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Join Our Team as a Traffic Systems Engineer and Shape Edmonton's Mobility Future!
Are you passionate about creating a vibrant and accessible city? The City of Edmonton - Parks and Roads Services is seeking a dedicated Traffic Systems Engineer to play a pivotal role in the review, analysis, engineering, and operational oversight of our vital traffic signals and street lighting systems. This is an exciting opportunity to directly influence how Edmontonians navigate their city, ensuring a safe and efficient transportation mobility network for all road users, including seamless integration with our LRT system.
In this key position, you will be at the forefront of reviewing and designing innovative traffic signal engineering and operational timing and programming designs. Your strong problem-solving and communication skills will be essential as you identify and resolve complex traffic signal and street lighting operational issues, making a tangible difference in the daily lives of our citizens.
If you are ready to apply your expertise to shape a smarter, safer, and more connected Edmonton, we encourage you to apply.
What will you do?:
- Design, authenticate and review new traffic signal timings, designs, and operational solutions for traffic signals on the transportation mobility network
- Development of authenticated operational procedures, policies and guidelines for the implementation of traffic signal management systems and traffic control devices for both planned and unplanned events
Identify and prioritize locations on an annual basis requiring improvements - Review and comment on circulating engineering designs from other City Departments and stakeholders (e.g. engineering consultants, Integrated Infrastructure Services)
- Develop, prepare and/or review authenticated engineering plans and designs for traffic signals, ITS devices and overhead signs
- Prepare and authenticate functional specifications and create timing sheet for new traffic signal and traffic control equipment layouts
- Assist in traffic engineering studies relative to the traffic signal system; develop strategies with systems engineers to improve the traffic system
- Work with traffic technicians and contractors on traffic control systems
- Ensure operational system documentation (e.g. logs) is completed and available
- Review and prepare comprehensive responses to the inquiries received from the public, stakeholders, members of Council and the other City staff regarding traffic signal, street lighting and traffic control device operations
- Project management including creating scope of work, budgeting and cost management (budget, estimate review, change orders, inspections, commissioning, project closeout)
- Assist with procurement and contract management
- Use engineering software and systems to design and manage the operations of the traffic signal, street lighting and traffic control device system
- Perform other related duties as required
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