Senior Traffic Engineer

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Senior Traffic Engineer

City of Petaluma Petaluma, California, United States

Job Description:

Senior Traffic Engineer

Description

Summary/Class Characteristics

Senior Traffic Engineer

The City of Petaluma is looking to fill a Senior Traffic Engineer vacancy in the newly-formed Safe Streets and Mobility Division within the Public Works Department. The City’s Safe Streets and Mobility Division includes Street Operations, Petaluma Transit, Traffic Planning, Engineering, and Operations. The Senior Traffic Engineer position will oversee Traffic Planning, Engineering, and Operations, which includes an exciting portfolio of work ranging from day-to-day street and signal operations to long-term capital improvement planning for street and mutli-use trail projects. This recruitment will remain open until filled and may close at anytime. Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply early for first consideration.

This role will be crucial to the City’s adopted goals of achieving the elimination of severe and fatal traffic collisions (Vision Zero) and carbon neutrality by 2030 as the City works to improve mobility options for people of all ages, physical abilities, and incomes. The ideal candidate will have interest and expertise in implementing innovative street design and signalization treatments to advance these goals, with an emphasis in bicycle and pedestrian design.

Key initiatives currently underway by the Traffic Planning, Engineering, and Operations unit include the following:

Safe Streets Nomination Program: An accessible, data-driven program through which community members can nominate City streets for safety and traffic calming improvements, with nominations scored and prioritized based on collision history and proximity to schools/parks.

Safe Routes to School Task Force: A monthly series of traffic safety audits and meetings focused on brainstorming engineering, enforcement, education, and encouragement efforts at public schools.

AB 43 (Reduced Speed Limit) Implementation: Roll-out of updated state guidance around speed limit setting, which will include reduced speed limits downtown, near schools, and on designated safety corridors.

AB 413 (Daylighting) Implementation: Roll-out of the new state law prohibiting parking within 15-20 feet of intersections and crosswalks.

Local Road Safety Plan and Active Transportation Plan: In addition to the above initiatives, these two plans will identify and prioritize specific street and multi-use trail improvement projects, of which the Senior Traffic Engineer will be tasked with planning and design oversight.

The Senior Traffic Engineer will supervise the Transportation Planner, Senior Traffic Engineering Technician, and two traffic signal technicians.

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For more information regarding the benefits associated with this position, visit our website and look at the Memorandum of Understanding and Employee Benefits .

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Our City has an enormous amount of civic pride which celebrates multiple approaches and points of view. When we say we are a City that Works for Everyone we mean everyone. To do that well, we’re creating a workforce that is inclusive and listens to the multitude of voices and views of our employees. Diversity is an integral part of our organizational identity. Inclusion is the way we treat and perceive our differences. Equity is treating all our employees fairly and acknowledging that everyone has value. This drives our innovation, motivation and connects us even closer to our community.

Summary
Supervise, coordinate, organize, direct, staff and perform the activities, programs, and operations of the Public Works Traffic Engineering team, a part of Petaluma's Safe Streets and Mobility Division, including the development, review, coordination, and planning of municipal traffic systems, safety, operations and programs; oversee planning for traffic engineering and grants; supervise the work performed by subordinate staff.

Class Characteristics
General direction is provided by a higher-level manager. Responsibilities include the direct and indirect supervision of lower level professional, technical, and clerical personnel.

The incumbent performs duties that emphasize traffic engineering, including the design and review of capital improvement, transportation development and related engineering plans and specifications. The incumbent has advanced project management responsibilities including cost estimation, budgeting and ensuring contract compliance with engineering standards, as well as managing and directing the work of contractors as required. The position fulfills the requirements and responsibilities of traffic engineer as defined and described in the City's Municipal Code, Chapter 11.08, and also in other applicable City ordinances, resolutions, standards and policies.

Duties

Coordinate, supervise and perform traffic engineering and transportation planning activities; prepare or direct the preparation of plans, specifications and estimates pertaining to construction, maintenance and operation of traffic facilities and equipment; plan, organize, direct and supervise the work of assigned staff; assist in the development of goals, objectives, policies and budgets for the department.

