Also called: Public Engagement Specialist (Transportation), Community Outreach Specialist (Infrastructure)
Explains big public projects like new highways, rail lines and dams to nearby residents and gathers their feedback so planners can respond.
A highway widening will affect 300 homes, so you plan open houses with big maps, translate fliers into Spanish and Vietnamese and set up an online comment map. At the meeting you calm angry neighbors, write down every concern and help engineers answer in plain English. The law requires their input.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in communications, planning or public administration.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Communications, Urban Planning, Public Administration.
Growing faster than average. Federal infrastructure funding requires public involvement.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI sorts thousands of comments; running meetings and earning trust with neighbors stays human.
Classes: Government, Speech and Debate, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-3031.
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