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DISTRICT 58 - Unit 002 – Traffic

JOB NUMBER: 58/50683881/ET5/2.24.25-SG

**This vacancy may be filled as a Detail to Special Duty appointment of a DOTD employee**

No Civil Service test is required for this position.

About this job:

The overall function of this position is to assist in the functions of the District Traffic Operations Engineering Section with activities including data collection, analysis, design, inspection, inventory and programs related to traffic operation and control.

This position receives premium pay of an additional $1.00/hr for hours actually worked.

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For further information about this vacancy contact:

Contact Name: Callie Harrell

Title: Engineer 7-Traffic Engineer

Function of Work:
To perform very complex, sub professional engineering tasks of a complex nature requiring intensive training & diversified experience in a specialized area; and/or to serve as lead worker over lower-level technicians and/or other personnel engaged in sub professional engineering work.

Level of Work:
Advanced.

Supervision Received:
Broad from an Engineering Technician 6, 7, or professional engineer or higher level manager of the agency served.

Supervision Exercised:
May exercise functional supervision on a project-by-project basis. May directly supervise one or two lower level staff.

Location of Work:
May be used by all state agencies.

Job Distinctions:
Differs from Engineering Technician 4 by the performance of more complex, highly specialized duties and/or the presence of lead worker responsibilities or by the presence of direct line supervision over one or two staff members under certain circumstances as defined in the applicable Allocation Criteria memo.

Differs from Engineering Technician DCL by the lack of responsibility for serving as a technical expert/specialist in a specific field of technical engineering.

Differs from Engineering Technician 6 or 7 by the absence of full time supervisory responsibilities over several staff members.

DISTRICTS:
Acts as lead worker over a team of employees and/or contracted personnel engaged in bridge inspection, construction inspection, design, levee inspection, survey, or other sub professional engineering functions performed in the Districts.

Serves as an office manager in a Project or District Laboratory Engineer's office by acting as lead worker over lower-level technicians engaged in the data entry, review and processing of engineering documents, forms, reports, field notes, etc.

HIGHWAY NEEDS:
Provides the assessment of needs on highways within the State Highway System. Establishes existing deficiencies within defined sections of highway relative to geometrics (number of lanes, width of lanes, width of shoulders, curves, etc.), condition (riding surface, base, shoulders), and traffic.

Recommends type of improvement which will eliminate deficiency in each section and develops a total cost estimate (engineering, right-of-way acquisition, utilities relocation, and construction) for the recommended improvement.

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND SERVICES:
Reviews technical accuracy of traffic control plans prepared by others including consultants, district, and the Department's design sections.

Specifies the type of signing, pavement markings, barricades, and channelizing devices to be used during different phases of the project.

Reviews District documents for statewide uniformity and consistent application of department Policy concerning specific services signing (LOGO) and Tourist Oriented Signs (TODS).

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND SAFETY:
Updates and reviews the statewide Mile Post Listing for accuracy to find the location of all crashes occurring on all state maintained highways.

Communicates and coordinates with statewide police departments and district traffic offices to gather new locations for Mile Post Listings. Reviews and evaluates for accuracy the latest crash data as it is received; researches for necessary corrections; reports to District Traffic Engineers on all abnormal crash locations for district safety reviews.

Prepares computerized Crash Data Reports, Accident Collision Diagrams, Abnormal Crash Location Data, and other crash data related information requested from DOTD engineers, technicians, attorneys, Federal Highway Administration officials, and/or other state agencies.

Reviews data collected and/or information prepared by lower-level technicians.

Prepares Traffic Assignment Reports consisting of design year and projected future year average daily traffic and vehicle classification - showing percentage of trucks and other vehicles. Produces turning movement diagrams for specific intersections.

Prepares special case traffic forecasts for proposed new routes including turning movements at any new intersections/interchanges.