Transportation Planner 12 (CityVillage Mapping) Planning

Lansing, IL - USA

Hourly Salary: $ 32 - 47

Posted on: 09-11-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Transportation

Job Summary

Job Description

This is a rewarding position with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) in which the ideal candidate will be able to utilize and develop their skills in communication GIS and problem solving. This position will work with other State of Michigan staff use GIS to create certified city and village road mileage maps and perform GIS editing using ESRI Roads and Highways to update the base road layer used throughout the State of Michigan.

This position serves as the recognized resource as the Act 51 City/Village Mapping planner. This position receives processes and enters approved Act 51 City and Village (C/V) road changes and boundary annexations into Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Roads and Highway (R&H) Geographic Information System (GIS) software geospatial tools and uses it to create C/V certified mileage maps. C/V This position is responsible for generating certified mileage maps for over 500 C/V maps on an annual basis.

The Salary listed above is a range that reflects the minimum rate through the maximum rate of the Transportation Planner 12 position.

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Transportation Planner 12 position description
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Based on operational needs and within established limits remote work and alternate work schedule requests for this position may be considered.

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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.

Required Education and Experience

Education

Possession of a bachelors 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.

Additional Requirements and Information

View the classification specification at: 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.

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: Accommodations
If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection processes please contact the ADA coordinator for the agency that posted this position vacancy.

Job DescriptionThis is a rewarding position with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) in which the ideal candidate will be able to utilize and develop their skills in communication GIS and problem solving. This position will work with other State of Michigan staff use GIS to create certi...