Transportation Engineer

Job Summary

This Transportation Engineer position is located in the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), Traffic Safety Administration, and will work with the rapidly growing dynamic team of professionals in Multimodal Project Delivery Division. As a member of the MDD team, this position will be a key contributor in bringing transformative change to the Nation’s Capital by advancing safety and multimodal efforts including, but not limited to, the High Injury Network, bus priority projects, protected bicycle facilities, Vision Zero intersection safety enhancements, and complex multimodal traffic signal operations.

The work that MDD completes has shown immediate results on the safety and mobility of our transportation network and helps make DC’s Vision Zero and moveDC goals a reality.

This Transportation Engineer position is located in the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), Traffic Safety Administration, and will work with the rapidly growing dynamic team of professionals in Multimodal Project Delivery Division. As a member of the MDD team, this position will be a key contributor in bringing transformative change to the Nation’s Capital by advancing safety and multimodal efforts including, but not limited to, the High Injury Network, bus priority projects, protected bicycle facilities, Vision Zero intersection safety enhancements, and complex multimodal traffic signal operations.

The work that MDD completes has shown immediate results on the safety and mobility of our transportation network and helps make DC’s Vision Zero and moveDC goals a reality.

Serves as a project manager, leading corridor or intersection projects from concept development, through analysis, design and into construction handoff. Leads intersection or corridor projects with a focus on safety countermeasure analysis, selection, and design with the aim of reducing injury and fatal crashes for all modes. Coordinates with internal and external stakeholders and mode-specific teams as well as the public and local elected officials to listen to issues and communicate changes proposed to address the issues.

Coordinates through construction and project closeout as well as during post-construction evaluation to determine performance of the treatments installed.

Serves as an advisor to management in the decision-making process regarding difficult, advanced, and critical traffic related engineering matters. Participates, as requested, in the development of scope, goal setting, budget processes for multi-year and long and short-term work plans for a diverse array of projects. Performs advanced professional transportation engineering assignments, individually or as a team leader, investigating and analyzing street traffic conditions to determine the need for traffic control measures including traffic engineering studies, safety analysis, warrant analysis, traffic impact studies, traffic calming, sign maintenance requests, parking signs, residential permit parking, work zone safety, maintenance of traffic plan reviews, traffic control plans (TCP) approval/inspection, and special event traffic control.

Reviews street improvement plans to determine the need for traffic safety treatments as well as control devices; prepares plans, specifications and estimates for installation of traffic signal systems and channelization; prepares planning, design, and research studies to examine existing and proposed traffic control measures and methodologies. Analyzes data on traffic operations, pedestrian planning and design, transportation systems management, safety enforcement, and transit & traffic operational requirements.

Assesses the operational effectiveness and safety of the transportation system…