ENGINEER 6-DCL (Highway Safety Engineer)

Louisiana Department Of Transportation and Development; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is seeking an experienced professional engineer to serve as the statewide highway safety expert. You will lead safety analyses, coordinate stage O studies, and manage projects addressing HSIP and related programs.

The role requires a Louisiana PE license and several years of engineering experience in traffic safety or transportation planning, with substitution options for advanced degrees. Strong communication and leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Must hold a current Louisiana professional engineer license.
• Two years of licensed engineering experience; or six years of professional engineering experience.
• A master's degree will substitute for up to two years of professional engineering experience.
• There is 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.

Education

Louisiana Professional Engineer license

Job description

About This Position

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.

Section 82 - Highway Safety

82/123115/E6DCL/8.24.26-SC

Minimum Qualifications

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.

Experience Substitutions

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.

Notes

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.

Supplemental Qualification Requirements

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.

Job Duties

• 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.

Position-Specific Details

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.

Contact Information

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Laura M. Riggs, P.E., MTSA

Highway Safety Assistant Administrator

[e-mail]

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.