Manage and support a wide variety of traffic, transportation, other public works and utilities projects and contracts related to public facilities utilities, traffic channelization, the installation of control devices such as traffic signals and signs, and other traffic-related concerns; prepare and approve cost estimates and construction plans; administer contracts; research project design requirements, check computations and specified materials for accuracy and conformance with regulations; prepare and manage grants for traffic and street related projects.

Prepare budgets and requests for proposals for capital improvement projects; check legal descriptions and cost estimates; interpret plans and specifications for contractors and determine contractual compliance with engineering standards and specifications; interpret and administer applicable ordinances related to project requirements; coordinate the signing of new projects.

Supervise and develop professional engineering plans, specifications, studies, reports, contracts and correspondence; authorize progress and final payments to contractors based upon field inspection and document review; perform field inspections and surveys for projects as required.

Coordinate, supervise and participate in complex traffic; research, coordinate and prepare recommendations on traffic issues such as plan lines, street improvement programs, freeway project studies and general plan transportation elements for streets, pedestrians and bicycles; reviews and analyzes developers' street fee obligations and assessments; prepare grant applications for state and federal funding; review and prepare environmental impact reports; coordinate transportation system management programs.

Provide technical support in the updating of the traffic circulation element of various City projects; review reports, plans, and maps submitted by engineers and developers for conformity with laws, ordinances, City imposed requirements, and accepted professional standards with the goal of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the community; interpret specifications based on City policy.

Coordinate, supervise and perform the investigation of traffic-related complaints and field problems affecting the public, property owners, contractors, maintenance staff, and traffic operations; assign and oversee the collection of data; may inspect project sites to assist in solution of difficult problems; initiate and process traffic work orders.

Provide administrative and traffic engineering assistance and advice to developers, contractors, consultants, City management, commissions, committees, other agencies, and the general public; resolve complaints and problems and ensure successful project completion; evaluate and make recommendations regarding environmental documents, traffic studies, and project traffic impacts on congestion, safety, and operational feasibility.

Develop and recommend revised design and construction policies, procedures and standards for traffic, pavement, transportation and other public facilities; research publications and industry information sources and attend conferences and continuing education courses to keep abreast of new developments and legislation in the field of traffic and public works engineering.

Represent the department and provide presentations and advice to citizen groups, the Traffic Advisory Committee, the Planning Commission, the City Council, the Sonoma County Transportation Authority, Caltrans and other local, state, and regional agencies; seek and manage grants received through these and other agencies.

Coordinate and manage neighborhood traffic studies with the police department, schools, Caltrans, and other related entities.

Maintain and utilize advanced technology and state-of-the-art computer programs to evaluate and implement traffic safety, planning and operations improvement alternatives.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Knowledge of :
Principles, practices and methods of traffic engineering including planning, design, and
construction of traffic, transportation and public works projects.

Principles and practices of public administration including budgeting, procurement, contracting and personnel management; principles and practices of effective supervision.

Traffic planning and operations techniques.

Principles of Pavement Design and ADA laws related to the public right of way.

Environmental report processes, including those required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); land use laws and regulations.

Effective contract and construction administration methods and procedures.

Traffic, transportation, and civil engineering as related to public works projects. Effective report writing requirements and techniques. Current applicable traffic and design manuals; computers and computer modeling software.

Education and Experience
Any combination equivalent to the education and experience likely to provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to gain such knowledge and abilities would be:

Education:
A bachelor's degree with major course work in traffic, transportation, or civil engineering, or a closely related field.

Experience:
Five years of progressively responsible professional engineering experience in traffic, transportation, or civil engineering.

Certifications/Licenses:
Registration as a Professional Traffic Engineer in the State of California with good standing.

Registration as a Professional Civil Engineer in the State of California with good standing is highly desirable.

Physical Demands and Working Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be frequently required to sit and talk and hear. The employee will be required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to sit, enter data into a terminal, personal computer or keyboard device; operate office equipment requiring repetitive arm/hand movement. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The City of Petaluma offers a wide-ranging, comprehensive benefit package including CalPERS retirement, medical, dental, vision, life, LTD, etc. For moreinformation regarding the benefits associated with this position, visit our website: https://cityofpetaluma.org/employee-benefits-information/

Closing Date/Time: Continuous

Salary:

$140,857.60 - $171,246.40 Annually
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