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!
VDOT Richmond District Operations is seeking a highly qualified individual to join the Traffic Design group to conduct routine to complex traffic engineering, safety, and operational studies to provide an efficient and safe highway system for the traveling public. Collect and evaluate data, document field conditions, and develop recommendations for improvements. Prepare sketches and designs using software applications. Conduct traffic engineering plan reviews.
Core responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Perform plan reviews and provide support for construction and maintenance projects. Plan reviews will be the primary function of this position.
- Prepare correspondence and technical documents with recommendations for corrective measures and improvements.
- Conduct in-field work zone reviews. This may include field review of work zones with occasional night work.
- Prepare designs and sketches for work zones, signage, pavement markings, traffic control, detours, and other improvements.
- Perform allowable work hour assessments and detour plans.
- Conduct Traffic Engineering Studies related to signs, pavement markings, and traffic signals.
- Collect and analyze data and compile reports for study findings and recommendations.
- Prepare and review Transportation Management Plans.
- Provide technical assistance to VDOT staff and outside consultants in assigned areas of traffic
design.
- Serve as a subject matter expert representing traffic engineering at preconstruction meetings.
"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
• Skill in collecting and analyzing traffic data and developing recommendations.
• Ability to develop solutions to complex traffic issues in assigned area.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously and work in a fast-paced, urban environment.
• Working knowledge of traffic engineering principles and current practices, standards, and regulations
• Comprehensive knowledge and extensive experience conducting various in-house traffic studies.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with internal and external customers.
• Knowledge of standard office and traffic engineering software including proficiency in MicroStation
• Ability to lead and train others.
• Ability to read and interpret road construction plans.
• Valid driver’s license.
Additional Considerations
• Experience conducting meeting with internal and external customers or other entities such as citizens and local jurisdictions.
• Experience working in a traffic engineering environment.
• Familiarity with MUTCD, Virginia Work Area Protection Manual, Highway Capacity Manual and VDOT Road and Bridge Specifications, Virginia Road Design Manual, Virginia Technical Guidance Memorandum
• A combination of training, experience or education in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering or related field desired.
• Experience collecting and analyzing traffic data and developing recommendations.
• Guardrail Installation Training (GRIT) certification.
• Advanced Work Zone Traffic Control Training certification
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.
