Traffic Engineer III- Street Transportation Department

About This Position Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the nation and the heart of Arizona's government, commerce, and culture. It's a vibrant, forward-thinking community known for innovation in high technology, advanced manufacturing, bioscience research, and business services. With world-class sports, rich cultural attractions, unique restaurants, top tier museums, diverse neighborhoods, and endless outdoor activities, Phoenix offers an exceptional quality of life. The Street Transportation Department is seeking multiple motivated and dedicated Traffic Engineers to join a diverse hands-on team. These positions involve the application of professional traffic engineering and/or Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) knowledge across a wide variety of engineering functions. The incumbents must perform work that requires a high level of competence and expertise, critical thinking, and strong interpersonal skills to successfully deal with a wide range of stakeholders. The incumbents will also represent the City in meetings with city, county, state, and federal agencies, as well as other public agencies, and professional organizations. Some of these speaking events are held after normal work hours and occasionally on weekends, requiring flexibility of scheduled work hours. The Traffic Engineer III for each Section will report to the Traffic Engineering Supervisor. There are currently two Traffic Engineer III vacancies within the Traffic Services Division. Traffic Design - Signal Design Engineer This position will oversee traffic signal and related projects within the Traffic Design Section. This position will play a key role in shaping safer and more efficient roadways by ensuring the appropriate application of national and local traffic design standards, analyzing traffic data, responding to citizen questions and requests, and responding to requests for information during construction. This position will working on a wide variety of traffic engineering projects involving signalization, street lighting, signage, pavement markings, work zone traffic control, and other traffic management improvements. The Traffic Design Traffic Engineer III will apply practices from national and local transportation design manuals including the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG), National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) guides, City of Phoenix Traffic Signal Standard Details, and other relevant publications. Traffic Operations - ITS Project Manager This position will oversee ITS projects and the day-to-day operations of the City's Traffic Management Center (TMC) within the Traffic Operations Section. The TMC manages over 1,200 signalized intersections through the Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS). Duties include directing Signal Systems Specialist II's and I's engaged in technical duties such as traffic signal timing and coordination, traffic modeling and simulations, traffic studies and computerized traffic signal programming and control. The Traffic Operations Traffic Engineer III will proactively oversee and manage traffic utilizing Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) devices, coordinating and managing traffic for special events and incidents in real-time, and handling complaints and inquiries from the public regarding traffic signal operations such as phasing, timing, or maintenance history. SALARY Pay Range and Hiring Range: $104,728 to $140,337.60 annually. Pay Range Explanation: Pay range is the entire compensation range for the position classification. Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity. Promotions occur when the last two digits of the pay grade increase. Demotions occur when the last two digits of the pay grade decrease. Lateral transfer…

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