Senior Engineer – Preliminary Engineering

Required skills for job & position:

• Knowledge of preliminary engineering; land development plan reviews, traffic impact studies and associated requirements
• Ability to apply regulations, requirements to geometric design, drainage, traffic, safety, transportation planning and develop context sensitive solutions to complex transportation issues
• Knowledge of financial management to include budgeting and cost estimation
• Skill in delivering exemplary customer service and interact courteously and professionally with the public and other employees
• Ability to research, analyze, and prepare technical reports and project correspondence
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and review complex traffic studies, signal warrant studies and traffic signal design
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with diverse audiences and to make presentations and conduct meetings
• Knowledge of strategic, operational, and financial management principles, practices, and techniques
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws, codes and ordinances and policies pertaining to transportation engineering
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications to include engineering software.
• Ability to interpret and apply local, state, and federal transportation laws, regulations, and guidelines
• Ability to build networks and relationships with employees from other divisions, field personnel, contractors, manufacturers and FHWA representatives
• Ability to apply advanced engineering principles and practices to a variety of complex transportation projects
• Knowledge of design standards, specifications and regulations related to roadway design, traffic, and safety engineering, and right of way
• Knowledge of project management processes
• Skill and ability to positively interact with employees, citizens, and government officials
• Knowledge of ITE, AASHTO and VDOT regulations, policies, and procedures, as well as local planning and land development ordinances and laws
• Knowledge of transportation engineering principles, practices, standards, and specifications
• Skill in negotiating
• Ability to read and interpret plans, contracts, specifications, and regulations
• Knowledge of traffic engineering, land use development and site plans
• Ability to plan, coordinate and manage multiple, concurrent assignments
• Ability to develop effective working relationships at all organizational levels, both internally and externally
• Ability to draw rational conclusions and develop solutions from analysis; make independent decisions; and manage multiple assignments

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid Professional Engineer’s license
• Ability to apply regulations, requirements to geometric design, drainage, traffic, safety, transportation planning and develop context sensitive solutions to complex transportation issues
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and review complex traffic studies, signal warrant studies and traffic signal design
• Skill in applying design standards, specifications and regulations related to roadway design, traffic, and safety engineering, and right of way
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications to include traffic engineering design and analysis software.
• Ability to negotiate, communicate effectively orally and in writing technical, administrative, political and citizen audiences
• Knowledge of ITE, AASHTO and VDOT regulations, policies, and procedures, as well as local planning and land development ordinances and laws
• Knowledge of land development plan reviews
• Skill in conducting traffic impact studies, and associated requirements
• Experience in traffic engineering, land use development and site plan review
• Knowledge of land development plan reviews, traffic impact studies and associated requirements

Additional Considerations

• Experience in design of transportation projects
• Experience in estimating transportation projects
• Experience performing reviews of design and estimates for transportation projects
• Experience managing transportation projects in the Preliminary Engineering (design development) phase
• Experience developing transportation project concepts for funding applications
• Experience in the application of engineering principles to highway construction projects
• Experience in land use/preliminary engineering, highway, and roadway design engineering; transportation planning, or land development engineering
• Extensive experience managing a wide range of projects of varying complexity in the transportation engineering industry