<div dir="ltr"><div class="MsoNormal"><h3 class="gmail-postingHeader">Dear ES_JOBS list:</h3><p class="gmail-postingHeader">The California Air Resources Board has a vacancy in the Transportation Planning Branch. Job description is pasted below. More details about the position, including how to apply, can be found here: </p><p class="gmail-postingHeader"><a href="https://ca.mail.ca.gov/owa/redir.aspx?C=SzIqemes68Fw7SaZIVTmfg4LV80Yf692sUEa0t4ricQi8gu8uT_UCA..&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.jobs.ca.gov%2fPublic%2fJobPosting.aspx%3fq%3daNM0qfqOFCPIExxSGZgPLEQ0WeT1xvROUoyEH%252fiogc8A7FZ7Fj5EW7b7ConN5RyQBWLN8%252bQUaPcyCnUQdjgjTCCInlfB1R1JyRPhMsARUKauUBl3ZQAz2fKSw2u8TEwvpPkdmW4UH3Mia5WHUV1SuHu%252bzH4Uk7VF348zY90gKSI%253d" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">https://www.jobs.ca.gov/Public/JobPosting.aspx?q=aNM0qfqOFCPIExxSGZgPLEQ0WeT1xvROUoyEH%2fiogc8A7FZ7Fj5EW7b7ConN5RyQBWLN8%2bQUaPcyCnUQdjgjTCCInlfB1R1JyRPhMsARUKauUBl3ZQAz2fKSw2u8TEwvpPkdmW4UH3Mia5WHUV1SuHu%2bzH4Uk7VF348zY90gKSI%3d</font></a></p><p class="gmail-postingHeader">Please distribute to qualified candidates. If you have questions about the position, I can put you in touch with the hiring manager. </p><p class="gmail-postingHeader">Thanks,</p><p class="gmail-postingHeader">Annalisa</p><p class="gmail-postingHeader"><span style="color:black;font-family:"tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Annalisa
Schilla, Ph.D.<br>
California Air Resources Board<br>
Research Division<br>
Office: 916.322.8514<br>
</span><br></p><h3 class="gmail-postingHeader">Job Description and Duties</h3><p class="gmail-postingContent"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">The Transportation Planning Branch (TPB) has an opening for an Air Resources Engineer to support multi-pollutant transportation planning and policy development to meet California’s air pollution and climate change goals. The successful candidate will be part of a team that integrates highly technical analyses with policy considerations to help inform transportation policy development.<span> </span>The candidate will conduct transportation-related technical analyses which feed into important ARB projects including evaluation of regional transportation plans (RTPs) and sustainable communities strategies (SCSs), and critical planning efforts such as the State Implementation Plan (SIP), Scoping Plan, and Freight Plan to name a few. </span></p><span style="font-size:12pt"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">The Transportation Planning Branch works with local and regional planning agencies throughout California to encourage adoption of aggressive plans and policies that reduce GHG emissions from vehicle travel.<span> </span>Staff evaluates the Regional Transportation Plans/Sustainable Communities Strategies (RTP/SCSs) developed by Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) to determine whether the SCSs could meet the GHG reduction goals established by ARB.<span> </span>Staff performs highly technical and advanced transportation planning tasks including reviewing the tools used by MPOs, providing expertise in travel demand modeling and forecasting, and assessing the relationship between transportation, land use and environmental impacts.<span> </span>In addition, staff actively participates in inter-agency technical advisory committees that develop modeling guidelines and design statewide travel survey to understand travel behavior.</span></p><span style="font-size:12pt"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">ARB is seeking an Air Resources Engineer for its Sacramento office with the necessary skills and expertise to contribute to the implementation of SB375 in a strong team environment within the branch and across the agency.<span> </span>The selected candidate will be responsible for applying engineering concepts, and analytical skills to evaluate key inputs and assumptions in various tools used by MPOs to develop SCS.<span> </span>This will require proficiencies and experience in travel demand forecasting including model development and applications.<span> </span>In addition, they should also demonstrate capabilities to conduct complex geospatial and statistical data analysis of large datasets.<span> </span>The candidate will also be responsible for developing new quantification methodologies for assessing the impact of various innovative transportation policies/technologies on emissions.<span> </span></span> </p><div id="gmail-pnlDesirableQualifications"><h3 class="gmail-postingHeader">Desirable Qualifications</h3><div class="gmail-postingContent">In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:</div><div class="gmail-postingContent"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">We are looking for a candidate that possesses all of the following: familiarity with local land use planning processes and policies; familiarity with regional transportation planning processes and policies; ability to conduct technical evaluations of RTPs/SCSs; ability to develop technical reports and policy documents; ability to communicate complex technical and policy information clearly and concisely for management, stakeholders, and the general public; demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with teams in and outside of an organization; excellent organization, written and oral communication skills; ability to work under pressure within time constraints; and ability to travel occasionally for meetings.<span> </span>In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate: </span></p><span style="font-size:12pt"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">The ideal candidate will possess scientific and policy experience in transportation planning and mobile source emissions.<span> </span>The strongest candidate will have significant experience in statistical analysis to examine travel data, proficiency in travel demand modeling software (CUBE and/or TransCAD) and other tools used by the MPOs; ability to use databases (MS Access, SQL) and programming (R, Python); Working knowledge of ArcGIS; Coursework and a graduate thesis involving innovative travel modeling techniques is highly desired; excellent writing and communication skills; knowledge of the transportation planning process, policy, programs and projects; experience in running mobile source emission inventory models; experience performing analyses with limited information; ability to generate high-quality products in short timeframes; gain a comprehensive understanding of ARB programs; be able to explain difficult concepts and calculations in less technical language.<span> </span>The most competitive candidate will also be highly motivated and enthusiastic with strong work ethics, will possess the ability to interact effectively with people at all levels of management, and travel and work overtime occasionally.</span></p><br></div></div><div id="gmail-pnlContactInformation"><h3 class="gmail-postingHeader"><br></h3></div></div>
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