Senior Data-Driven 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

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.