Job Information
Colorado Department Of Transportation Professional Engineer I - Traffic Modeling in Denver, Colorado
DEPARTMENT INFORMATION:
This position is open to Colorado residents and non-residents applicants.
This position is covered by the Partnership Agreement between the State of Colorado and Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions (COWins).
New employees to the State will be paid biweekly. There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year.
ABOUT CDOT Do you want to make a difference in Coloradans' lives? Do you have a passion for helping people and keeping them safe? At the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), you'll have the opportunity to do just that. The work our people do contributes to keeping Coloradans and visitors safe and provides freedom, connection, and experience through travel. Please visit our careers page to learn about CDOT and how we are making Colorado a great place to live, work and play, now and for the future! Also, check out our excellent benefits package!
CDOT FOR ALL CDOT's strength is our people, and our commitment to our people is to shape, support, and sustain the employee experience, and ultimately, create a supportive workplace where everyone, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, education, disability, socio-economic status, or any other identity, has the opportunity to thrive.
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DESCRIPTION OF JOB:
About the Work Unit
The Traffic Operations & Technology Services unit at the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) provides highway safety and traffic operations-related input for transportation planning and project development to improve operations through multiple programs and projects. This includes Standards, Specifications, reviewing products for CDOT use, Traffic Incident Management, Traffic Modeling, Bottleneck Reduction, Operations Analysis, Safety Crash Analysis, and Field studies.
About the position
CDOT is looking for a licensed Professional Engineer to provide engineering judgment and support for traffic operations, engineering, and data collection to assist with asset and program management and implement Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSM&O) projects. You will prepare traffic evaluations for construction projects and highway corridors; perform traffic studies, simulation, crash analysis, signal warrant studies, intersection analysis, and traffic operation analysis for safety projects.
Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Conducts regional data collection, analysis, and inspection of traffic needs; relates causality to roadway geometrics, traffic control devices, crash data, intersection operations, turning movements, signals, and traffic operations using highway and traffic engineering principles;
Evaluates before and after impacts of traffic operations recommendations;
Identifies traffic patterns that need to be corrected and review safety data to ensure that corrections will improve safety and travel time;
Provides traffic simulation and modeling support, training, and deliverables, including signal timing, optimization, and warrant analysis;
Provides modeling software expertise and training for CDOT employees, including advising on the statistical methods, analysis procedures, and presentation formats used to examine and convey the results of assigned assessments;
Communicates analysis findings and recommendations in writing and produces graphical or tabular representations to display data for presentations;
Works closely with supervisor and CDOT units to provide traffic engineering and program support as necessary for TSM&O projects;
Researches new technolog and TSM&O best practices to help find solutions to CDOT and statewide challenges;
Assists in reviewing specifications and standards, manuals, and testing and training materials;
Assists in developing new traffic programs and processes for traffic data support, including operations evaluations tools, intersection and interchange control analysis tools, dashboards, excel sheets, and automation to assist regions in project decisions;
Develops and executes task orders for statewide and regional traffic engineering efforts, including reviewing consultant paperwork, independent