County of Denver - Senior Engineer - Transportation Design - Department of Transportat

City and County of Denver - Senior Engineer - Transportation Design - Department of Transportation & Infrastructure

Senior Engineer - Transportation Design - Department of Transportation & Infrastructure

Full-Time

About Our Job

Denver's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective, high quality, safe and equitable public infrastructure and services, including transportation planning, design and construction; major projects, maintenance of streets, bridges and storm and sanitary sewers; residential trash, recycling and compost collection; and oversight and regulation of use of the public right‑of‑way including on‑street parking.

We employ a culture of safety throughout the department to strengthen workplace health and organizational performance.

For more information, please visit the DOTI website.

DOTI’s Commitment to Equity:

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 Transportation Design team is seeking two dynamic Senior Engineers with experience in transportation engineering, focused on the design and implementation of infrastructure and mobility projects. These positions represent a special opportunity to be a part of the team designing and implementing several innovative multimodal programs including Elevate Denver Bond, Denver Moves Bicycles, Vision Zero, Denver Moves Pedestrians, and Denver Moves Transit.

Our upcoming programs and projects will allow you to expand your project management and design experience while contributing to the larger community. Our team works with other City departments, design consultants, community stakeholders, and others to implement projects. As a key member of the Design team, this exciting opportunity includes, but is not limited to:

• Diverse project types, including corridor redesign, bikeways, pedestrian safety, transit ways, traffic signals, and other projects. Project deliverables may include studies, work orders for in‑house implementation, and development of full construction bid documents.
• Challenging project roles, including project management (e.g., control of scope, schedule, budget, consultant management, etc.), design, document review, construction support, and staff support/mentorship.
• Transformative programmatic roles, including standard and policy development, budgeting, and prioritization.
• Influential coordination with internal and external agencies, private companies (e.g., utility providers), consultants and contractors, City Council, stakeholders, the community, and others. Occasional after‑hours work for community meetings, special events support, and field observations is required depending on project needs.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Progressive experience in transportation engineering.
• Experience designing or reviewing designs for transportation infrastructure including bicycle facilities, intersection geometrics, pavement markings, traffic signs, traffic signals, and traffic operations.
• Knowledge and understanding of engineering best practices using current design standards, guidelines and manuals.
• Focus on keeping up to date on evolving transportation engineering best practices, including innovative bicycle facility and pedestrian improvement design treatments.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret and draw conclusions from a variety of data sources including but not limited to crash reports, traffic volumes, traffic speeds and other geo‑spatial data sets.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills as this role mentors engineers and interfaces with multiple internal and external stakeholders.

We realize your time is valuable so please do not apply if you do not have at least the following required minimum qualifications:

• Education: Bachelo…