Engineer 6 - Traffic Engineering Mgt. Engineer

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Engineer 6 - Traffic Engineering Mgt. Engineer

Salary

$6,692.00 - $12,047.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

27/50368880/E6TEME/02.07.25-BH

Department

DOTD-Engineering & Operations

Division

Section 27

Opening Date

02/07/2025

Closing Date

2/23/2025 11:59 PM Central

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Supplemental Information

Section 27 – Traffic Engineering

27/50368880/E6TEME/02.07.25-BH

About this position:

The Traffic Engineering Division is responsible for providing traffic engineering study and operational expertise for the Department. This position is responsible for the performance of traffic engineering studies and the review of traffic engineering studies and reports. The incumbent must have a comprehensive knowledge of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Standard Plans, Standard Specifications, Engineering Directives and Standards Manual (EDSM), Highway Capacity Manual, DOTD Traffic Engineering Manual, DOTD Sign Manual, and DOTD Traffic Signal Design Manual. The position communicates regularly with consultants, plan development engineers, planners, project managers, and District Traffic Operations Engineers pertaining to traffic engineering policy and operations.

This position has a Special Entrance Rate (SER) -$3,316.00/biweekly.

The actual starting salary depends on the education and experience of the selected applicant.

Required License for Engineer 6: Professional Engineer License in the State of Louisiana.

If selected, applicants with engineering licenses in other states will be required to attain a Louisiana engineering license prior to the date of hire.

Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency:

http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt_Finance/HR/Pages/Career_Center.aspx

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

André Fillastre, PE, PTOE

Traffic Engineering Management Administrator

Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development

1201 Capital Access Rd

Baton Rouge, LA 70802-4438

(225) 242-4646

“The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. DOTD does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type.”

"Information on the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available here: www.laworks.net/workforcedev/Irs/Irstechasst_guidance.asp.”

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering plus one of the following:

Two years of licensed engineering experience; or

Six years of professional engineering experience.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTIONS:

A master's degree in engineering will substitute for one year of professional engineering experience.

A doctorate degree in engineering will substitute for two years of professional engineering experience.

Advanced degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of professional engineering experience.

There is no substitution for licensed engineering experience.

NOTES:

Engineering experience gained while licensed as a professional engineer will be accepted as licensed engineering experience.

Engineering experience gained after earning an ABET-accredited degree and prior to earning a professional engineer's license (e.g., as an engineer intern applicant, engineer intern, or equivalent) will be accepted as professional level engineering experience.

Applications will be accepted from persons licensed to practice professional engineering in states other than Louisiana. If one of those applicants is selected for the position, he/she will be required to obtain a Louisiana license prior to appointment. The hiring agency will verify that all licensing requirements are met.

Louisiana Professional Engineer licenses are issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board. Licensing requirements may be viewed at www.lapels.com.

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:

Supervises the planning, design, construction, inspection, and/or maintenance of building systems or programs through subordinate professional engineers.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Supervisor.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Broad from an Engineer 7 or higher. Alternative reporting relationships may be approved by SCS.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Direct over a staff of Engineers, Engineering Technicians, or others who assist in specific assignments.

LOCATION OF WORK:

May be used by all state agencies.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from Engineer 5 by the presence of responsibility for direct supervision over professional engineers.

Differs from Engineer 7 by the absence of second-line supervision over professional engineers. Exceptions to this distinction may be approved by SCS based on program scope and/or complexity.

Examples of Work

The Traffic Engineering Division is responsible for providing traffic engineering study and operational expertise for the Department. This position is responsible for the performance of traffic engineering studies and the review of traffic engineering studies and reports. The incumbent must have a comprehensive knowledge of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Standard Plans, Standard Specifications, Engineering Directives and Standards Manual (EDSM), Highway Capacity Manual, DOTD Traffic Engineering Manual, DOTD Sign Manual, and DOTD Traffic Signal Design Manual. The position communicates regularly with consultants, plan development engineers, planners, project managers, and District Traffic Operations Engineers pertaining to traffic engineering policy and operations.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

35% Responsible for supervising, monitoring, and training employees involved in traffic engineering studies and plans related to creating and reviewing. This includes ensuring that any studies or reviews are completed by the assigned due date. Developing and maintain QA/QC documents, coordinating studies or reviews with other Traffic Engineering personnel, tracking studies and reviews, and assisting with providing comments and completed studies to the requestor.

25% Oversees data collection requests made to Traffic Engineering. This includes ensuring that any requests are completed by the assigned due date. Develops and maintains QA/QC documents, coordinating data collection with other Traffic Engineering personnel, Districts, Project Managers, tracking requests, and providing data to requestor.

20% Assists in writing and reviewing Traffic Engineering Scopes for projects. Acts as project manager for Traffic Engineering consultant contract and as task manager for scopes outside of the section. Creates task orders for traffic signal studies and designs, approve consulting cost estimates and invoices.

10% Reviews District, Stage O and Stage 1 traffic engineering analysis and recommendations to determine if they meet FHWA and DOTD policy and procedures. Provides advice, guidance, and assistance through the review of these studies prepared by others. Attends public meetings to assist the project team.

5% Performs and assists with the updating and writing of traffic engineering policy for the Department.

5% May be required to perform other duties as necessary including, but not limited to, emergency/disaster

support activities.

While in official capacity, DOTD employees must comply with applicable Louisiana and Civil Service Laws, Rules Regulations, as well as DOTD policies, procedures, manuals and directives.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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  Are you a permanent LA-DOTD employee?

• Yes

• No

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  Are you a probational LA-DOTD employee?

• Yes

• No

  03

  Are you a current or former employee of the State of Louisiana?

• Yes

• No

  04

  If so, for which state agency(ies) do you/did you work and during what time period(s)? If not, indicate "NA".

  05

  To ensure compliance with PPM #9, DOTD Nepotism Policy, please list the name and relationship with any immediate family members that are currently employed by the LA-DOTD. Please type "N/A" if there are no immediate family members?

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  What are your career interests?

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  Do you possess a current Louisiana Professional Engineer License issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Surveying Board (LAPELS)?

• Yes

• No

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  If you answered YES to the question above, give your license number, original issue date, and next renewal date below. If you answered NO, enter NA.

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  Do you possess a current Professional Engineer License issued by a state other than Louisiana? If selected, applicants must obtain certification through LAPELS prior to their hire date.

• Yes

• No

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  If you answered 'Yes' to the above question, what is the state that issued your certificate, your certificate number, and the date of issuance of your certificate? If you answered 'No', enter N/A

  Required Question

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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