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Transportation Planner 12 (Transportation Vulnerable Populations) - Bureau of Development

State of Michigan

Lansing, MI · HybridFull-time$33.81–48.67/hrPosted 2 days agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$33.81–48.67/hr
Location
Lansing, MIHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The senior Transportation Planner leads Michigan’s statewide Transportation Vulnerable Populations program. The role identifies and mitigates social impacts of transportation projects, ensures compliance with NEPA and related legislation, prepares environmental clearance documents, and serves as lead environmental planner on major projects. It also provides technical assistance, leads statewide policy implementation, and manages or analyzes planning and operational studies and related consultant contracts.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Environmental AssessmentsEnvironmental Impact StatementsSocial Impact AssessmentNEPA ComplianceEnvironmental Clearance DocumentationTransportation PlanningPlanning StudiesOperational Studies

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Any Major30 Semester Credits in Listed Fields3 Years Transportation Planning ExperienceTransportation Planner P11 EquivalentOfficial College TranscriptsForeign Degree EvaluationPre-Employment Drug TestPhysical ExaminationCriminal and Driving Record Checks

Full job description

This position functions as a senior Transportation Planner responsible for the statewide Transportation Vulnerable Populations (TVP) program components of environmental assessments (EAs), environmental impact statements (EISs), etc. This position ensures that social impacts of proposed transportation projects are identified, minimized, and mitigated; ensures the Department’s transportation project actions comply with the National Environmental Policy Act’s (NEPA’s) mandate to identify, analyze, and document potential TVP impacts for proposed transportation projects; prepares environmental clearance documents for proposed transportation projects and regional system plans; interacts with the public and with staff of other divisions, departments, and agencies to ensure that the department complies with the requirements of all applicable state and federal legislation related to the TVP; acts as the lead environmental planner on major action projects and provides technical assistance related to transportation project TVP aspects and responds to inquiries and concerns from internal and external stakeholders; leads TVP policy implementation under NEPA statewide; and leads in the management and analysis of planning studies, operational studies, and related consultant contracts for project development activities as assigned. The "Salary" listed above is a range that reflects the minimum rate through the maximum rate of the Transportation Planner 12 position. For additional information, please see the links below:

  • Transportation Planner 12 Position Description
  • All about MDOT

Based on operational needs and within established limits, remote work and alternate work schedule requests for this position may be considered. For information on benefits, visit www.mi.gov/employeebenefits or www.mi.gov/orsstatedc. The State of Michigan has been recognized as a leading U.S. employer by new graduates from 2021-2023 and a best large U.S. and state employer. Recognized on the international stage for fostering positive employee engagement, the State of Michigan is a past recipient of a North America Government Agency Employees Engagement Award.

Education Possession of a bachelor's degree in any major with at least 30 semester (45 term) credits in one or a combination of the following: planning (city, community, environmental, regional, and/or urban), environmental studies and/or sustainability, environmental sciences, engineering, statistics, mathematics, geography, geographic/geospatial information systems, logistics and/or supply chain management, or economics.

Experience Transportation Planner 12 Three years of professional experience in the planning, mapping, or assessment of transportation, land use, environmental, or community systems equivalent to a Transportation Planner, including one year equivalent to a Transportation Planner P11.To be considered for this position you must:

  • If applicable, attach a copy of your official college transcripts and/or foreign degree evaluation with your application (reference the State of Michigan (SOM) definition of an Official College Transcript). Applicants who possess foreign degrees must have their academic credentials evaluated or converted into U.S. educational equivalents. Civil Service accepts evaluations from organizations listed on the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc.

View the entire job specification at: https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/T/TransportationPlanner.pdf MDOT does not participate in E-Verify and does not sponsor visa applications. All newly hired state employees are required to submit and pass a pre-employment drug test and physical (if applicable) prior to their actual appointment. Criminal and driving records will also be checked if applicable. Any position offer will be conditional until results of the drug test, physical, criminal background, and driving records indicate eligibility for employment.

The department reserves the right to close this posting prior to its original end date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Your application for any position does not guarantee that you will be contacted by the Department for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind is prohibited in all areas of the selection process including, but not limited to, responses to application questions and responses to interview questions or exercises.

If you have questions related to this posting, please contact [email protected].

How this job compares

Set against the 189 open Transportation Planner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$33.81–48.67/hr
  • US median$30–39/hr20 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $41.24/hr, is 17% above the US median midpoint ($35/hr) — in the middle half of Transportation Planner hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 189 open Transportation Planner jobs across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Transportation Planner postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (125 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 86 of the 189 open Transportation Planner jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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