Freeway Operations Engineer

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is seeking a motivated and technically strong Freeway Operations Engineer to support the operation, performance, and continuous improvement of UDOT’s freeway systems. This position plays a critical role in advancing UDOT’s mission to enhance safety and mobility statewide by applying engineering judgment, real-time data, and operational strategies to freeway management systems.

The Freeway Operations Engineer provides engineering oversight of key freeway operational systems and serves as a technical resource supporting both day-to-day operations and long-term system optimization.

• Freeway Systems Oversight:
  Oversee the operation and performance of freeway management systems, including ramp metering, Express Lanes operations, and traffic monitoring stations to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable freeway operations.
• Ramp Metering & Express Lanes Operations:
  Manage and optimize ramp metering strategies and support the operational performance of Express Lanes, coordinating with internal teams and statewide signal engineers to implement system improvements.
• Traffic Monitoring & Safety Systems:
  Oversee wrong-way detection, warning, and alert systems, as well as freeway traffic monitoring infrastructure, ensuring system functionality, performance evaluation, and operational readiness.
• System Maintenance Coordination:
  Manage and coordinate the maintenance of freeway operations systems, working closely with maintenance teams, vendors, and regional partners to ensure system reliability and timely issue resolution.
• Data Applications & Analysis:
  Utilize probe data applications and traffic data to support real-time operations, performance monitoring, and post-event analysis, identifying opportunities for operational improvements.
• Statewide Traffic Analysis Support:
  Provide traffic engineering and operational analysis support to UDOT regions and statewide programs, contributing to corridor studies, operational planning, and special analyses.
• Traffic Modeling Review:
  Review traffic models related to freeway operations and major projects, ensuring modeling assumptions and results align with observed operational conditions and best practices.
• Coordination &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Serve as a technical liaison between TMD, statewide signal engineers, regional staff, and other internal stakeholders to ensure consistent and effective freeway operations strategies.

• Professional Licensure:
  Must be currently registered as a Professional Engineer (PE) in Utah.
• Post-Licensure
  
  Experience:
  
  Must have a minimum of four (4) years of professional engineering experience following licensure as a PE.
• Professional Expertise:
  Must possess a thorough understanding of engineering principles and practices as applied to freeway operations.
• Operational Availability:
  Must be willing and able to lead and support teams that operate on a 24-hour, 365-day-a-year schedule, including responding to after-hours emergencies or critical incidents.

• Proven experience in a leadership or supervisory role.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-disciplinary teams.

• Availability:
  Must be available to support and lead teams operating on a 24/7/365 schedule.
• Work Environment:
  • Working Conditions:
    
    This position primarily involves work in a typical, climate-controlled office setting that is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. Standard office safety practices (e.g., safe use of equipment, observing fire regulations) apply.
  • Physical Requirements:
    
    The work is largely sedentary (sitting comfortably to perform work). However, the role may require some walking, standing, bending, carrying light items, or driving a vehicle.
• Note:
  
  Employee may be reassigned to different locations based on the needs of the Region Director or Group Leader.

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