Salary: $56,201 - $67,912

To apply: please submit a resume to decox@columbus.gov

Open until filled.

The Department of Public Service, Division of Traffic Management Traffic Studies section is accepting resumes for a Traffic Management Center Specialist (Engineer Associate II) position. Duties for this position will include the following:

• Monitors and operates the central traffic signal control computer system at a computer workstation;
• Monitors and responds to real-time traffic conditions utilizing traffic flow monitors and information from the police, fire, and traffic engineers to adjust and optimize traffic signal timing to aid in mitigating traffic congestion;
• Reviews project engineering plans for traffic signal controller timing, implements timing data onto the central traffic signal control system, and suggests changes as appropriate;
• Creates maintenance work orders for communication outages for traffic signals;
• Prepares engineering work orders involving freeway pavement markings and freeway-related signs;
• Conducts routine inspections of freeway signage and sign structures along state routes;
• Conducts annual inspections of overhead freeway sign structures along state routes;
• Organizes and maintains working files of record time sheets, maps, incidents, timing changes, drawings, cost data sets, and other pertinent data related to the Traffic Management Center;
• Responds to requests from traffic engineers and consultants for traffic signal timing data;
• Consults with engineers on design for freeway-related overhead and ground-mounted signs and pavement markings.

To qualify you must have:

• Completion of twelfth school grade
• Three (3) years of experience performing paraprofessional engineering work
• Valid driver’s license
• Substitution(s): College education in engineering or a related curriculum may be substituted for the experience on a year-for-year basis (thirty (30) semester/forty-five (45) quarter credit hours equals one (1) year). A certificate of high school equivalence (GED) will be accepted in lieu of the twelfth school grade requirement.

Desired characteristics include:

• Strong computer skills.
• Excellent communication.
• Experience with reading construction plans.

If you are interested, please submit a resume decox@columbus.gov.

The City of Columbus is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy please contact:

Danielle Cox

Department of Public Service

Phone: (614) 645-8612

Email: decox@columbus.gov