Special Projects Coordinator

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The City of Wilmington, a leading Delaware employer, provides the City’s sanitation, recycling, street cleaning, water, and transportation services through the Department of Public Works. The Department provides a wide array of services, including once-a-week recycling and once-a-week residential solid waste collection, treatment and distribution of high-quality drinking water, collection and treatment of sewage, stormwater management, sweeping of all City streets, street paving and repairs, maintenance of traffic signs and signals, line striping, rodent control, snow removal, and maintenance of the City fleet and City properties.

The Special Projects Coordinator coordinates between different departments associated with the City and performs complex research and analysis to provide recommendations to the Transportation Division and the Department of Public Works. Responsible for developing, maintaining, upgrading, and utilizing GIS data associated with the City’s Department of Public Works. Computerized database and mapping work primarily focuses on traffic and transportation systems.

• Obtains, creates, and maintains additional data levels and layers as needed, such as traffic control devices, uniform traffic collision reports, traffic studies, on‑street parking and loading‑zone facilities, permits, curb‑management requirements, street centrelines, streetscape projects, transit routes, sidewalks and curb ramps, street lighting, pavement markings, street closings, traffic conduits, utility mark‑outs, general transportation infrastructure, topography, aerial and parcel mapping, and other related features.
• Creates and updates traffic and transportation drawings, maps, site surveys, ordinances, work orders, and related information.
• Coordinates use of transportation engineering and mapping information with engineering consultants, DelDOT, WILMAPCO, and the general public.
• Works with consultants and vendors on GIS‑related projects to upgrade existing information and add new information to Public Works drawings and geodatabases.
• Communicates by telephone and corresponds with the general public and other departments and agencies regarding a variety of transportation‑related permit applications and renewals.
• Regularly works in and around traffic performing field surveys and site visits.
• Generates display materials and ordinance creation for Council meetings.
• Assists the Director of Transportation and Transportation Engineer to support new and ongoing projects.
• Assists supervisors with fiscal budgeting requirements and inventory procurement.
• Maintains the handicapped permit application process and signage for constituents.
• Performs all related work as assigned.

• Graduation from an accredited college or university, preferably with an Associate’s Degree in Engineering or a Bachelor’s Degree in Science or a related area, with relevant experience in GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping, or any equivalent combination of engineering and technical training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Knowledge:
  Thorough knowledge of the principles, methods, and practices of GIS in the area of civil and transportation engineering. Considerable knowledge of computer‑aided engineering tools including ArcGIS, ESRI, Cityworks, MUNIS, and familiarity with police reports, spreadsheets, databases, office software, computerized work orders, and transportation utility mark‑out software.
• Skills:
  
  Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Abilities:
  Ability to work both in the field and in the office to read, interpret, and draft engineering plans, specifications, and related materials needed for intersection drawings, traffic ordinances, and transportation studies. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public, elected officials, engineers, tradespersons, and coworkers.
• Licenses:
  Possess and maintain a valid driver’s license with a good driving record.

• Evaluation for this position includes a review of…