ENGINEER 6-DCL (Highway Safety Engineer

Section 82 - Highway Safety

This position serves as the statewide technical expert for the Louisiana's Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP), Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), and HSIP sub-programs such as Local Road Safety Program (LRSP) and Safe Routes to Public Places (SRTPPP). This involves the identification of High Potential for Safety Improvement (PSI) locations, sections, and over represented crash-types including roadside obstacles which may pose potential safety risks to road users.

Activities related to this program and sub-programs include Stage O studies, local road safety plans, systemic studies, traffic safety records, tort reduction, and the development and implementation of safety projects and programs to address the infrastructure, operations and data planning strategies identified through the SHSP action plans at the statewide and regional level.

Applicants who possess the following skills are encouraged to apply:

• Willing to learn data driven safety approach for identifying and prioritizing safety improvements and educate others on these concepts.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are needed.

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering plus one of the following:
Two years of licensed engineering experience; or Six years of professional engineering experience. EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTIONS: A master's degree in engineering will substitute for one year of professional engineering experience. A doctorate degree in engineering will substitute for two years of professional engineering experience. Advanced degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of professional engineering experience. There is no substitution for licensed engineering experience.

NOTES:
Engineering experience gained while licensed as a professional engineer will be accepted as licensed engineering experience. Engineering experience gained after earning an ABET-accredited degree and prior to earning a professional engineer's license (e.g., as an engineer intern applicant, engineer intern, or equivalent) will be accepted as professional level engineering experience. Applications will be accepted from persons licensed to practice professional engineering in states other than Louisiana.

If one of those applicants is selected for the position, he/she will be required to obtain a Louisiana license prior to appointment. The hiring agency will verify that all licensing requirements are met. Louisiana Professional Engineer licenses are issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board. Licensing requirements may be viewed at

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties:

• Serves as the highway safety expert for Stage O studies, local road safety plans, data driven safety analysis, traffic safety records, tort reduction, and safety project management to the DOTD Highway Safety Administrator.
• Reviews and provides assistance for Stage O and highway safety studies to ensure safety analysis is performed properly and engineering studies reach appropriate conclusions and safety countermeasures.
• Provides extremely complex and sensitive expert advice to the Department's Legal Section, Office of Risk Management, Attorney General's Office, Contract Attorney's, and the US Department of Justice in preparing defenses for lawsuits affecting the Department.
• Participates in specialized training courses on driven safety analyses, complete streets, crash investigation/reconstruction and identification/treatment of high potential for safety improvement locations with the goal of spreading knowledge to safety stakeholders statewide, including DOTD, MPOs, local agencies.
• Interprets national standards, practices, and policies regarding highway safety planning and programming, data driven safety analysis using the Highway Safety Manual, traffic safety records, and the HSIP implementation.
• Manages contracts with engineering consultants and universities for studies involving highway safety analysis, traffic safety records, and ensures…