Eng Mgr Signals

Job Title:

Architect Engineering Mgr II

This position offers an exciting opportunity to manage the reliability, performance, and maintenance of VDOT's Northern Virginia ITS field assets, including cameras, sensors, DMS, and an expansive fiber-optic network. Responsibilities include interfacing with roadway lighting and power systems, supporting arterial signal operations, and ensuring strong cybersecurity practices across all connected Operations Technology edge devices. The ideal candidate brings systems engineering and electrical engineering expertise, experience diagnosing field electronics, and the ability to interpret operational data to guide maintenance decisions.

Strong communication and documentation skills are essential for coordinating with TOC staff, technicians, tolling partners, and local agencies. This role is suited for someone detail-oriented, proactive, and committed to safe, reliable, technology-driven operations.

Lead the Operations Engineering and Decision Support function by assisting in the program delivery of VDOT's traffic systems management program, with concentration on efficient transportation network to include traffic signal timing and optimization, emergency management (planned and unplanned), special events management, freeway operations and evacuation strategy development. Strategically implement the traffic signal systems program. Supervise and train professional and technical staff.

Provide leadership and guidance and assist the District Engineer with overall project management, to include planning, organizing, budget preparation, monitoring and directing work and resources. Coordinate and communicate with contractors. Provide guidance to field staff as needed to meet or exceed overall goals and compliance.

How you will contribute:

• Budget Oversight:
  Develop, manage and monitor budgets for assigned programs and projects in support of goals and objectives. Ensure expenditures do not exceed allocations. Manage budgets to ensure metrics are met.
• Coordination, Collaboration and Communication:
  Engage in management level interaction and coordination with transportation stakeholders at the local, state, regional and federal levels to promote operational efficiency of the transportation network (freeway and arterial). Assume lead to influence development and implementation of arterial and freeway management with the region relating to technological alternatives to include ITS deployments.
• Engineering Management:
  Lead team and develop policies, procedures and practices in management of assigned engineering program area. Develop and provide technical guidance and recommendations on engineering projects.
• Financial and Contract Management:
  Coordinate with Regional Transportation Operations Manager, Regional Program Manager and Project Manager to acquire allocations to meet organizational needs. Oversee consultant contracts, develop and manage tasks, establish staffing levels, evaluate the quality of deliverables, approve invoices and payments and manage staff performance.
• Operations Engineering and Decision Support:
  Lead team and develop policies, procedures and practices in management of arterial and freeway transportation networks. Oversee in-house assessments and development of alternatives, guidance and recommendations for managing traffic signal system operations, real-time freeway operations, non-routine lane closure requests, special events, time or politically sensitive projects and emergency evacuation strategies. Oversee decision support tools and technologies facilitating congestion mitigation, incident and emergency responses.
  
  Oversee administration of consultant contracts regarding the reliability of central operation system used for traffic signal system management and signal timing optimization.
• Project Management and Communication:
  Manage communication and coordination between project team members and stakeholders. Advise key stakeholders on significant issues affecting project schedules, milestones, budget objectives or team performance. Establish and maintain communications with project team members. Schedule and coordinate project team meetings and milestone reviews. Respond to project inquiries from public, legislature, government agencies, planning agencies, media, citizen groups, stakeholders and special interest groups.
• Responsible Charge Engineer:
  Fulfill duties as responsible charge engineer in compliance with policies, procedures and the Code of Virginia.
• Staff Training and Development:
  Ensure staff development, performance planning, evaluation and recognition activities are completed to ensure a productive and motivated team.

What will make you successful:

• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with diverse audiences and to make presentations and conduct meetings.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships at all organizational levels, both internally and externally to VDOT.
• Ability to research and identify sound resolutions to…