Senior Highway Safety Engineer — Data-Driven Safety

State of Louisiana; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

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

Communication skills

Willing to learn data-driven safety

Analytical thinking

Education

Professional Engineer (PE) license - Louisiana

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Job description

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.