Transportation Engineer Continuous

***Continuous Recruitment***
Recruitment may close at any time
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply immediately

The City of Oakland is an equalopportunity employer that values workforce diversity inclusion and equity. Oakland has a long history of activism around issues of justice and equity. Both oppression and this resistance to oppression have shaped the citys historical roots and the lives of its residents to this day. As public servants in one of the most diverse cities in the nation we strive to develop employees who understand the harm and impacts of systemic inequity to create lasting meaningful outcomes for everyone. Oakland strives to establish an environment that embraces the richness of culture community and individualism of employees.

The City of Oakland is currently recruiting to fill three 3 Transportation Engineer vacancies within the Department of Transportation. The eligibility lists established from this recruitment may be used to fill other vacancies that occur within the City including fulltime and permanent parttime positions if applicable.

Why Join the City of Oakland Department of Transportation

The Oakland Department of Transportations (OakDOT) mission is to envision plan build operate and maintain a transportation system for the City of Oakland and assure safe equitable and sustainable access and mobility for residents businesses and visitors. OakDOT is committed to designing traffic and transportation solutions that work to meet the needs of all Oaklanders and reduce existing inequities. OakDOT staff apply strong engineering planning policy and implementation expertise to advance mobility accessibility equity safety and sustainability on our transportation system.

The ideal candidate is a customer serviceoriented professional with the ability to develop and deliver plans projects and programs within the Department of Transportation. The three 3 current vacancies will be located within one of OakDOTs seven sections listed below. These positions will represent and further the Citys commitment to racial equity in all transportation engineering work.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Creative persistent and excited to be part of a motivated and talented team that focuses on innovative and equitable solutions to challenging and technical problems.
• Knowledgeable in traffic engineering principles and practices and stays up to date with latest developments in technology and methodology.
• Adaptable and independent: You are selfmotivated and able to exercise a high degree of independent judgment being able to design and interpret engineering plans resolve technical problems and interact with the public effectively.
• A proven leader:You possess leadership qualities and the ability to lead direct and train assigned staff. You will be responsible for providing lead direction and technical training to team members which requires strong leadership skills.
• Passionate about sustainable and safe transportation: You should have a genuine passion for sustainable transportation solutions and safety improvements and be motivated to contribute to the development of a transportation system that benefits the community and supports the citys sustainability goals.

• Performing professional engineering transportation traffic and civil engineering work.
• Preparing project documents for the planning design construction integration deployment and operations of multimodal transportation and related projects to enhance safety accessibility mobility and sustainability.
• Supervising preparing and reviewing transportation improvement plans specifications and cost estimates; designing traffic signal configurations and operations; developing traffic related geometric layouts; and preparing and reviewing traffic control plans.
• Reviewing transportation studies performing investigations and submitting recommendations regarding the installation of traffic control devices.
• Meeting with and serving as liaison to City departments other agencies and business and citizen groups; providing technical information as needed; and presenting information at public meetings.
• Participating in capital improvement projects as they relate to traffic and transportation; administering consultant and construction contracts; and performing project inspection.
• Providing lead direction and technical training to assigned technical and professional staff.

This recruitment will produce two eligible lists. The restricted list will be for fulltime permanent parttime or part time City employees who meet the minimum qualifications. The open list will be for all other applicants who meet the minimum qualifications.

Any combination of education and experience that is equivalent to the following minimum qualifications is acceptable:

About the Process

Tentative Schedule:Applications Submitted During the Below Timeframe:Behavioral Consistency Questionnaire Sent to Qualified Candidates:3/1/255/2/25Week of 5/5/255/3/257/4/25Week of 7/7/257/5/259/5/25Week of 9/8/259/6/2511/7/25Week of 11/10/25
Stage I: The first stage in the selection process will consist of a review of each applicants employment application a copy of a valid registration as a civil or traffic engineer in the State of California or possession of a valid registration as a civil or traffic engineer in another state and the ability to obtain California registration either by reciprocity or at the next available examination for which the candidate can apply.Be sure to scan and attach a copy of your valid registration as a civil or traffic engineer to your online application. Applications submitted without all required materials will not be given further consideration.

Stage II: The second stage will consist of a Behavioral Consistency Questionnaire (BCQ) being sent to qualified candidates to complete and return. Subject matter experts will evaluate and rate the completed questionnaires. Applicant responses to the BCQs must demonstrate the knowledge skills and abilities listed in the qualifications section of this announcement. The evaluation of BCQs may be weighted 100 of an applicant score (before residency and/or veteran points) and may determine rank on the eligible list. If a sufficient number of quality of application packets are received the BCQ may be followed by a third stage and the most qualified applicants will be invited to the next stage. Meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee advancement to Stage III.

The ranked eligible list may be developed directly from the written exam (BCQ) OR the results of Stage III. Candidates must earn a scale score of 70 in this examination process to be placed on the eligible list for employment consideration.

This is a continuous recruitment; additional names of successful candidates may be added to the eligible list periodically; candidates names will be merged onto the existing eligible list and referred to hiring departments according to rank. Candidates who are on an active eligible list may not reapply for the duration of the eligible list.

Candidates who demonstrate that they meet the minimum qualification requirements are then invited to participate in an assessment process (or testing) to measure their knowledge skills and abilities in jobrelated areas.