Transportation Planner 9-P11 (Road Network Unit) - Transportation Planning
Lansing, MIFull-time$25.78–45.48/hrPosted 5 days agoStill listed 4 days ago
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The Transportation Planner supports the Road Network Unit’s management, maintenance, and delivery of Michigan’s Linear Referencing System. The role researches, coordinates, develops, and implements GIS technology; prepares and maintains MDOT business data and LRS process documentation; edits and validates geospatial data; and creates geospatial web content, including dashboards, while maintaining SharePoint pages. Candidates are reviewed for level based on education and experience.
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This position performs duties relating to research, coordination, development, and implementation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology in support of the Road Network Unit’s (RNU’s) responsibility to manage, maintain, and deliver the Linear Referencing System (LRS) for the state of Michigan. This position also supports the preparation and maintenance of Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) business data, LRS process documentation, and the editing and validation of related geospatial data. Further duties include the creation of geospatial-related web content to include dashboards and maintenance of SharePoint web pages.
The "Salary" listed above is a range that reflects the minimum rate at the entry (9) level through the maximum rate at the experienced (P11) level. Based on education and experience, candidates will be reviewed to determine what level they are qualified for.
For additional information, please see the links below:• Transportation Planner 9-P11 position description
- All about MDOT
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 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, data science, geography, geographic/geospatial information systems, logistics and/or supply chain management, or economics. Experience Transportation Planner 9 No specific type or amount is required.
Transportation Planner 10 One year of professional experience in the planning, mapping, or assessment of transportation, land use, environmental, or community systems equivalent to a Transportation Planner 9.
Transportation Planner P11 Two 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 10. To be considered for this position you must:
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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.
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Attach a detailed résumé and cover letter.
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 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25.78–45.48/hr
- US median$30–39/hr20 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $35.63/hr, is close to 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
- HNTB24 open
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- Experience
- Transportation Planner postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (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 4, 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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