Supervising Engineer

The Transportation Division of Public Works is responsible for maintaining and enhancing traffic operations, traffic safety, and multimodal mobility citywide. Core functions include traffic design and plan review, traffic studies, development entitlements, traffic safety investigations, signal operations, and maintenance of all traffic control devices, including signs, pavement markings, traffic signals, and street lighting. The Supervising Engineer ensures these functions meet required safety, engineering, and regulatory standards.

The Supervising Engineer position is critical to maintaining safe, reliable, and legally compliant traffic operations across the City of Sacramento. This role directly influences citywide safety outcomes through oversight of engineering review and design decisions that address collision patterns, signal timing, pedestrian safety, and multimodal access. The Supervising Engineer will lead the Entitlements and Traffic Studies Section and the Traffic Engineering Design Section, within the Transportation Division.

This position reports to the City Traffic Engineer and is responsible for managing professional and technical staff; overseeing engineering reviews and design; assisting in development and implementation of goals and policies; and supervising and assisting in preparation of budgets and capital improvement programs.

The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of the latest traffic engineering methods, standards, and practices related to traffic control devices, geometric design, signing and striping, roundabout design, multimodal best practices, traffic safety evaluations, speed limit setting, traffic studies, and traffic investigations; and will have experience with the review of the transportation elements of private development projects. They will demonstrate sound engineering judgment and be capable of making timely, defensible decisions that impact public safety, mobility, and regulatory compliance;

and have the ability to apply this expertise in real-world conditions, balancing technical requirements with community expectations, development pressures, and City priorities. Registration as a Traffic Engineer is desired.

This supervisory classification is populated with multiple incumbents. Supervising Engineers manage large, complex projects within a specific section or department, or support projects of other sections or departments. Incumbents provide technical expertise within a specific engineering discipline. The Supervising Engineer is distinguished from the Senior Engineer in that the former manages broad professional engineering categories, such as electrical, mechanical, civil, traffic, water, and sanitation while the latter performs complex engineering work and supervises a project team.

Supervising Engineer is distinguished from higher-level professional engineering classifications in that incumbents of the latter classifications have broader responsibility for multiple disciplines and programs or projects.

Direction is provided by a higher level classification or division manager. Responsibilities include the direct and indirect supervision of professional, technical, clerical, and consulting staff.

• Supervise, train, and evaluate professional and technical subordinates; provide technical advice and assistance to staff; select and supervise the work of contractors; supervise the development of plans and estimates for construction and major repair of public works systems; supervise and participate in the preparation of special engineering studies and reports.
• Assist in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for an engineering unit; assist in the preparation and administration of unit budget; supervise and participate in the preparation of capital improvement programs and budgets.
• Conferring with supervisors and assistants regarding project priorities and progress; participating in planning, progress, and design review meetings; providing technical assistance to resolve…