Traffic Design Engineer

About the Indiana Department of Transportation

INDOT (Indiana Department of Transportation) provides a dynamic workplace that serves Indiana citizens, improves our state’s quality of life, and enhances its economic opportunity. INDOT has a number of innovative programs and projects, including Public-Private Partnerships, Green Initiatives, and cutting‑edge uses of materials and assets.

Traffic Design Engineers execute the design of traffic control devices, highway lighting, and review similar design plans developed by others, ensuring that the engineering meets state and federal regulations. This incumbent serves as the highest‑ranking staff engineer in INDOT’s Traffic Design & Review Office, part of the Traffic Engineering Division in central office. The individual will be responsible for delivering timely and efficient management of multiple tasks simultaneously, offering high‑quality production of both INDOT‑designed projects as well as outsourced work with private consultants.

Our ideal candidate is a self‑motivated and detail‑oriented individual with direct experience in traffic design engineering, focused on collaborating and communicating with numerous internal and external stakeholders.

This position is with INDOT’s Central Office in Indianapolis.

This position traditionally starts at an annual salary of $85,020.00 but may be commensurate with education and job experience.

• Establishes procedures for overseeing the construction of highway road and bridge projects.
• Initiates procedures for reviewing and interpreting plans, specifications and construction methods with contractors.
• Prepares unique, unusual or highly complex design plans or reviews similar plans designed by consultants for bridges, roads and related traffic projects.
• Establishes methods for initiation, developing and administering major field traffic operations such as complex interchanges or intersection layouts, addition of auxiliary lanes and collector roadways, signage, lighting and traffic signals.
• Establishes procedures for reviewing and inspecting bridges, to provide normal maintenance, cost‑effective repair work or major rehabilitation.
• Develops and establishes practices and procedures for directing job control tests, documentation to aid in reviewing revised or newly adopted specifications and policies to keep field testing functions current.
• Provides recommendations and advanced level engineering expertise to field maintenance functions to resolve complex maintenance problems and provide effective and timely maintenance services.
• Conducts advanced level and technical engineering work in the engineering services and support fields, research, geotechnical engineering, land surveying and special studies.

• A registered Professional Engineers license in Indiana is required.
• Be willing to travel with an appropriate accommodation.
• Broad knowledge of and ability to apply civil engineering theories, principles, methods, and procedures to the engineering specialty.
• Broad knowledge of planning, design, or construction of highway or transportation project features (such as roads, bridges, pavement, or traffic structures) in accordance with engineering design and construction standards, principles, and methods.
• Broad knowledge of and ability to apply federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and procedures governing incumbents filed of specialization.
• Broad knowledge of and ability to apply computer aided design and drafting functions to field of specialization.
• Ability to use initiative and creativity when making technical recommendations and decisions.
• Ability to prepare and review complex design plans and reports relating to the functional area of specialization.
• Working knowledge of Indiana Design Manual (IDM), Indiana Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (IMUTCD), INDOT standard specifications and standard drawings.
• Knowledge of department systems not limited to Scheduling Project Management System (SPMS), Deighton Transportation Information Management System (dTIMS), ArcGIS, and Work Management System (WMS).

A degree is not required. However, at least eight (8)…