The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, conducting transportation engineering studies; managing consultants and/or contractors to design and/or implement multimodal traffic engineering, operations, and ITS projects; assisting in the operation of a central traffic signal system and communication network; safety reviews and analysis; constituent responses and other public facing interactions; and assisting with the asset inventory and management of traffic operations field devices.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Under general supervision from the City Traffic Engineer, applies engineering techniques and analyses to address constituent concerns and solve problems
• Maintains a comprehensive, current knowledge of applicable policies, procedures, codes, regulations; conducts research and maintains an awareness of new issues, methods, equipment, trends and advances in the profession
• Performs analyses and surveys of traffic conditions, traffic volume and turning-movements, crash analyses, school traffic safety, neighborhood traffic issues, temporary traffic control plans, and recommends innovative solutions
• Assists with traffic engineering review of development applications, traffic studies, traffic control plans, and other traffic and transportation engineering related items
• Prepares and submits reports to the City
• Assists in operating the City’s traffic signal system, including acquiring the necessary skills through training and mentoring to develop and implement timing plans for individual signals and signal coordination plans for corridors
• May manage consultants and contractors for design and/or construction of traffic related items such as traffic signal design, planning and alternatives studies, signing and striping installations, data collection, fiber design, etc.
• Assist in the implementation of ITS pilots and other related projects
• Prepares grant applications including analyzing current and future traffic needs to determine the improvements necessary and enhance public safety
• Receives and responds to traffic and transportation concerns and issues; determines and recommends appropriate resolutions from an engineering perspective to maintain positive community/customer relations; may design and manage construction of traffic calming projects
• Participates in meetings with other City departments, City Council, outside agencies, commissions, and citizen groups for coordination and collaboration purposes
• May act as a lead worker for other staff – supervisory opportunity may also be available depending on qualifications and experience
• Performs other similar duties as assigned
