12691 - Eng Supv Traffic

Virginia Department of Transportation•Fairfax, VA

About The Position

Perform full range of supervisory duties to include counseling, evaluating hiring, and training employees. Effectively manage assigned projects to ensure timely and accurate completion. Review plans prepared by staff and others to ensure correctness. Supervise professional engineering and technical staff in the performance of engineering duties. Communicate with internal VDOT staff, local government staff, consultants, citizens and FHWA regarding transportation projects and programs. Provide leadership and resource coordination of traffic engineering studies and analyses. Oversee and influence the timely application of improved traffic safety and efficiency. Represent the Traffic Engineering Section in public and private interaction with local and elected officials, government agencies, and the general public.

Requirements

Ability to supervise a diversified staff to include performance management and discipline.
Ability to apply engineering principles and practices to a variety of complex projects.
Ability to apply traffic engineering practices and principles to engineering investigations and evaluations.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with internal and external customers.
Ability to gather and analyze data and prepare technical reports.
Ability to oversee consultants conducting traffic engineering studies to ensure tasks are completed within scope of work and VDOT policies and procedures.
Ability to perform mathematical calculations.
Ability to plan and coordinate staff workload and set priorities.
Ability to prepare and deliver presentations and represent VDOT to local elected officials, government agencies, and the general public.
Ability to read and comprehend a full set of plans and to draft clear and concise reports.
Ability to supervise and train others.
Experience analyzing engineering data and determining impacts to site development on transportation networks, as well as measures to maintain the integrity of transportation systems.
Knowledge of engineering principles as they relate to transportation engineering.
Knowledge of highway construction methods and materials and VDOT specifications and standards.
Knowledge of local, state, and federal rules, regulations, policies and procedures governing traffic engineering.
Knowledge of local, state, and federal rules, regulations, policies and procedures governing transportation engineering and safety.
Knowledge of project management procedures and principles.
Knowledge of strategic, operational, and financial management principles, practices and techniques.
Skill and ability to positively interact with employees, citizens and government officials.
Skill in building networks and relationships with stakeholders internal and external to VDOT.
Skill in critical thinking and decision making during emergency and real time sensitive situations.
Skill in the use of computers and software applications to include engineering software.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with diverse audiences to include preparing and delivering presentations.
Ability to oversee the work of consultants to ensure tasks are completed within scope of work, policies and procedures.
Ability to prepare and deliver presentations and represent VDOT to local elected officials, government agencies, and the general public.
Experience analyzing engineering data and determining impacts to site development on transportation networks, as well as measures to maintain the integrity of transportation systems.
Experience applying local, state, and federal rules, regulations, policies and procedures governing traffic engineering and transportation safety.
Experience applying transportation and traffic engineering principles and practices.
Experience supervising professional and technical staff and managing traffic engineering programs.
Skill in the use of computers and software applications to include transportation engineering software.

Nice To Haves

A combination of training, experience, or education in Civil Engineering or related field desired.
Experience in highway design, site plan and impact analysis review, and traffic engineering studies.

Responsibilities

Analysis and Technical Reporting: Analyze and interpret technical engineering information and data. Prepare reports and recommendations related to findings.
Communications: Communicate effectively with internal and external customers including VDOT staff, local governments, elected officials, and FHWA. Prepare correspondence, technical documents, reports, presentations, and demonstrations. Respond to requests for information and resources from internal and external customers.
Engineering Compliance: Ensure all engineering projects are completed in compliance with VDOT, state and federal policies, procedures, guidelines, laws and regulations.
Project Management: Provide direction and coordination for all project activities, integrating team member deliverables and budgets. Establish schedules and budgets so that complex projects utilize VDOT's standards, policies and procedures. Assist in directing daily project activities. Develop, manage and monitor scope, schedule and estimate for assigned projects to deliver projects on time and within budget. Coordinate with other VDOT sections to ensure all segments of the project are kept on schedule.
Reports and Documents: Prepare and approve final reports and documents. Utilize transportation engineering and business related software packages. Evaluate issues and apply appropriate countermeasures to solve complex traffic engineering problems. Provide quality control and assessment of traffic engineering studies and analyses. Research new technologies, software and devices. Promote awareness of technology-based solutions to transportation issues.
Special Projects: Perform special projects and assignments related to engineering program when assigned.
Team Leadership: Supervise a team of engineers and technicians in performing duties and assignments for related program area. Monitor and evaluate work activities and provide guidance and direction. Promote training and professional development opportunities.
Traffic Engineering Studies: Serve as Area Manager in charge of traffic engineering studies and analyses. Provide leadership, planning and resource coordination. Direct manpower and establish priorities for programs involving traffic engineering studies and analyses. Manage the preparation and approval of time sensitive correspondence and reports for signature by District Administration. Assist in managing the work unit by guiding others in problem solving.
VDOT Representation: Be actively involved in the planning and implementation of traffic engineering initiatives and issues.
VDOT Representation: Represent the agency and program area internally, with citizens, elected officials, local governments and the business community. Be actively involved in group assignments for the planning and implementation of initiatives and issues.