Senior Planner - Long Range Regional Planning
Senior Planner - Long Range Regional Planning
Job Description
DEADLINE TO APPLY IS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2026, AT 11:55 PM
HOWEVER, THIS JOB POSTING MAY CLOSE EARLIER IF WE RECEIVE 75 APPLICATIONS BEFORE THE 10/25/26 CLOSING DATE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST
FIRST ROUND INTERVIEWS ARE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2026
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELYA resume is required with your applicationBe ready to rethink your assumptions about the public sector. Dedicated and motivated colleagues? Beautiful, high amenity building for on-site work and collaboration? Flexible schedules and hybrid work options? Yes, yes, and yes!
ABOUT THE SECTION
The Senior Planner will be a member of the Transportation Planning team, one of four teams within the Regional Planning Program section serving MTC and ABAG. The Regional Planning Program leads regional planning activities related to housing, land use, resilience, and transportation to create an affordable, connected, diverse, healthy, and vibrant Bay Area for all. The section collaborates extensively with local and regional partner agencies, non-profits, advocacy organizations, business and labor groups and community organizations.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Transportation Planning team leads long-range initiatives that shape the Bay Area’s transportation future. The team develops the Transportation Element of Plan Bay Area—establishing strategic policy and investment priorities for MTC/ABAG and partner agencies—as well as modal plans for transit, goods movement, road pricing, and other regional priorities. With an interdisciplinary focus, the team’s work portfolio extends to topics related to the transportation–land use connection, environmental resilience, economic vitality and equity. In addition, the team plays a central coordination role with federal, state, and local partners on transportation planning.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Senior Planner will play a lead role within the Transportation Planning team. In the near term, the position is anticipated to lead a portfolio of initiatives such as performance planning and equity analyses for Plan Bay Area 2060 and white papers on specific topic areas. In the longer term, this position would be expected to lead planning studies on topics related to goods movement, road pricing, transit and other relevant transportation priorities for the region.
The individual would collaborate closely with policy and planning staff across the agency as well as technical staff in the forecasting and modeling team. Further, the individual would play a major role in engaging and coordinating with key transportation partners throughout the Bay Area, including county transportation agencies, transit operators and non-profit organizations, as well as relevant federal and state agencies. While this position is envisioned to focus on transportation-oriented projects and policies, it will require a cross-functional and interdisciplinary lens.
The ideal candidate would be a versatile team player with robust technical, communications and project management skills who can seamlessly work with internal and external transportation partners, and who would have knowledge on a wide range of transportation, land use, environmental resilience and equity issues. The candidate should be self-driven and adept at creative problem-solving under tight deadlines, with strong interpersonal skills, flexibility to take on new topic areas, and the ability to learn quickly and advance complex projects successfully.
Responsibilities
Under the direction of the Assistant Director, Transportation Planning within the Regional Planning Program, specific assignments and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Project Management Policy and Technical Analyses Communications Qualifications KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES The ideal candidate will have the following knowledge, skills and abilities: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities listed. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be: Education: A Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate field related to the area of assignment, such as transportation planning, city and regional planning; transportation engineering or modeling, financial management, economics, business or public administration. A Master’s degree is desirable. Experience: Three years of increasingly responsible experience in an appropriate field related to the area of assignment. Applicants with a degree issued by an institution outside the United States who are using that degree to meet the minimum qualifications for the position must have their transcripts evaluated by an academic credential evaluation service and provide proof of equivalency with their application. An evaluation is generally not required if: 1. The position does not require a degree, 2. You qualify through work experience alone, 3. You hold a professional license or certification that satisfies the educational requirement, or 4. You have another degree earned in the United States that independently satisfies the educational requirement. To ensure a fair and consistent review, any required academic evaluation must be submitted at the time of application so qualifications can be verified before candidates advance in the recruitment process. About Us EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is an equal-opportunity, non-discriminatory employer. MTC provides all employees and applicants with an equal opportunity in every aspect of the employment experience regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, physical handicap, medical condition or marital status.
DEADLINE TO APPLY IS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2026, AT 11:55 PM
HOWEVER, THIS JOB POSTING MAY CLOSE EARLIER IF WE RECEIVE 75 APPLICATIONS BEFORE THE 10/25/26 CLOSING DATE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST
FIRST ROUND INTERVIEWS ARE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2026
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELYA resume is required with your applicationBe ready to rethink your assumptions about the public sector. Dedicated and motivated colleagues? Beautiful, high amenity building for on-site work and collaboration? Flexible schedules and hybrid work options? Yes, yes, and yes!
