TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

Here in Huntington Beach, we believe passionately that the key to becoming the best beach City in the world starts and ends with finding the right people to join our team.  At this time, we have an outstanding career opportunity available, as we're looking for the "right person" to serve as Traffic Engineering Technician. 

We are looking for someone with experience and knowledge of traffic engineering design, operations, and techniques.  Candidates must have a high school diploma (supplemented with related coursework) and three years or more experience in traffic engineering, including traffic signal design, signing and striping design, construction traffic control and preparation of specifications as well as a minimum of one year working with CALTRANS design standards.

Key traits for our ideal Traffic Engineering Technician include: 

• A relationship builder and connector.  Someone who can quickly forge strong, trusting relationships with diverse sets of people, and readily inspires others to action.
• Leadership through consensus.  Someone who is an approachable consensus-builder, but is also capable of independent and decisive thought and action.
• A keen sense of ethics.  Someone who recognizes the importance of personal and organizational integrity, and someone comfortable raising and discussing ethical issues with the goal of "doing what's right," not "being right."
• Innovative and flexible.  Someone able to see beyond what currently exists, and is constant in their pursuit of realistic game-changing breakthroughs for the Huntington Beach organization and community.
• Obsessive about outcomes.  Someone who makes data-driven decisions and stays laser-focused on truly ambitious goals while balancing the day-to-day needs of the organization.
• A strategic problem-solver.  Someone able to break large challenges into smaller, manageable pieces, and then works to identify trends and prioritizes solving the root cause of issues.
• Intellectual curiosity.  Someone who is an excellent listener, and who applies strong critical thinking skills and business judgement to complex issues.
• A polished and professional demeanor.  Someone who will take great pride in representing the Huntington Beach community, and one who will serve as an ambassador for the City.
• A Positive Attitude.  Someone who understands that even the best laid plans can go wrong, and has the self-confidence to course-correct with positivity and grace.

JOB SUMMARY
With general supervision, assists in carrying out all aspects of traffic engineering and transportation planning activities, resolving traffic safety issues, and developing and implementing traffic engineering/traffic safety programs; and performs other duties as required within the scope of the classification.
 
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Reports to:    Transportation Manager or Principal Civil Engineer
 
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
The Traffic Engineering Technician conducts traffic studies, documents traffic plans, and manages implementation of departmental projects.  It is distinguished from other technician levels by performing assignments that require specialized traffic engineering knowledge and expertise.

• Prepares preliminary and final design specifications for traffic engineering projects from field notes and data files, drawings, plotting profiles and cross sections;
• Calculates areas and performs other mathematical computations for engineering design development;
• Reviews bids, plans and designs submitted by contracting firms for completeness and conformance with established traffic engineering standards, ordinance codes, standard plans, department policies, engineering principles and conditions of approval; analyzes traffic engineering plans;
• Plan checks development, traffic control and detour, and signing and striping plans;
• Designs and drafts plans using computer software for construction and traffic signal projects, street striping plans, and traffic signal intercommunication plans;
• Calculates and produces engineering cost and quantity estimates for various traffic projects;
• Responds to citizen traffic concerns in person, by telephone, in writing, and by Email;
• Conducts field investigations for accident analysis, design projects, traffic control requests, and attorney's requests on liability issues;
• Develops applications for grant funding by preparing cost estimates and other support documentation;
• Assists in coordinating activities necessary for the execution and implementation of capital projects;
• Reviews, analyzes and summarizes memoranda, reports and other written materials for the purpose of developing statistical and narrative reports and recommendations;
• Prepares analyses of cost and effectiveness;
• Confers with and assists public, utility companies and private contractors having inquiries regarding traffic-related projects during the planning, implementation and follow-up phases; processes documents;
• Participates in in-depth study projects;
• Works independently on technical engineering assignments and provides support to professional traffic engineers;
• Provides work direction and on-the-job training to staff assigned to projects;
• Conducts speed studies, traffic counts, field surveys and investigations;
• Attends professional training to stay abreast of industry best practices;
• Reports to work as scheduled and works a variety of schedules including evenings, weekends and holidays as required;
• Maintains a regular and consistent attendance record;
• Travels to offsite locations within and outside the City;
• Performs other related duties as required

 
The preceding duties have been provided as examples of the essential types of work performed by positions within this job classification.  The City, at its discretion, may add, modify, change or rescind work assignments as needed.