Engineer, Senior (Traffic Signal)

DeKalb County•Tucker, GA

1d•$72,665 - $116,991

About The Position

The Senior Engineer (Traffic Signal) performs professional civil engineering work supporting capital projects, plan reviews, and infrastructure construction and maintenance. The position is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining traffic signal systems; analyzing traffic data; coordinating with traffic management centers; and ensuring compliance with traffic control regulations. Work includes transportation and traffic engineering projects such as traffic signal studies, design, and development. The role conducts or reviews modeling, planning, and engineering studies, provides technical support during construction, prepares analytical reports and recommendations, and verifies engineering calculations and analysis. It assesses project programming needs, contributes to infrastructure improvement project lists for capital investment plans, develops plans, designs, and construction specifications, and reviews site development plans for compliance and transportation impacts. The engineer may serve as a subject matter expert, coordinate project contributors, provide limited direction to assigned staff, estimate project costs and resources, facilitate communication among stakeholders, and assist with bid evaluations and contract award recommendations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Four years of civil engineering experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Strong experience in traffic signal design, traffic analysis, and MPT plans.
Ability to work well under pressure and experience in the field.

Nice To Haves

Engineer-in-Training status is preferred.
Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred.

Responsibilities

Conduct or review modeling, planning, and engineering studies in support of project analysis and design, and provide technical support during construction.
Prepare reports describing quantitative analysis and recommendations; review and verify engineering calculations and analyses submitted by consultants or internal engineering technicians.
Assess programming requirements for space, infrastructure, facilities, and other project needs, and help develop potential infrastructure improvement projects for capital investment plans.
Serve, as needed, as a subject matter expert on multiple complex projects and provide some leadership or limited direction to engineering staff and technicians.
Develop preliminary and final plans and designs using CAD and other engineering or drafting tools, and develop construction specifications.
Coordinate and review work by contracted architects, engineers, city staff, and other service providers; work with contractors on design modifications and approve designs as appropriate.
Review civil engineering aspects of site development plans for compliance with applicable laws, ordinances, regulations, and standards, and assess proposed projects' traffic and transportation impacts.
Calculate project cost estimates and identify required resources.
Facilitate communication among the owner, project manager, contractors, governmental agencies, the public, and other interested parties.
Provide technical assistance during the bid phase to evaluate proposals and recommend contract awards.
Design, implement, and maintain traffic signal systems; analyze traffic data; coordinate with traffic management centers; and ensure compliance with traffic control regulations.
Analyze traffic volumes and conduct traffic signal studies.
Implement traffic signal timing plans and assist with their development.
Troubleshoot and repair signal system and communication problems.
Prepare transportation-related plans, including traffic signal, signing, and pavement marking plans.
Manage ongoing statewide traffic signal performance goals.