Senior Traffic Engineer & Safety Lead – Vision Zero

City and County of Denver; United States; Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Guaranteed life-long pension

457B Retirement Plan

PTO 140 hours first year + 12 holidays

Personal holiday

Wellness Day

Volunteer day per year

Medical, dental and vision plans

Job summary

The City and County of Denver seeks an Engineer Specialist for the Traffic Engineering and Safety team. You will lead and mentor a technical group, drive programmatic safety projects, and coordinate with multiple agencies to improve multimodal safety and efficiency across Denver’s transportation network.

Responsibilities include directing traffic engineering analyses, improving signal timing, and implementing Vision Zero initiatives, while ensuring high-quality designs and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Leadership and mentoring of engineering professionals at a senior level.
• Strong analytical skills to oversee data and project performance.
• Excellent organization and communication to coordinate multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with Federal and State funded projects.
• Understanding of policies, standards, and systems at the city/state level.
• Ability to work in a matrix management environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, operational, and strategic direction for traffic engineering analyses, planning efforts, design documents, and project implementation.
• Lead TES programmatic safety projects including Area Engineering, Pedestrian Crossing, Traffic Calming, signal timing, bikeways, and transit programs.
• Supervise a team responsible for transportation and traffic safety projects and programs, including workload and development.
• Provide QA/QC of engineering designs, construction documents, and consultant deliverables.
• Coordinate with consultants, contractors, internal departments, utilities, and partner agencies.
• Develop engineering standards, procedures, and process improvements to improve delivery.
• Collaborate with Vision Zero team to implement safety initiatives and data-driven risk mitigation.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Analytical skills

Communication

Project management

Public project experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Architecture

Tools

PE License

Job description

The City and County of Denver seeks an Engineer Specialist for the Traffic Engineering and Safety team. You will lead and mentor a technical group, drive programmatic safety projects, and coordinate with multiple agencies to improve multimodal safety and efficiency across Denver’s transportation network.

Responsibilities include directing traffic engineering analyses, improving signal timing, and implementing Vision Zero initiatives, while ensuring high-quality designs and stakeholder