ENGINEER 6-DCL (Highway Safety Engineer)
State of Louisiana
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Job summary
State of Louisiana in Baton Rouge seeks a statewide Highway Safety expert to lead SHSP/HSIP initiatives, oversee data-driven safety analyses, and guide safety projects from planning through implementation.
The role requires a PE license and substantial engineering experience, with substitutions outlined for advanced degrees. Collaboration with legal, risk management and federal partners is essential.
Qualifications
- Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering plus one of: Two years of licensed engineering experience; or Six years of professional engineering experience.
- A master's degree in engineering may substitute for one year; a doctorate for two years; advanced degrees up to two years; no substitution for licensed engineering experience.
Responsibilities
- Serves as the highway safety expert for Stage O studies, local road safety plans, data driven safety analysis, traffic safety records, tort reduction, and safety project management to the DOTD Highway Safety Administrator.
- Reviews and provides assistance for Stage O and highway safety studies to ensure safety analysis is performed properly and engineering studies reach appropriate conclusions and safety countermeasures.
- Provides extremely complex and sensitive expert advice to the Department's Legal Section, Office of Risk Management, Attorney General's Office, Contract Attorney's, and the US Department of Justice in preparing defenses for lawsuits affecting the Department.
- Participates in specialized training courses on driven safety analyses, complete streets, crash investigation/reconstruction and identification/treatment of high potential for safety improvement locations with the goal of spreading knowledge to safety stakeholders statewide, including DOTD, MPOs, local agencies.
- Interprets national standards, practices, and policies regarding highway safety planning and programming, data driven safety analysis using the Highway Safety Manual, traffic safety records, and the HSIP implementation.
- Manages contracts with engineering consultants and universities for studies involving highway safety analysis, traffic safety records, and ensures compliance with contractual provisions and administrative policies; approves invoices for payment.
Skills
Education
Job description
This position serves as the statewide technical expert for the Louisiana's Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP), Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), and HSIP sub-programs such as Local Road Safety Program (LRSP) and Safe Routes to Public Places (SRTPPP). This involves the identification of High Potential for Safety Improvement (PSI) locations, sections, and overrepresented crash-types including roadside obstacles which may pose potential safety risks to road users. Activities related to this program and sub-programs include Stage O studies, local road safety plans, systemic studies, traffic safety records, tort reduction, and the development and implementation of safety projects and programs to address the infrastructure, operations and data planning strategies identified through the SHSP action plans at the statewide and regional level.
- Willing to learn data driven safety approach for identifying and prioritizing safety improvements and educate others on these concepts.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills are needed.
Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency: http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt_Finance/HR/Pages/Career_Center.aspx
Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering plus one of the following: Two years of licensed engineering experience; or Six years of professional engineering experience.
A master's degree in engineering will substitute for one year of professional engineering experience. A doctorate degree in engineering will substitute for two years of professional engineering experience. Advanced degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of professional engineering experience. There is no substitution for licensed engineering experience.
Engineering experience gained while licensed as a professional engineer will be accepted as licensed engineering experience. Engineering experience gained after earning an ABET-accredited degree and prior to earning a professional engineer's license (e.g., as an engineer intern applicant, engineer intern, or equivalent) will be accepted as professional level engineering experience. Applications will be accepted from persons licensed to practice professional engineering in states other than Louisiana. If one of those applicants is selected for the position, he/she will be required to obtain a Louisiana license prior to appointment. The hiring agency will verify that all licensing requirements are met. Louisiana Professional Engineer licenses are issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board. Licensing requirements may be viewed at www.lapels.com.
Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering plus one of the following: Two years of licensed engineering experience in traffic engineering, highway safety, or transportation planning; OR Six years of professional engineering experience in traffic engineering, highway safety, or transportation.
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
- Serves as the highway safety expert for Stage O studies, local road safety plans, data driven safety analysis, traffic safety records, tort reduction, and safety project management to the DOTD Highway Safety Administrator.
- Reviews and provides assistance for Stage O and highway safety studies to ensure safety analysis is performed properly and engineering studies reach appropriate conclusions and safety countermeasures.
- Provides extremely complex and sensitive expert advice to the Department's Legal Section, Office of Risk Management, Attorney General's Office, Contract Attorney's, and the US Department of Justice in preparing defenses for lawsuits affecting the Department.
- Participates in specialized training courses on driven safety analyses, complete streets, crash investigation/reconstruction and identification/treatment of high potential for safety improvement locations with the goal of spreading knowledge to safety stakeholders statewide, including DOTD, MPOs, local agencies.
- Interprets national standards, practices, and policies regarding highway safety planning and programming, data driven safety analysis using the Highway Safety Manual, traffic safety records, and the HSIP implementation.
- Manages contracts with engineering consultants and universities for studies involving highway safety analysis, traffic safety records, and ensures compliance with contractual provisions and administrative policies; approves invoices for payment.
Compensation: There is a biweekly Special Entry Rate of $3316.00 for this position. The actual starting salary depends on the education and experience of the selected applicant.
Appointment Type: This position may be filled as either a probational appointment; a promotion; or by detail to special duty.
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Laura M. Riggs, P.E., MTSA
Highway Safety Assistant Administrator
Laura.Riggs@la.gov
225-379-1143
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. DOTD does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type.
Information on the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available here.
Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a State Employee, You Will Earn Competitive Pay, Choose From a Variety Of Benefits, And Have Access To a Great Professional Development Program:
More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Mardi Gras
- Good Friday
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Veteran's Day
- Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day
Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
State Of Louisiana Employees Are Eligible To Participate In Various Retirement Systems (based On The Type Of Appointment And Agency For Which An Employee Works). These Retirement Systems Provide Retirement Allowances And Other Benefits For State Officers And Employees And Their Beneficiaries. State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To):
- Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
- Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org)
- Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
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