Assistant/Associate Transportation Planner

Imagine you begin the morning outside a neighborhood school, joining parents and students on a walking or biking audit to learn where they encounter safety challenges. Back at City Hall, you review collision data and work with the City’s traffic engineers to identify improvements that could make the route safer. Later, you review a draft report evaluating the results of transportation demand management efforts implemented in a major employment area. Before the day ends, you may help review a development proposal, identify opportunities to include green infrastructure in a separated bikeway project, or draft a grant for a project that makes it easier for someone to walk, bike, take transit, or move through Mountain View safely.

This is transportation planning in Mountain View—where data, policy, technical analysis, and community engagement come together to turn complex transportation challenges into practical projects, programs, and recommendations.

Transportation accounts for up to 60% of Mountain View’s greenhouse gas emissions, making the way people travel an important part of the City’s future. Through initiatives such as Vision Zero, the Active Transportation Plan, Transportation Demand Management Ordinance, North Bayshore Trip Cap Monitoring, Safe Routes to School, and the Mountain View Community Shuttle, the Transportation Planning Section is working to create a safer, more connected, and more sustainable transportation system.

You will join a team of transportation planners with expertise in a broad range of subjects, from active transportation to transportation demand management, transportation funding and policy, transit operations, and engineering. Together, the team delivers transportation initiatives that support the City’s vision for mobility, connectivity, and sustainability.

Are you the City of Mountain View’s next Assistant/Associate Transportation Planner? Whether you are ready to take the next step in your professional planning career, build upon your early experience, or independently lead more complex assignments, there is an opportunity to contribute and grow here. The education, experience, and qualifications of the selected finalist will determine the level at which the position is filled.

If you are curious about how people experience a city and motivated by work that can make someone’s daily trip safer, easier, or more sustainable, we invite you to help shape how Mountain View moves.

You will join a fast-paced, dynamic team environment and work under direct supervision while contributing to innovative planning projects. Tasks include assisting with managing transportation activities, maintaining compliance with applicable laws or ordinances, researching special studies, assisting with technical and complex reports, and working on various current and long-range planning projects and programs, including our Safe Routes to School program, Active Transportation Plan implementation, and Community Shuttle study. If you are looking to make a community-wide impact, have a strong aptitude for community engagement, have excellent writing and oral communication skills, are skilled in analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, and want to expand on an exciting career in City planning, this position is for you! 

Review our detailed job description and minimum qualifications here.

Bonus Points:

• Multimodal experience: Community Shuttle, Vision Zero, Pedestrian, Bicycle, Autonomous Vehicle, or Public Transit Systems
• Local government experience in California. 
• Member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

• You work well in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. 

• You are customer service-focused and can express yourself clearly and professionally, both orally and in writing.

• You are a clear, strategic thinker with project management skills.
• You are highly committed to public service, passionate about planning, and will strive to improve the Mountain View community. 
• You are collaborative and responsive, both with co-workers and with stakeholders. 
• You are adept at managing multiple priorities to meet targeted deadlines. 
• You are reliable and consistent while also able to embrace change.
• You exhibit a high degree of self-awareness and interpersonal effectiveness and can tactfully communicate with the public, navigating various opinions while representing the city and its priorities.
• You are interested in public speaking and giving presentations.

Submit your application and resume online through this job posting. 

Selection Process:

Candidates with the most relevant qualifications will be invited to the following process:

Virtual Interview, Target Date: September 30, 2026 (date subject to change)

In-Person Department Interview, Target Date: October 8, 2026 (date subject to change)

Candidates with a disability who may require special assistance in any phase of the application or testing process should advise the Human Resources Department upon submission of the application. Documentation of the need for accommodation must accompany the request. The City of Mountain View is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Prior to hire, candidates are required to successfully complete a pre-employment process, including employment verification and Department of Justice (DOJ) fingerprint check. A conviction history will not necessarily disqualify an applicant from appointment; however, failure to disclose a conviction will result in disqualification or termination. NOTE: The provisions of this bulletin do not constitute an expressed or implied contract, and any provisions contained in this bulletin may be modified or revoked without notice.