Senior Transportation Engineer

Join our team and lead the future of transportation in our city. Under general direction, this key role will plan, schedule, assign, and review the work of professional engineering staff within the transportation division. The selected candidate will serve as project manager for complex multi-modal transportation and traffic projects, ensuring the application of City codes and regulations to development projects and transportation analyses. If you thrive in a leadership role and are passionate about impactful transportation solutions, we encourage you to apply.

This is the supervisory-level class in the Transportation Engineering series. Incumbents are responsible for planning, organizing, supervising, reviewing, and evaluating the work of professional engineering staff as well as performing the most complex and challenging design, inspection, and computation analyses, and providing professional-level support to assigned management staff in a variety of areas of expertise. Performance of the work requires the use of considerable independence, initiative, and discretion within established guidelines.

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned transportation professional capable of leading and managing a diverse team of technical, administrative, and engineering staff.  This individual will possess strong leadership skills, including the ability to plan, organize, assign, supervise, train, and evaluate staff, as well as recommend personnel actions.  A deep understanding of transportation planning and engineering principles is essential, as the role involves reviewing development plans, TIAs, EIR transportation sections, and capital improvement projects.  Experience in developing design and construction standards for public works facilities, including streets, traffic signals, and pedestrian/bikeway facilities, is crucial.  The candidate should be adept at managing consultants, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders (including commissions, the public, and other agencies), and communicating effectively through reports, presentations, and public interactions.  Furthermore, experience in environmental impact analysis, particularly regarding traffic circulation and parking, and a commitment to addressing public inquiries and concerns are highly desired.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in transportation engineering, civil engineering, urban planning with an emphasis in transportation planning/engineering, or a related field
• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience in professional traffic engineering or transportation planning work, including two (2) years of supervisory experience

Licenses and Certifications

• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid California Driver’s License by time of appointment may be required for certain assignments.
• Possession of a Registered Professional Traffic Engineer or Registered Professional Civil Engineer license issued by the State of California