Chief / Senior Director of Transportation

We’re looking for our next Chief/Senior Director of Transportation at the Houston-Galveston Area Council.  Be a part of our nationwide search and you might become the next leader of one of the largest and most rapidly growing Metropolitan Planning Organizations in the country. 

Join our team and improve transportation mobility for over 7 million people in urban, suburban, and rural communities.  Tackle challenges that come with explosive growth in freight and goods movement.  Help identify solutions to reduce traffic fatalities. Support local communities in solutions to traffic congestion and roadway delays.  Work with our Transportation Policy Council and Texas Department of Transportation to develop strategies that invest billions of dollars to build a world class transportation system. 

Our Service Area

Our Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) spans eight counties along the upper Texas Coast.  In addition to thousands of miles of roadways, we are home to some of nation’s largest and most active ports, massive petrochemical facilities, substantial rail networks, major airports, and an extensive maritime shipping network. Our eight counties include: Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller counties.

How We’re Organized and Who You’ll Be Working With

Our MPO is housed within the Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments (H-GAC).  H-GAC serves as the fiscal agent to the Transportation Policy Council and provides all necessary staff, accounting and auditing services, contract approval, procurement and more.  The Transportation MPO Chief/Senior Director is accountable to the Transportation Policy Council and reports directly to H-GAC’s Executive Director.  To learn more about the Transportation Policy Council click here.

The Transportation MPO Chief/Senior Director oversees the Transportation Department at H-GAC. The department includes a team of professionals who carry out the Unified Planning Work Program, score and rank billions of dollars in transportation projects, oversee mobility studies and air quality projects, and develop the short-term and long-range plans.  The department includes a diverse team of professionals with backgrounds in public transit, transportation and land use planning, air quality, freight and goods movement, traffic safety, and infrastructure resiliency.

The Chief/Senior Director and the department team work closely with our partners at the Texas Department of Transportation, federal transportation agencies, local and regional transit providers, ports, and local governments.

The Chief/Senior Director will also be responsible for developing managers and leaders within the transportation department, delegate operational work, department management, and project implementation to the Assistant Directors of Transportation. 

Expectations for this Role

Lead

ü The Chief/Senior Director implements the priorities of the Transportation Policy Council.

ü Set a vision for the future of transportation for our region by observing, listening, and seeking feedback from stakeholders, funding partners, and peers across Texas and the nation.

ü Chart the course for a large team of professionals to advance and implement important planning and service programs with an annual operating budget of approximately $10 million, with programming responsibility of $700 million to $1 billion per year in transportation projects.

ü Develop the next generation of leaders within our agency.

ü Establish our organization as a national-caliber MPO with regards to pilot testing new technologies for increased mobility, improved air quality, and traffic safety.

Deliver

ü Increase funding for our region and ensure existing funding is fully utilized.

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