Team Leader; Transportation Engineering Manager

Description

Team Leader (Transportation Engineer Manager I) position in Anne Arundel County. Open to anyone who meets the minimum and selective qualifications listed below. This is a position‑specific recruitment. The resulting list of eligible candidates will be used to fill this position or function only. You will need to reapply for any future recruitment conducted for this job classification.

Nature of work: Serve as the Team Leader for the Traffic Safety Engineering Team in the Traffic Development and Support Division (TDSD) by providing leadership and management of the day‑to‑day operations. The position is responsible for evaluating safety benefits and impacts of transportation projects and for developing recommendations to improve safety. Requires a variety of skills related to data analysis, project development, field observations, and research documentation.

Must possess in‑depth knowledge of the crash database to provide data and facilitate analysis for highway safety engineering, education, and law enforcement. The Team Leader also serves as safety coordinator, overseeing the Highway Safety Improvement Program and developing the annual highway safety report.

MDOT offers a generous and competitive benefits package.

Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university.

Experience: Seven (7) years of professional engineering experience.

Selective

Qualification:

Three and a half (3.5) years of experience in traffic engineering.

Selective Qualification is more focused in scope than the minimum qualifications for this classification. Selective Qualifications are utilized when the position requires specific or additional bona fide occupational qualifications (i.e., knowledge, skill, or ability). No substitutions are allowed for a selective qualification.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.
• Working knowledge of national and state guidelines and standards related to transportation engineering and safety analysis for highway networks.
• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate statewide programs and specific projects.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Good working knowledge of database management and data analysis pertaining to safety on Maryland's roads.

Notes:

• Additional work experience in professional engineering or technical engineering at the journey level or above may be substituted on a year‑for‑year basis for the required education.
• Possession of a master's degree in engineering may be substituted for one year of the non‑supervisory experience.
• Professionals registered as P.E. in Maryland or a comparable state are considered to have met education requirements.

Candidate must possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license in the state of Maryland.

Benefits: MDOT offers generous benefits including health and leave benefits, 401(k), pension plan, free transit program, and advanced education and training opportunities.

Background and reference checks may be conducted. Convictions are not an automatic disqualification. Bilingual applicants are encouraged.

Appropriate auxiliary aids and services for qualified individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States under applicable law.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. SHA does not discriminate based on age, ancestry, color, creed, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, belief or opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.