Eng Sr Supv Traffic

Responsibilities

• Serve as responsible charge engineer and subject matter expert for Traffic Engineering programs, overseeing the agency’s traffic asset system.
• Supervise, train, and mentor professional engineering and technical staff.
• Plan, develop, coordinate, and monitor activities of engineers performing technical review, analysis, and approval of engineering work.
• Lead cross‑functional projects, providing project management, planning, supervision, organization, monitoring, and direction of staff and resources.
• Coordinate activities with VDOT management, stakeholders, customers, and key individuals.
• Communicate with internal VDOT staff, local governments, consultants, citizens, and FHWA on transportation projects and programs.
• Respond to technical inquiries from employees, the public, local agencies, stakeholders, and special interest groups; maintain timely communications with project teams.
• Oversee collection and processing of traffic data for engineering, safety, and operational studies; review data, recommendations, and alternatives for accuracy and compliance; prepare correspondence and technical letters; deliver formal presentations and supporting documentation.
• Manage crash data retrieval, analysis, and safety studies; direct staff in proactive safety analysis aligned with SHSP emphasis areas; lead safety research, compile annual crash summaries, and train internal customers on safety software and methods.
• Identify and lead implementation of section improvement opportunities, developing strategies to enhance quality, customer satisfaction, and efficiency.
• Administer the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), updating policies and procedures to meet FHWA requirements, streamlining processes, updating project prioritization, tracking procedures and software, ensuring field reviews and crash analysis for countermeasures, and compiling before‑and‑after crash data for annual HSIP reporting.
• Provide leadership and technical support to the engineering team and to VDOT staff in other divisions or districts; prepare and review technical reports; act as team and technical lead for projects and proposals.
• Prepare frequent management reports documenting staff assignments, project status, and unresolved issues requiring management direction.
• Fulfill duties as responsible charge engineer in compliance with policies, procedures, and the Code of Virginia.
• Supervise a team of engineers and technicians, assigning projects, monitoring progress, and promoting training and development.
• Oversee inventory of roadway and roadside safety items; manage development of pavement marking, marker, sign, and traffic control device plans; provide guidance on placement, installation, functionality, and condition.
• Oversee preliminary engineering functions of Traffic Engineering; attend project meetings, clarify traffic control requirements, review temporary traffic control plans and cost estimates for accuracy and compliance.
• Provide oversight and direction for work‑zone and traffic‑control plans, ensuring conformance with guidelines and safe, efficient traffic flow; advise field applications and respond to emergency traffic‑control requests.

Qualifications

Applicants must possess the following abilities, knowledge, and experience.

• Ability to analyze data, draw logical conclusions, and document results and recommendations.
• Ability to apply advanced engineering planning principles to complex transportation projects.
• Ability to build networks and relationships with employees, field personnel, contractors, manufacturers, and FHWA representatives.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with diverse audiences, make presentations, and conduct meetings.
• Ability to develop safety policy and procedures.
• Ability to lead and coach professional and technical staff, focusing teams on goal‑oriented solutions.
• Ability to manage financial resources and budgets.
• Ability to organize and analyze data, work with detail, solve problems, and communicate issues.
• Ability to work within electronic data and communication environments.
• Ability to plan and conduct studies, prepare reports independently, and collaborate with others.
• Ability to plan and schedule work effectively.
• Ability to read and understand engineering plans and interpret roadway conditions, design plans, and specifications.
• Knowledge of HTRIS data, highway locator and inventory systems, VDOT policies and procedures,