Chief, Funding & Capital Projects

Position: (JC-443611) Chief, Funding & Capital Projects

To Apply: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=443611

Under the direction of Chief, Office of Project Development, Management, and Delivery (OPDMD) in the Division of Local Assistance (DLA), the Senior Transportation Planner’s (Sr. TP) responsibilities shall include funding and management of capital projects. 

The funding responsibilities include but not limited to: providing subject matter expertise to inform the prioritization of projects based on knowledge of financial programming requirements for individual programs; develop funding strategies for priority capital projects in coordination with Rail Planning & Operations Office staff; coordinate, develop, and prepare applications for single and multi-year local, state and federal grants/funding for funding of projects, programs, and activities to achieve the capital and program/service strategies and objectives of California State Rail Plan and State of California; identify sources of all grant funding and other funding; act as a lead person to match the grant/ funding opportunities with the potential projects, take a lead role to complete the funding/grant application packages including, but not limited to, participation in the meetings with the Rail Regional Coordinators and other staff related to the projects and gain in-depth understanding of the projects in the State Rail Plan/other Projects/Rail Plans for short mid-term projects, long term and priority projects. Assemble and track the list of potential state and federal funding opportunities such as (but not limited to) State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), Interregional Transportation Improvement Plan (ITIP), Senate Bill 1 (SB1), Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI),Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) etc. Keep this list updated and add new funding opportunities as they become available as well as when potential new funding opportunities might become available. Prepare the calendar/matrix for the listed funding opportunities and keep the calendar updated, identify/match the grant/funding requirements for the potential projects and provide recommendations to Caltrans and local agency/ Joint Power Authority (JPA) staff on the programming of funds to projects. 

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Senior Transportation Planner Exam

Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Senior Transportation Planner Exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g. transfer, permissive reinstatement or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. The Senior Transportation Planner Exam is located here: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Exams/ExamBulletin.aspx?ExamControlId=3026