Gainesville, Florida
Posted: 04-Nov-25
Location: Hallandale Beach, Florida
Type: Full Time
Salary: $72,867.98 - $123,875.57
Years of Experience:
Required Education:
Internal Number: 2025-103
WORK OBJECTIVE
Performs complex professional, technical, administrative, and engineering work for transportation engineering projects. Ensures the safe and efficient operation of roadways by overseeing studies, design, analysis, and implementation of traffic solutions including supervising and coordinating the department’s transportation planning, traffic engineering, traffic safety for all modes of travel, traffic calming, private development review process related to traffic engineering, and responding to traffic requests and inquiries. Work is performed independently under limited supervision with moderate latitude.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Reviews signing and pavement marking plans, maintenance of traffic (MOT) plans, development proposals, and Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs) for compliance with Federal, State, County, and City codes, regulations, and standards.
- Manages various engineering and administrative functions, including the preparation of detailed traffic reports, plans, and specifications.
- Conducts traffic studies, analyzes traffic data, and identifies areas in need of improvements.
- Oversees project budgets, timelines, and resource allocation; prepares proposals and establishes project milestones and completion dates.
- Performs the investigations of complaints and field issues affecting the public, property owners, contractors, maintenance personnel, and traffic operations.
- Reviews traffic studies and provides recommendations on traffic management strategies and public infrastructure needs.
- Offers traffic engineering guidance to developers, contractors, consultants, other agencies, and the public to address complaints, and assess project impacts on congestion, safety, and operational efficiency.
- Identifies and implements innovative solutions to improve traffic flow and safety.
Communicate with the public and stakeholders about traffic engineering projects and issues. - Utilizes advanced technology and software to assess and implement improvements in traffic safety, transit planning, and operations.
- Determines applicable codes, regulations, and requirements for assigned projects and makes sound decisions on complex traffic-related issues.
- Prepares contract documents for transportation engineering projects.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field; three (3) or more years of progressively responsible experience as a professional engineer in Traffic or Transportation Engineering, including supervisory responsibilities. Preferable candidates to have a Florida Professional Engineer (PE) license and Traffic Operations Professional Engineer (PTOE) certificate.
Must have National Incident Management System (NIMS) certification (level to be determined by job classification requirements) or obtain within one year of employment.
In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications listed above, an individual must be able to perform each of the established essential functions in order to perform this job successfully.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Knowledge of Traffic Engineering principles, practices and methods of planning, design, and construction of traffic, transportation and transit projects.
- Knowledge of applicable City policies, laws, and regulations affecting department activities.
- Review of consultant designs, contract administration, and traffic engineering studies.
- Applies technical knowledge and skills to solve complex traffic-related problems.
- Ability to utilize personal computers for traffic analysis, modeling, word processing, creating spreadsheets and other specialized functions.
- Ability to operate a computer using Microsoft Office products (Word and Outlook) and applicable organizational software.
- Ability to manage projects effectively, including budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation.
- Analyze engineering data and prepare complete and comprehensive reports.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
- Ability to coordinate with other departments and agencies.
- Ability to regularly attend work and arrive punctually for designated work schedule.
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Ability to lead and motivate teams.
- Ability to organize work for timely completion.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
- Ability to deal effectively with the public.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Depending on functional area of assignment, tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (up to 20 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation and extended periods of time standing and/or walking.
ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS:
Tasks are regularly performed inside and/or outside with potential for exposure to adverse environmental conditions (e.g., dirt, cold, and rain).
SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:
Tasks require sound and visual perception and discrimination. Tasks require oral communications ability.