Senior Transportation System Engineer; Transportation Engineering Manager

Position: Senior Intelligent Transportation System Engineer (Transportation Engineering Manager I)
Location: Mt Rainier

** Open to All Qualified Candidates**

This is a
position-specific recruitment
. The resulting list of eligible candidates will be used to fill this Maryland Transportation Authority position/function only. All interested persons will need to re-apply for any future recruitment conducted for this classification.

The Maryland Transportation Authority owns, operates, and maintains eight major toll facilities comprised of four bridges, two tunnels, and two turnpikes, across the State of Maryland. For over 50 years, the MDTA has provided Maryland's citizens and visitors with safe, secure, and convenient transportation facilities. We are committed to quality and excellence in customer service, and we rely on our organization's values, traditions and – most importantly – our employees to achieve these goals.


Nature of Work
:

The Senior Intelligent Transportation Systems Engineer is responsible for developing engineering plans, specifications and estimates with respect to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Electrical scopes by applying engineering theories, principals and standards. The incumbent will perform a review of plans for engineering accuracy, adequacy and compliance with Federal, State and Local design regulations and standards. This position also performs project management, contract administration and assists other disciplines with plans, reviews and designs of roads, structures, bridges, tunnels, harbor and port facilities structures, land development and other projects (or improvements to the same) by preparing ITS related plans, making quantity estimates, and performing other professional engineering tasks.

Duties and responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Supervise a team of engineers comprised of ITS consultants in the planning, design, coordination and implementation of ITS programs (i.e. toll systems, security systems, fiber optic cabling, tunnel control systems, communications, incident detection systems, automatic traffic counters, dynamic message signs and control systems for movable bridges, fiber optic networks, and two-way radio systems);
• Assist the ITS Manager with identifying projects for inclusion to the ITS Program;
• Write engineering specifications;
• Assign work and review that of ITS team members;
• Develop and maintain task/project schedules;
• Track and manage budgets for ITS projects;
• Estimate quantities and cost of materials, equipment and labor;
• Prepare engineering reports;
• Coordinate with other MDTADisciplines;
• Communicate answers to contractors regarding Request for Information (RFI); and
• May manage small and less complex projects from beginning to completion.

The employee in this position will receive direct supervision from the ITS and Electrical Discipline Manager. The current vacancy is located in Baltimore, Maryland. Hybrid telework schedules may be available for this position.

MDTA employees are offered a generous benefits package including: a minimum of 11 paid holidays, a minimum of 27
* days of leave annually (personal, vacation, and sick), access to the State Pension System, deferred compensation plans, excellent health, dental, and vision plans, and more!
* May be prorated based upon start date.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:
Possession of a bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university.

Experience:
Seven (7) years of experience in professional engineering.
** Two (2) years of this experience must have involved Intelligent Transportation System design and project management.


** SELECTIVE QUALIFICATION recruitments are utilized when the position requires specific or additional bona fide occupational qualifications (knowledge, skills, and abilities).No substitutions are allowed for a Selective Qualification.

Your placement on an eligible list may be based solely on the contents of your application; therefore,
it is essential that you provide complete and accurate information
. Please include all relevant experience on your application. This includes, but is not limited to, full or part time, volunteer, military, acting capacity, or any other experience that is relevant to the position you are…