Associate Public Works Transportation Engineer

Under the general supervision of a Senior Public Works Engineer and on occasion the Public Works Transportation Engineer the Associate Public Works Engineer is responsible for entry and midlevel professional data collection administrative engineering and project management of small projects. Work involved in the development and implementation of various civil engineering projects within the public rightofway for the City of Burlington generally including streets sidewalks multimodal transportation facilities traffic operations and structures but excluding water wastewater and stormwater design.

Union Affiliation:NonUnion
Pay Grade 19:$73514.00 $82013.00 Annually
Remote Tier 1: Zero(0) days remote/month

• Assist the community the City Administration and all departments and commissions in developing engineering plans/drawings specifications and cost estimates for construction and/or improvements to roads structures and facilities.
• Collaborate and work cooperatively. Communicate regularly with officials at all levels within the City administration; City departments; local regional and state transportation planners engineers and providers; consultants and contractors; and the public.
• Balance needs and resources. Collaboratively prioritize projects and develop conceptual improvement plans that balance the needs of the public the City and the region with the availability and constraints of known resources.
• Encourage inclusivity. Understand the importance of diverse participation and include all relevant stakeholders in project development. Advance public participation and outreach for the Engineering Division.
• Monitor and manage the performance of contractors and consultants to ensure success of the projects including routine communication.
• Manage infrastructure assets and asset management programs input and updates and reporting.
• Project management of small transportation enhancement projects or replacement of existing assets contracts
• Assist with maintenance of financial records for projects and make recommendations for payments to contractors and consultants.
• Solicit and utilize the services of consulting engineering and designers.
• Represent the City coordinate and organize various large and small scale public forums and meetings.
• Support inhouse traffic engineering and safety projects from conceptual design to project completion. Prepare preliminary plans specifications and bid documents including an engineers opinion of probable cost. Estimate construction quantities and costs. Document and make recommendations for appropriate plan deviations or variances from a standard as appropriate.
• Prepare and/or review transportation planning reports traffic studies and traffic engineering specifications/plans/estimates of cost construction schedules and project budget design and construction details relative to individual traffic projects.
• Collect and analyze data.
• Update input and correct asset management data with GIS or other software platforms.
• Stay abreast of and ensures compliance with local State and Federal rules and regulations. Ability to determine appropriate implementation of such standards where applicable.
• Provide survey support to projects.
• Perform field inspections of projects.
• Review traffic requests and prepare staff recommendations for Senior Staffs review. Communicate proposals to the public to form collaborative solutions that balance needs of all stakeholders.
• Perform Traffic Engineering studies under the direction and guidance of an engineer (Traffic Signal Warrant Studies Stop Control Warrant Studies etc.).
• Place install and maintain traffic counting equipment for the purpose of collecting traffic related volume and speed data.
• Draft/prepare traffic regulation amendments for the legal process.

• Performs other duties as required.

• Ability to actively support City diversity equity and cultural competency efforts within stated job responsibilities and work effectively across diverse cultures and constituencies.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity equity and inclusion as evidenced by ongoing trainings and professional development.
• Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering or ability to obtain within 6 months is required; a Bachelors Degree in a related field may be considered. Additional experience may be substituted for a degree requirement on a twoforone year basis.
• Demonstrated surveying experience required.
• Strong computer drafting skills (AutoCAD etc.) required.
• Competent in developing plan sets making use of AutoCAD required.
• Strong experience with ESRI products preferred.
• Construction and/or project management experience preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing required.
• Ability to work with a diverse population with a strong commitment to equity and inclusion among City staff and the general public.
• Familiarity with computer programs such as spreadsheet and word processing.
• Ability to establish and maintain good relations with coworkers.
• Ability to receive constructive criticism and react appropriately.
• Must be able to assess situations solve problems manage multiple projects work effectively under stress within deadlines and in public situations.
• Ability to facilitate and attend meetings at times other than regular business hours.
• Regular attendance is necessary and is essential to meeting the expectations of the job functions.
• Ability to understand and comply with City standards safety rules and personnel policies.

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