Transportation Engineering Specialist

Arizona Department of Administration • Phoenix, AZ

4d • $64,802 - $74,802 • Hybrid

About The Position

Located within the Multimodal Planning Division Traffic Safety Section, this role performs statewide crash and design exception analyses to support ADOT projects. Job duties include querying data, creating collision diagrams, and researching emerging safety technologies to provide technical briefings. Key duties include using optimization tools like Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM) or Enhanced Interchange Safety Analysis Tool (ISATe) to refine countermeasures, calculating benefit/cost ratios, and estimating construction costs. Additionally, you will conduct field evaluations, prepare official technical reports, and provide training to team members as needed.

This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

This position is eligible for a $4,000 hiring incentive

Requirements

• Industry’s traffic safety analysis concepts and data driven safety analysis (HSM) concepts tools or basic programming and GIS skills for data review and analysis.
• Principles and practices of Civil Engineering Interpersonal Skills when confronted with difficult people/situations.
• Federal and State statutes, agency standards, policies, and procedures.
• Analyze and evaluate crash data.
• Perform crash analysis using the industry’s traffic safety analysis and data driven safety analysis concepts and ability to use the needed tools.
• Basic knowledge and ability to review and analyze data.
• Decision making, organizing and prioritizing tasks.
• Oral and written communications.
• Analyze crash data and present results through technical writing and presentations.
• Perform crash analysis using the industry’s traffic safety analysis and data driven safety analysis concepts and ability to use the needed tools.
• Basic knowledge and ability to review and analyze data.
• Decision making, organizing and prioritizing tasks.
• Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
• Plan, organize and coordinate work activities.
• Coordinate with project teams to accomplish specific outcomes.
• Maintain positive and effective communications with a variety of situations.
• Operate a computer and software related to construction plans and specifications
• Valid driver's license with acceptable 39 month MVR.
• All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Engineer or related degree with (FE - fundamental engineering preferred).
• Two (2) years experience in related field preferred.
• Any combination of training and experience that meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) may be substituted.

Responsibilities

• Perform the crash data analysis and design exception analysis by reviewing the design plans, AASHTO design report , querying crash data using the AZ crash data applications, generating crash data charts, collision diagrams, crash maps etc.
• Supports engineering design work by performing optimization analysis using tools such as IHSDM, ISATe or other optimization software to recommend and/or refine safety countermeasures.
• Supports statewide crash data requests to include annual network screening by querying crash data using the AZ crash data applications, generating crash data charts, collision diagrams, crash maps etc.
• Estimates the construction cost of various suggested enhancements and determines the Benefit/Cost ratios associated with the proposed safety enhancements.
• Writes official memos, reports and presentations of the safety projects.
• Assist with highway safety evaluations, which includes gathering all necessary field data, photographs, traffic volume data, historical crash data, As-Build data, etc. necessary to properly evaluate various sections of roadway or other statewide patterns for possible safety improvements.
• Complete all required job-related ADOT employee training, provide training to other team members as applicable , and/or attend project or section meetings.
• Complete all other miscellaneous tasks and assigned duties related to the MPD Traffic Safety Section.
• Reply or respond to customers in a timely manner, by phone or e-mail.
• May drive a vehicle in the course and scope of State business

Benefits

• Sick leave
• Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
• Health and dental insurance
• Retirement plan
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level