ABOUT THE SECTION
The Senior Planner will be a member of the Transportation Planning team, one of four teams within the Regional Planning Program section serving MTC and ABAG. The Regional Planning Program leads regional planning activities related to housing, land use, resilience, and transportation to create an affordable, connected, diverse, healthy, and vibrant Bay Area for all. The section collaborates extensively with local and regional partner agencies, non-profits, advocacy organizations, business and labor groups and community organizations.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Transportation Planning team leads long-range initiatives that shape the Bay Area’s transportation future. The team develops the Transportation Element of Plan Bay Area—establishing strategic policy and investment priorities for MTC/ABAG and partner agencies—as well as modal plans for transit, goods movement, road pricing, and other regional priorities. With an interdisciplinary focus, the team’s work portfolio extends to topics related to the transportation–land use connection, environmental resilience, economic vitality and equity. In addition, the team plays a central coordination role with federal, state, and local partners on transportation planning.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Senior Planner will play a lead role within the Transportation Planning team. In the near term, the position is anticipated to lead a portfolio of initiatives such as performance planning and equity analyses for Plan Bay Area 2060 and white papers on specific topic areas. In the longer term, this position would be expected to lead planning studies on topics related to goods movement, road pricing, transit and other relevant transportation priorities for the region.
The individual would collaborate closely with policy and planning staff across the agency as well as technical staff in the forecasting and modeling team. Further, the individual would play a major role in engaging and coordinating with key transportation partners throughout the Bay Area, including county transportation agencies, transit operators and non-profit organizations, as well as relevant federal and state agencies. While this position is envisioned to focus on transportation-oriented projects and policies, it will require a cross-functional and interdisciplinary lens.
The ideal candidate would be a versatile team player with robust technical, communications and project management skills who can seamlessly work with internal and external transportation partners, and who would have knowledge on a wide range of transportation, land use, environmental resilience and equity issues. The candidate should be self-driven and adept at creative problem-solving under tight deadlines, with strong interpersonal skills, flexibility to take on new topic areas, and the ability to learn quickly and advance complex projects successfully.
Responsibilities
Under the direction of the Assistant Director, Transportation Planning within the Regional Planning Program, specific assignments and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Project Management Policy and Technical Analyses Communications Qualifications KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES The ideal candidate will have the following knowledge, skills and abilities: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities listed. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be: Education: A Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate field related to the area of assignment, such as transportation planning, city and regional planning; transportation engineering or modeling, financial management, economics, business or public administration. A Master’s degree is desirable. Experience: Three years of increasingly responsible experience in an appropriate field related to the area of assignment. Applicants with a degree issued by an institution outside the United States who are using that degree to meet the minimum qualifications for the position must have their transcripts evaluated by an academic credential evaluation service and provide proof of equivalency with their application. An evaluation is generally not required if: 1. The position does not require a degree, 2. You qualify through work experience alone, 3. You hold a professional license or certification that satisfies the educational requirement, or 4. You have another degree earned in the United States that independently satisfies the educational requirement. To ensure a fair and consistent review, any required academic evaluation must be submitted at the time of application so qualifications can be verified before candidates advance in the recruitment process. About Us EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is an equal-opportunity, non-discriminatory employer. MTC provides all employees and applicants with an equal opportunity in every aspect of the employment experience regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, physical handicap, medical condition or marital status.
About Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission connects the nine-county Bay Area’s communities by allocating regional, state, and federal funds for transportation projects, planning for the future, and coordinating the participation of governments and residents in the planning process.
MTC is the transportation planning, financing, and coordinating agency for the San Francisco Bay Area’s nine counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma. MTC regularly updates the Regional Transportation Plan, known as Plan Bay Area, a comprehensive blueprint for the development of mass transit, highway, airport, seaport, railroad, bicycle and pedestrian facilities. MTC also functions as the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) and the Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways (SAFE). It manages a variety of operational programs such as FasTrak, Clipper, and the 511 Traveler Information System.
A 21-member policy board directs MTC. To help achieve its mission, MTC is aided by a citizen advisory panel and by a coalition of federal, state, regional, and local agencies that are responsible for transportation and environmental quality in the Bay Area.
The Commission’s central purpose is to make sure that the transportation networks that connect the residents and communities within the Bay region function smoothly and efficiently. Its job is to plan responsibly to meet the mobility needs of our residents, now and in the future.
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