Traffic Engineer

THE POSITION

This recruitment is being conducted to fill one full-time vacancy. The list established by this recruitment may be used to fill future full-time, part-time, limited term, and temporary vacancies for up to one year.

This is an advanced level engineering classification. Work in this class is distinguished from that of lower classes by the administrative responsibilities performed in overseeing additional engineering personnel and/or for assigning and reviewing work on major projects. The Traffic Engineer works as a project leader on major projects or programs and provides support to other Public Works Sections and City Departments.

Either registration as a Traffic Engineer (which is preferred) or as a Professional Civil Engineer with traffic engineering experience in the State of California is required.

The ideal candidate will possess knowledge of civil engineering design and construction, including current working knowledge of civil engineering processes, theories, laws, principles, conceptual models, best practices; and will bring creative, innovative, and tech savvy solutions and ideas to expand and improve services for the City of Vallejo.

Receives general direction from higher level management staff.

Exercises direct supervision over professional and technical engineering staff.

The City of Vallejo is located in Solano County and has a population of approximately 125,000 residents. Vallejo is a rapidly changing, highly diverse community located midway between the cities of San Francisco and Sacramento. It is a friendly, active waterfront community that attracts innovative, hardworking people and takes great pride in its 148-year history and maritime heritage. Residents of Vallejo are situated to take advantage of the best of what the area has to offer.

Golf, museums, performing arts, boutique shopping, brewpubs and a wide selection of restaurants are all available in Vallejo. Residents and visitors alike enjoy Vallejo’s delightful historical downtown area, weekly downtown farmer’s market, and beautifully restored Victorian homes and business facades. Vallejo is also home to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, one of America’s only combination wildlife, oceanarium and theme parks.

The Engineering Division of the Public Works Department operates to protect the City of Vallejo's interest in both new development and the operation of existing City infrastructure by providing engineering, technical, and contract management assistance to all City departments. It is the Engineering Division's responsibility to schedule, design, prepare specifications, acquire permits, secure rights-of-way, advertise, bid, and manage all capital improvement projects as directed and approved by the City Council and the City Manager.

Other engineering responsibilities include plan review, obtaining and holding applicable permits and encroachment agreements, and observing the construction of new public infrastructure to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.

The following duties are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices.

• Lead, coordinate, implement, and participate in comprehensive City-wide traffic planning, safety and control programs; including all traffic safety and congestion management actions.
• Analyze transportation issues and problems; prepare various types of transportation studies including Traffic and Multimodal Level of Service, Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), Level of Traffic Stress, signal coordination, traffic calming, traffic and multi-modal counts, etc. by analyzing traffic generation factors and traffic flow patterns, including determining speed characteristics, reviewing accident records and determining warrants for traffic control devices; coordinate and participate in traffic and parking data collection and tabulation.
• Design, maintain or modify traffic control systems to ensure the safe and effective flow of traffic…