Engineer 6

State of Louisiana•Bossier City, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The overall function of this position is to apply scholastic theory and professional engineering skills to traffic engineering involving standard procedures and practices in the field and office. This position is located in the Traffic Operations Section of District 04/Unit 002 of the Department of Transportation and Development and reports directly to the District Traffic Operations Engineer/ Engineer 7 DOTD. The incumbent must be self motivated and be able to perform duties many times with minimal supervision and also be able to interpret unforeseen conditions as they may arise. The incumbent will participate in appropriate DOTD structured training programs as appropriate and attend all continuing education classes and conferences deemed necessary to facilitate the performance of required tasks. This position will be filled by Promotion-DOTD Employees Only

Requirements

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering plus one of the following: Two years of licensed engineering experience; or Six years of professional engineering experience.
Applications will be accepted from persons licensed to practice professional engineering in states other than Louisiana. If one of those applicants is selected for the position, he/she will be required to obtain a Louisiana license prior to appointment.
The hiring agency will verify that all licensing requirements are met.

Nice To Haves

A master's degree in engineering will substitute for one year of professional engineering experience.
A doctorate degree in engineering will substitute for two years of professional engineering experience.
Advanced degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of professional engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Supervises Engineers and Engineer Technicians who perform traffic engineering studies and write traffic engineering reports in response to requests from the general public, public officials, and internally within the department.
Reviews the District's traffic engineering studies and reports.
Provides guidance for subordinates in their reviews of consultant, city/parish engineers, and district and headquarter engineer's submittals and reviews subordinate's comments prior to official district response.
Conducts RSA's when applicable and determines and makes safety improvement recommendations during the RSA process.
Ensure the RSA process and report are meeting current LADOTD and FHWA requirements and guidelines.
Determine Transportation Management Plan (TMP) level required for projects within the District.
Provide detour analysis, queue analysis, existing and detoured signal analysis, and safety analysis for TMP's.
Determine project impact area and determine lane closure/work restriction times.
Makes recommendations for the TMP that address safety and mobility needs within the impact area.
Review consultant submitted TMP's to ensure that their traffic and safety analysis is compliant with current LADOTD and FHWA requirements and guidelines and their recommended construction phasing and traffic control layouts provide as little impact to traveling public during construction as can be feasibly expected.
Design and submit signal plans for construction projects.
Reviews all signal design in construction plans.
Coordinates with section 45 for all new installations and modifications of traffic signals.
Reviews and recommends for approval traffic signal permits.
Performs studies and Stage 0's in coordination with HQ Traffic Safety section.
Review, participate, and follow up with the Stage 0 and Stage 1 process for all projects within the District for safety and operations.
Review and recommend for approval access control permits.
Review and approve traffic impact studies.
Conduct studies and retimes the state maintained signals in the district for optimum efficiency.