City of Austin Looking for Supervising Engineer at Austin, TX Full Time

• Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Engineering, plus eight (8) years of related experience acquired before and/or after licensing as a professional engineer, including two (2) years of which were in a lead or supervisory capacity.

• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Texas; or if currently licensed in another state, must have the ability to obtain a Texas P.E. license within six (6) months of employment.

• An innovative leader with demonstrated ability to provide strategic leadership, to “see the big picture” and to engage with diverse stakeholders and leadership to promote trust, collaboration, and partnership.
• Knowledge in establishing, maintaining, implementing best-practice transit, bikeway and pedestrian operations used by Austin Transportation Department, Capital Metro, and peer agencies.
• Knowledge of transportation planning and traffic engineering practices, principles, modeling tools and cost estimates.
• Excellent team working and problem-solving skills with internal and external members to accomplish organizational goals.
• Excellent written and verbal skills to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders, including meetings and public events.
• Ability to identify appropriate resources at ATD to participate in development and implementation activities for the Active Transportation and Street Design Division, and act as primary coordinator between ATSD and other departments.
• Experience working for a highly progressive transportation organization.
• Ability to provide technical input and strategic direction to multiple work teams by coordinating across ATD divisions, other departments, contractors, external stakeholders, and partner agencies to accomplish organizational goals.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with internal and external stakeholders, including meetings and public events.
• Proficiency with computer-aided design (MicroStation preferred) and MS Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access).

• Experience and interest in the design and implementation of bicycle, pedestrian, safe routes to school, and transit priority projects and more generally, multimodal transportation infrastructure.
• Experience with construction methodologies to include concrete construction, to successfully deliver high-need, time-critical projects.
• Experience serving as a technical expert on the design of multimodal transportation projects; consult with a team of technical personnel, including City staff and consultants to deliver multimodal street design projects on behalf of multiple capital delivery programs, including Bikeways, Safe Routes to School, Transit Enhancement and other work.
• Experience creating system-wide analysis as needed to respond to internal and external requests including coordination with other jurisdictions for multimodal network planning, design assistance, feasibility, and background information.
• Experience working with NACTO’s Transit Street Design Guide, Urban Street Design Guide, Urban Bikeway Design Guide; AASHTO’s Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities and Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities; TMUTCD; and relevant City / Capital Metro planning documents.

• Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal.

• Knowledge of supervisory and/or management skills to programs, projects, and personnel.
• Knowledge of diversified and fundamental scientific and civil engineering concepts, phenomena, and relationships and utilizes such changes in solution of theoretical or practical civil engineering problems.
• Knowledge of advanced mathematical techniques such as trigonometry, calculus, and coordinate geometry.
• Knowledge of modern methods, materials, and techniques of assigned discipline.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following disciplines: Civil, Environmental, Structural, Architectural, Mechanical, and/or Electrical engineering terminology and techniques.
• Knowledge of City of Austin budget planning, purchasing, and contract policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of applicability of established engineering principles and methods.
• Knowledge of phases of the plans review and inspections processes.
• Knowledge of preparation of cost estimates and engineering and feasibility reports.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements within the Local and State ordinances and laws.
• Skill in oral and written technical and/or general communication including preparation of written reports.
• Skill in negotiations and handling conflict resolution.
• Ability to rapidly and accurately perform more complex engineering computations, calculus, geometry, and trigonometry.
• Ability to communicate and provide direction to peers and assigned personnel.
• Ability to organize, analyze, interpret, and evaluate scientific civil engineering problems and provide practical and cost effective solutions.
• Ability to observe, compare, or monitor objects and data to determine compliance with prescribed operating or safety standards.

The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual’s AIDS, AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.