Senior Consultant, Public Transportation (On Call)

Senior Consultant Public Transportation (On Call) Albany NY

About ICF - Transportation Consulting Portfolio
ICFs Transportation Line of Business specializes in addressing complex planning policy and program issues at the nexus of transportation and the environment energy and communities. Our work supports integrated data-driven approaches to transportation decisionmaking that advance mobility safety equity and economic development.

ICF provides strategic planning technical analysis research policy development outreach training and program evaluation services for Federal State and local governments including the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) state departments of transportation metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and public transportation agencies. Our transit-related work spans statewide planning rural transit technical assistance funding and program compliance performance analysis and best-practice development.

Position Overview

ICF is seeking a Senior Consultant Public Transportation (On Call) to provide technical planning funding and compliance support to public transportation clients across multiple states and for FTAfunded programs nationwide. This position supports state DOTs regional planning agencies and transit providers on an asneeded taskorder basis and is well suited for an experienced practitioner with strong knowledge of federal transit programs rural transit planning and grant administration.

While the position is based in Albany NY work assignments will be national in scope and may support a variety of state and federal clients during the oncall period.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support fixedroute and demandresponsive transit planning including route design span and frequency analysis stop spacing productivity review and service restructuring.

• Conduct route corridor and network analyses using land use demographic travel and performance data for rural regional and statewide systems.

• Assist with development of service concepts operating scenarios and phased implementation strategies.

• Perform market demand ridership productivity and equity analysis to identify service gaps and opportunities.

• Apply planning and technical tools such as GIS Remix Conveyal Excel and statistical methods to support service evaluation benchmarking and funding justification.

• Support first and lastmile Mobility on Demand workforce access and integrated mobility strategies.

• Evaluate emerging and flexible mobility options including microtransit vanpool carpool employerbased transportation and innovative shuttle services.

• Support development validation and use of standardized transit data including GTFS GTFSRT GTFSFlex and FTA GTFS compliance tools.

• Contribute to preparation of transit and mobility plans technical memoranda reports and client deliverables.

• Support stakeholder coordination agency engagement training activities and technical inputs to proposals.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in urban planning transportation planning public policy public administration or a related field; or equivalent professional experience.

• 12 years of experience in transit planning public transportation program administration or related technical roles.

• Experience working with FTAfunded transit programs and state or regional transit agencies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong working knowledge of FTA formula funding programs and federal transit compliance requirements.

• Experience with rural transit planning and technical assistance including coordination workforce access and service delivery models.

• Familiarity with state DOT transit program administration and statelevel transit funding frameworks (experience applicable across multiple states).

• Ability to translate complex regulatory and funding requirements into clear actionable guidance for transit agencies.

Required Professional Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills particularly for compliancedriven and technical audiences.

• Ability to work independently on taskorderbased assignments while coordinating effectively with project teams and clients.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail when working on funding reporting and compliance tasks.

• Sound professional judgment and responsiveness when engaging with publicsector clients.

Working at ICF

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position including but not limited to relevant work experience skills certifications and competencies that align to the specified role geographic location education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: