Engineer Specialist Traffic

Title: Engineer Specialist Traffic

State Role Title: Engineering Technician IV

Hiring Range: $76,695-$99,704

Pay Band: 5

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location:Richmond District Office

Agency Website:www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Are you someone driven by innovation, with a passion for design? We are looking for professionals with traffic engineering interest, who can support the Virginia Department of Transportation in constructing new roadway designs to keep Virginia Safe and moving!

Would you like to build a career in highway in highway engineering, an industry that will offer you long-term career opportunities? Do you strive to serve others and make the place where you work and live a better place to be? Then consider working for the Virginia Department of Transportation Richmond District. VDOT is seeking an individual who will assume a key role in conducting complex studies to address the requests for signage, pavement marking, and residential traffic management work efforts.

Core responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Conduct Traffic Engineering Studies related to signs, pavement markings, traffic signals, and other traffic control devices.
• Collect and analyze data and compile reports for study findings and recommendations.
• Provide support for construction and maintenance programs by preparing designs and sketches for work zones, signage, pavement markings, traffic control, detours, and other improvements.

"In order to be considered for this position, you must submit your resume."

In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDOT offers excellent health and life insurance benefits, pre-tax spending accounts, state funded short and long term disability, paid holidays, vacation, tuition assistance, free wellness programs, and a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirement savings including employer matching.

We are a "Virginia Values Veterans" (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application.

We have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics: your success in our organization depends upon modeling these values, therefore please access the following link: https://www.virginiadot.org/about/missionandvalues.asp to review them and, if in agreement, we welcome you to apply.

Minimum Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge of traffic engineering principles and current practices, standards, and regulations.
• Extensive experience in conducting various traffic engineering studies.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with internal and external customers.
• Skill in utilizing standard office and traffic engineering software.
• Ability to lead and train others.
• Ability to develop solutions to complex traffic issues in assigned area.
• Skill in collecting and analyzing traffic data and developing recommendations.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously and work in a fast-paced, urban environment.
• Valid driver's license

Additional Considerations

• Experience in technical writing with emphasis on traffic engineering.
• Proficiency in MicroStation and Microsoft Office products
• Experience working in a traffic engineering environment.
• A combination of training, experience or education in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering or related field desired.
• Experience using traffic engineering software including CADD
• Training in traffic engineering.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 pm on the closing date through the PageUp System. State applications submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered. Applicants are expected to fully represent qualifications and work history on the State application and or resume. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided on the application, therefore, it is essential to fully complete each section of the application and provide detailed information. Submitting an incomplete state application, or a state application lacking in detail, may impact your interview eligibility.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is an Equal Opportunity Employer by both policy and practice. For more information about our employment practices, please visit "Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants": http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/information_for_employees.asp .

"VDOT utilizes a market-based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands."

Contact Information

Name: Maureen Paciello

Phone: 804-801-4227

Email: maureen.paciello@vdot.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.