ABOUT THIS POSITION
The Streets Transportation Department is seeking a motivated and dedicated Traffic Engineer III. This position involves the application of professional traffic engineering knowledge and skills to a variety of engineering functions including design, construction, and operation and maintenance of traffic signals, traffic signal systems, street lighting, signing, striping, work zone traffic control, and/or related traffic management activities. The required work involves the performance of very difficult and exacting assignments relative to planning, designing, analyzing data and information on traffic engineering projects. Duties include studying traffic engineering problems and developing plans for improvements; designing plans for safe control and flow of traffic; answering complaints from the public; conferring with department and division heads on mutual and related problems; investigating complaints; and speaking on traffic engineering subjects to interested groups. Considerable independence and latitude is allowed in determining methods and procedures to complete projects.
Duties include:
- Studying traffic engineering problems and developing plans for improvements;
- Designing plans for safe control and flow of traffic;
- Answering complaints from the public;
- Conferring with department and division heads on mutual and related problems;
- Investigating complaints; and speaking on traffic engineering subjects to interested groups.
IDEAL CANDIDATE
- Familiarity with street lighting design.
- Knowledge of ADA requirements relating to signalized intersection design and operation.
- Knowledge of the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the Arizona Supplement.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Three years of experience in the field of traffic engineering.
- One year at a senior traffic engineering level.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, including courses in traffic engineering or transportation engineering.
- Other combinations of experience and education which meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
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The City of Phoenix has paused plans to implement a federal mandate requiring all city employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. This decision comes after a series of legal challenges and a ruling from a federal judge which temporarily halts the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors nationwide. If the requirement is reinstated, the City of Phoenix may require new hires to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination status as a condition of employment. After a conditional offer has been extended, candidates may request a reasonable accommodation based on a medical disability or for sincerely held religious beliefs.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS – The minimum qualifications listed above, plus:
- Three years of progressive traffic signal design (isolated and coordinated signals), signal timing experience.
- Experience in developing and managing operations and capital budgets.
- Certification as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE).
- Current Professional Engineer License preferred.
- Must be registered as a Professional Engineer in the State of Arizona obtained by the end of the probationary period (one year).
- Signing and Striping design/layout experience.
- Work zone traffic control experience and/or other related traffic operations experience.
Job Title: Traffic Engineer III
Closing Date/Time: Recruitment closes June 15, 2022. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on this date.
Salary Range: $69,784.00 – $106,121.60 annually
Job Type: Full-Time Regular
Location: Professional & Supervisory
Job ID: 45221
