Senior Planner

Under the direction of the Manager of Planning, Grants and Programming, the Senior
Planner (Planner) is responsible for leading and overseeing advanced, highly-complex
professional planning studies and activities, that include but are not limited to, carrying
out of short-and long-range passenger rail and transit planning, agency coordination,
advocacy, station area development, environmental, and network integration with other
transportation services/expansion programs (including high-speed rail) efforts for both the
Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) and San Joaquins rail services. The Planner will assist
with the development and preparation of competitive grant applications, capital project
development, project tracking and reporting, and coordinate with other San Joaquin
Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC) departments and external partner agencies. The
position also supports ACE and San Joaquins financial planning and programming, grant
program compliance and oversight, as well as capital projects coordination. The position
will involve project implementation, making decisions to solve problems, working closely
with state and local partners, and representing SJRRC and San Joaquin Joint Powers
Authority (SJJPA) at public events and meetings.

The Planner will split their time leading tasks supporting the ACE, San Joaquins, and
high-speed rail (HSR) services. For ACE and San Joaquins, the work is focused largely
on the joint ACE/San Joaquins improvement and expansion program known as "Valley
Rail". A goal of Valley Rail is to improve and expand ACE to serve Modesto, Merced,
Sacramento, Butte County, and Union City/BART. The Valley Rail Program includes
several projects and initiatives to improve and increase the frequency of the San Joaquins
service and expand the San Joaquins to Butte County. The Planner will lead the critical
network integration planning and coordination with HSR (see Figure 1 attached).

The Planner will oversee the Departmental efforts in planning tasks related to ACE and
San Joaquins service improvements and expansion as well as planning tasks related to
network integration with the HSR Early Operating Segment (EOS) between Merced and
Bakersfield and the operations of HSR EOS (SJJPA is expected to be the Operating
Agency for the HSR EOS).

This position is distinguished from the Associate level by the assignment and oversight
of the full range of duties and responsible for major functional area.