Engineer A, B or C
Austin Transportation and Public Works Department
City of Austin, Texas
https://www.austincityjobs.org/postings/122444
The Engineer will work for the Austin Transportation and Public Works Department, Arterial Management Division. This position will be responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing signal and transportation engineering solutions to improve mobility for all modes of transportation – pedestrian, bicyclists, transit users and motorists. This role will focus on the configuration, activation, modification, and timing of traffic signals requiring significant fieldwork. This position will require flexibility in work hours particularly during peak traffic times and special events.
Preferred Qualifications:
The preferred candidate will have extensive knowledge of:
- Traffic signal timing, including the use of Synchro software.
- Traffic signal hardware including cabinets, controllers, and detection devices.
- Traffic signal design and Texas MUTCD regulations.
Minimum Qualifications:
Engineer A:
Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Engineering or in a field related to the job, plus four (4) years of engineering experience acquired before and/or after licensing as a professional engineer.
Engineer B:
Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to engineering, plus six (6) years of experience in engineering acquired before and/or after licensing as a professional engineer.
Engineer C:
Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Engineering or in a field related to the job, plus eight (8) years of engineering experience acquired before and/or after licensing as a professional engineer.
Licenses or Certifications:
- Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Texas; or if currently licensed in another state, must have the ability to obtain a Texas P.E. license within six (6) months of employment.
To be considered for this position, candidates must apply online at:
https://www.austincityjobs.org/postings/122444
Please review additional postings with the Austin Transportation and Public Works Department. The City of Austin has excellent benefits and provides an exceptional retirement system as well as a 457 plan for its employees.
About Austin, Texas
Austin has long been known as a technologically advanced city, a place where new ideas go to be tested and adopted. Austin has enjoyed a robust and diverse economy for the past 10 years, with economic indicators regularly exceeding national averages. Austin metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing in the country, with a 2.9 percent increase in population in 2016. Austin, Texas has a population of 926,000, making it the 11th largest city in the country. One of the country’s most popular, high-profile “green” and culturally dynamic cities, Austin was selected as the #1 Best Places to Live (US News and World Report 4/2017), # 5 Top 25 Future-Ready US Cities (Convention Management Association Convene Magazine, 2/2016), “Best City for the Next Decade” (Kiplinger), the “Best Places to Live in the US” (US News), the “Top Creative Center” in the US (Entrepreneur.com) and #1 on the “On Numbers Economic Index” as the fastest growing economy.
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