary computer-based functions
- Communicating through speech in the English language required
Metro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, age, veteran status, or disability. Learn more about Metro does not deny participation in the application process to anyone with prior justice system involvement, in line with hiring practices.
Selection Procedure
Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to further evaluate job-related experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.
Application Procedure
To apply, visit Metro's website at www.metro.net and complete an online Employment Application.
Computers are available to complete online Employment Applications at the following Metro location:
METRO Headquarters, Employment Office
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Telephone: (213) 922-6217 or persons with hearing or speech impairments can use California Relay Service 711 to contact Metro.
All completed online Employment Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date. Late applications will not be considered.
*Open to the public and all Metro employees
This job bulletin is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform other related job duties.
*Please refer to the applicable benefit type (Regular or Temporary)*
BENEFITS FOR REGULAR EMPLOYEES
Benefits cover probationary or regular full-time (working at least 40 hrs/week) employees of Metro.
We offer a range of high-quality medical, dental and vision plan options as well as health care spending accounts for you and your family. Metro will cover a significant portion of your health care premiums.
Medical/Dental/Vision Plan - Employee has the choice of 3 separate medical plans and 3 dental plans. A separate vision plan is included in each medical plan.
Group Life Insurance - PTSC pays for an amount equal to your annual salary, rounded up to the nearest $1,000. Minimum amount of life insurance is $30,000.
Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance - PTSC provides $50,000 coverage for each employee. Additional voluntary coverage in amounts up to $500,000 is available at favorable premium rates.
Long-Term Disability Insurance - 100% employer paid. Provides employees with a minimum income of 60% of earnings after six months of disability. Buy up or buy down options available.
Holidays - 12 days a year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Cesar E Chavez, Juneteenth,Thanksgiving Day, Day After Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
Time off with Pay (TOWP) - Compensates employees who are on approved absence from work for reasons such as illness, injury, medical and dental appointments, personal business, vacation, or observance of (a) religious holiday.
Years of Service Annual Accrual
Hire date - 5 years 20 days
Beginning of 6th - 10th year 25 days
Beginning of 11th - 15th year 30 days
Beginning of 16th + years 35 days
Pension Plan - PTSC retirement plan is the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). Vesting is five (5) years. Minimum retirement age is 52, based on the 2% at 62 formula.
Other Benefits: Transportation passes for employees and/or eligible dependents; Medicare; Tuition reimbursement; credit union membership; SDI; Deferred Compensation Plan; 401(K) Thrift plan; EAP; Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts; Flexible work schedules; and Jury Duty Pay.
BENEFITS FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
Temporary (Contingent) employees are eligible for the following benefits only:
- Kaiser medical insurance
- Public Pension Plan
- 457/401K Plan
- Flex Spending
- Paid Sick Time
- Fare Media
- Rideshare Subsidies
- Metro One Fitness membership
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Please acknowledge that the following responses will be used to supplement and expand on the Work Experience section of your application. It is important to provide detailed answers and do not refer to or rely on a resume or other documentation as we will not review resumes to determine qualifications. The information provided in your application must support your selected answers in the supplemental questions. The information you provide will be verified and documentation may be required. Please be as accurate as possible. By completing this supplemental questionnaire, you are attesting that the information you have provided is accurate. Any misstatements, omissions, or falsification of information may eliminate you from consideration or result in dismissal.
- Yes, I agree and understand my resume will not be reviewed
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Please select the highest level of education you have completed.
- I do not have education equivalent to grade 12
- High school graduate, diploma or the equivalent (GED)
- Associate degree from an accredited college or university
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
- Master's degree from an accredited college or university
- PhD from an accredited college or university
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Please select the number of years of relevant experience in transportation planning, project management, urban design, transportation system design and research, travel simulation and demand modeling, transportation finance, operations planning, or a related area.
- No relevant experience
- Less than 6 years
- 6 years or more but fewer than 8 years
- 8 years or more but fewer than 10 years
- 10 years or more
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If you indicated having relevant experience in transportation planning, project management, urban design, transportation system design and research, travel simulation and demand modeling, transportation finance, operations planning, or a related area, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
05
Please select the number of years of relevant supervisory-level experience in transportation planning, project management, urban design, transportation system design and research, travel simulation and demand modeling, transportation finance, operations planning, or a related area.
- No relevant experience
- Fewer than 3 years
- 3 years or more, but fewer than 5 years
- 5 years or more, but fewer than 7 years
- 7 years or more
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If you indicated having relevant supervisory-level experience in transportation planning, project management, urban design, transportation system design and research, travel simulation and demand modeling, transportation finance, operations planning, or a related area, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
07
Please describe your experience managing projects for parking and mobility programs implementation, or capital projects for infrastructures development. Your response MUST include your job title, the employer(s) where experience was obtained, and date(s) the work was performed. If you do not possess this experience, please type N/A.
08
Please describe your experience overseeing field operations for parking or mobility programs, including facilities operations and maintenance, policies enforcement, and budget administration. Your response MUST include your job title, the employer(s) where experience was obtained, and date(s) the work was performed. If you do not possess this experience, please type N/A.
09
Please describe your experience writing scope of work, parking studies, reports and correspondence of a technical nature, conduct research, and analyze data. Your response MUST include job title, the employer(s) where experience was obtained, and date(s) the work was performed. If you do not possess this experience, please type N/A.
10
Please describe your experience negotiating, executing parking management related contracts and operating agreements. Your response MUST include your job title, the employer(s) where experience was obtained, and date(s) the work was performed. If you do not possess this experience, please type N/A.
11
Do you have a Certified Parking Professional (CPP) or Certified Administrator of Public Parking (CAPP) license/certification?
- Yes
- No
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If you indicating having the license/certification in the previous question, please state which one. If you do not possess this the license/certification, please type N/A.
Required Question