Job Opportunity: North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
The North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) is now filling a full time position in our Freight Planning group. Come join our team and the exciting work that we are doing here and with our partner organizations.
Under the direction of the Director of Freight Planning, the Principal Planner: Freight Planning will be responsible for performing a full range of technical planning, research, analysis, contributions to written materials, and outreach activities in the specialized field of freight and goods movement planning. The job requires knowledge of goods movement, freight and supply chains, the application of tools of analysis, the ability to research freight and related topics and produce reports, as well as the ability to effectively engage and interact with industry stakeholders as well as other public and private agencies and interests.
More information can be found here, along with the link to apply for the position.
The NJTPA is the federally authorized Metropolitan Planning Organization for 6.7 million people in the 13-county northern New Jersey region. Each year, the NJTPA oversees more than $2 billion in transportation improvement projects and provides a forum for interagency cooperation and public input. The region includes the largest Port on the US East Coast, the 10th ranked air cargo airport (EWR), extensive road and rail systems, and over 808 million square feet of industrial property. More information on the freight work undertaken by NJTPA can be found at: http://njtpa.org/planning/regi