Traffic Engineering Specialist – Department of Transportation and Infrastructure

About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience. New hires are typically brought into the organization between $120,000 and $175,000 annually, based on experience and education. We also offer generous benefits for full‑time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life‑long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off‑site as needed. In this position you can expect to work three (3) days in office at or near the Webb Municipal Building (201 W. Colfax Ave., CO 80202). Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off‑site days.

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI), through its employees, enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective, high‑quality, safe and equitable public infrastructure and services.

For more information, please visit the DOTI website.

• DOTI is committed to providing attention and resources to the areas, assets, and people of the city with the greatest need through equitable contracting, equitable investments, and equitable workforce development.
• DOTI’s culture revolves around four key principles: (1) Invest in Our People, (2) Operate with Discipline, (3) Use Data to Drive Decisions, and (4) Deliver Results.

The Traffic Engineering Specialist plays a pivotal role as a key staff member and specialist within DOTI that is responsible for helping ensure the safety, performance, and reliability of Denver’s multimodal transportation system. This position provides high‑level technical expertise, engineering judgment, and strategic guidance, and coordinates the development and implementation of transportation safety programs, mobility policies, and engineering solutions aligned with Vision Zero and the Safe Systems approach.

This position helps support Transportation leadership core decisions regarding strategic direction, organizational and operational needs, including guidance and review of Division budget, performance reporting, business planning, and cross‑departmental collaboration. In addition, this position supports leadership in the development of engineering policies, requirements for complex infrastructure projects, guiding multimodal engineering decisions, and representing DOTI in internal and external settings.

• Serve in a delegated capacity as the City Traffic Engineer or associated duties.
• Support the develop and implement comprehensive citywide transportation and safety policies, standards, and strategies for people walking, rolling, riding bikes, accessing transit and driving.
• Represent the division in senior‑level meetings, interagency coordination, and public forums.
• Identify systemic safety risks and direct corrective engineering, operational changes, and multidisciplinary safety actions.
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments using strong communication and political judgment.

• Provide high‑level technical review and engineering guidance for multimodal design, signal timing concepts, corridor safety analyses, and development plan approvals.
• Guide technical decisions across all phases of project development, from planning through final design and construction.
• Oversee and approve major street closure requests and coordinate traffic management with…