Job Description
Are you passionate about shaping the future of transportation? Do you thrive on solving complex traffic and roadway challenges, improving safety for all roadway users, and delivering innovative transportation solutions? If so, we invite you to join our team and help guide the planning, operation, and advancement of one of Virginia's most dynamic transportation systems.The ideal candidate will provide strategic leadership for all Traffic Engineering & Operations activities, including oversight of the City's Traffic Management Center (TMC), traffic operations, transportation planning initiatives, and roadway safety programs. This position serves as the City's senior traffic engineering authority and collaborates with local, regional, and state partners to develop and implement transportation solutions that enhance mobility and quality of life for Chesapeake residents and visitors.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Direct and oversee all traffic engineering operations, including traffic studies, roadway safety evaluations, Road Safety Audits, traffic signal operations, traffic calming initiatives, and transportation system performance analyses.
- Lead customer service efforts and oversee responses to citizen concerns and requests related to traffic operations, roadway safety, signage, pavement markings, and traffic control devices.
- Manage the review of development proposals, traffic impact analyses, roadway improvement projects, and transportation-related capital improvement projects to ensure safe and efficient traffic operations.
- Oversee the preparation of engineering studies, recommendations, and work orders for implementation by City forces or contracted services.
- Represent the City on regional transportation committees and technical advisory groups, including the Hampton Roads Transportation Technical Advisory Committee, Regional Traffic Operations Committee, and Bicycle and Trails Citizens Committee.
- Negotiate, administer, and oversee engineering and construction contracts, including on-call traffic engineering consulting services, traffic signal construction projects, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) deployments, Traffic Management Center enhancements, and federally or state-funded transportation projects.
- Evaluate and approve traffic control devices installed on City streets and highways, ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) standards, and Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) requirements.
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve policies, procedures, and operational strategies that support departmental goals and enhance service delivery.
- Assist with the development and administration of the division's operating and capital budgets while ensuring responsible stewardship of public resources.
- Supervise, mentor, and develop professional, technical, and support staff within the Traffic Engineering & Operations Section.
- Lead transportation planning efforts, including updates to the City's Master Transportation Plan, collection and analysis of traffic and roadway safety data, and identification of future transportation needs.
- Pursue, administer, and manage grant-funded transportation initiatives, including VDOT Hazard Elimination Safety Grants, Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP) funding, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grants, and other transportation funding opportunities.
- Coordinate with regional transportation agencies, Hampton Roads Transit, freight and passenger rail operators, developers, consultants, and other stakeholders to advance Chesapeake's transportation goals.
This position offers a unique opportunity to influence the future of transportation in Chesapeake through leadership, innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to public service excellence.
Are you passionate about shaping the future of transportation? Do you thrive on solving complex traffic and roadway challenges, improving safety for all roadway users, and delivering innovative transportation solutions? If so, we invite you to join our team and help guide the planning, operation, and advancement of one of Virginia's most dynamic transportation systems.The ideal candidate will provide strategic leadership for all Traffic Engineering & Operations activities, including oversight of the City's Traffic Management Center (TMC), traffic operations, transportation planning initiatives, and roadway safety programs. This position serves as the City's senior traffic engineering authority and collaborates with local, regional, and state partners to develop and implement transportation solutions that enhance mobility and quality of life for Chesapeake residents and visitors.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Direct and oversee all traffic engineering operations, including traffic studies, roadway safety evaluations, Road Safety Audits, traffic signal operations, traffic calming initiatives, and transportation system performance analyses.
- Lead customer service efforts and oversee responses to citizen concerns and requests related to traffic operations, roadway safety, signage, pavement markings, and traffic control devices.
- Manage the review of development proposals, traffic impact analyses, roadway improvement projects, and transportation-related capital improvement projects to ensure safe and efficient traffic operations.
- Oversee the preparation of engineering studies, recommendations, and work orders for implementation by City forces or contracted services.
- Represent the City on regional transportation committees and technical advisory groups, including the Hampton Roads Transportation Technical Advisory Committee, Regional Traffic Operations Committee, and Bicycle and Trails Citizens Committee.
- Negotiate, administer, and oversee engineering and construction contracts, including on-call traffic engineering consulting services, traffic signal construction projects, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) deployments, Traffic Management Center enhancements, and federally or state-funded transportation projects.
- Evaluate and approve traffic control devices installed on City streets and highways, ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) standards, and Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) requirements.
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve policies, procedures, and operational strategies that support departmental goals and enhance service delivery.
- Assist with the development and administration of the division's operating and capital budgets while ensuring responsible stewardship of public resources.
- Supervise, mentor, and develop professional, technical, and support staff within the Traffic Engineering & Operations Section.
- Lead transportation planning efforts, including updates to the City's Master Transportation Plan, collection and analysis of traffic and roadway safety data, and identification of future transportation needs.
- Pursue, administer, and manage grant-funded transportation initiatives, including VDOT Hazard Elimination Safety Grants, Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP) funding, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grants, and other transportation funding opportunities.
- Coordinate with regional transportation agencies, Hampton Roads Transit, freight and passenger rail operators, developers, consultants, and other stakeholders to advance Chesapeake's transportation goals.
This position offers a unique opportunity to influence the future of transportation in Chesapeake through leadership, innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to public service excellence.
About City of Chesapeake
Chesapeake, Virginia is a vibrant community that enjoys the best of two worlds, one of urban variety, culture, and excitement, and another of rural landscapes and relaxed living.
Located 20 minutes from the oceanfront, 15 minutes from downtown Norfolk, and 45 minutes from Colonial Williamsburg and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Chesapeake is the perfect place in which to live, work, and raise a family.
Home to beautiful parks, lakes, and rivers, Chesapeake has more miles of deepwater canals (part of the Intracoastal Waterway) than any other city in the country!
The City of Chesapeake was formed through the merger of the City of South Norfolk and Norfolk County in 1963. It’s a community of communities, with each having its own distinctive history.
Over the last decade, many national and international companies have taken advantage of the City’s ports, atmosphere, and highly qualified labor market by relocating to Chesapeake.
Chesapeake’s neighborhoods offer a variety of comfortable housing alternatives, from apartments and town homes, to single-family residences and executive homes. The City is consistently ranked by the FBI as one of the safest U.S. cities (with populations over 150,000), which lends to the safe, community atmosphere that residents enjoy.
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