City Transportation Engineer

City Transportation Engineer

Salary

$90,716.54 - $104,099.31 Annually

Location

810 Union Street, Norfolk, VA

Job Type

Unclassified

Job Number

14461

Department

Transportation

Opening Date

10/15/2026

Closing Date

10/25/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

• Description
• Benefits
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Description

Norfolk, Virginia is Americas most authentic and urban waterfront city. Home to the worlds largest naval station and the business, arts, and cultural center of Coastal Virginia, Norfolk has been rated a top place to live, work, play, and raise a family by numerous publications. Working for the City of Norfolk is an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of others. With our commitment to competitive pay and a strong retirement package, you can do good for your community and do well for yourself. Join a caring workplace that proudly celebrates uniqueness, authenticity, and a shared commitment to improving the lives of our residents.

Manages the operations of traffic and transportation responsibilities in coordination with other divisions, departments and regional organizations. Establishes traffic safety policies; project management and financial planning for the division. Prepares and supervises the divisions budget.

Essential Functions

• Represents the division, department, and the city by attending scheduled and unscheduled meetings, attending local and regional task force meetings, serving on technical committees, meeting with civic and business organizations, giving presentations at local, regional, and national forums, and responding to council requests, citizen complaints, and investigating and taking corrective action when necessary.
• Manages projects by designing, scheduling, and budgeting processes, preparing requests for proposals, managing design contract to produce plans and specifications, reviewing project milestones, reviewing plans, providing technical assistance, providing construction oversight, preparing design revisions, and reviewing and commenting on site plans submitted for approval.
• Supervises the Division of Transportation by establishing policies relating to legal and enforcement issues, budgeting and programming, project management, internal technical/administrative operations, and personnel leadership, administering the budget and allocating resources, promoting employee development, administering personnel counseling and coaching, resolving conflicts, providing training, conducting meetings.
• Performs other duties by supervising the planning, design, and preparation of plans, specs and cost estimates of traffic engineering projects, the citys street lighting program, the smart traffic center, the traffic operations center, VDOT projects and row management programs.
• Understanding the concepts of traffic flow and driver behavior on urban street networks, particularly at signalized intersections. Applying traffic signal operations and timing strategies, including the impacts of traffic signal coordination strategies. Based on the capability of analyzing alternative strategies/operations, create and implement signal timing patterns to best achieve desired outcomes. Knowledge of MUTCD and other industry criteria related to traffic signal operations. Use of Synchro software to support such efforts, including strengths and weaknesses, and practices to maximize the benefit of its use.
• Knowledge of traffic signal controller firmware/software features and their programming - knowledge of D4 software is a plus. Complex programming exists at several intersections, and more is likely required in the future, including transit signal priority.
• Knowledge of central signal systems software operations - knowledge of the KITS software platform is a plus. Experience with using software features to monitor operations of the signal system, support timing development and implementation, manage and maintain signal timing data, detect, and troubleshoot issues, and perform active traffic management for events and incidents.
• Knowledge and understanding of traffic information system concepts, strengths and weaknesses.
• Knowledge of traffic signal infrastructure. Knowledge of traffic signal and other vehicle monitoring/detection devices, and their appropriate uses.
• Knowledge of rail and emergency-vehicle preemption, and transit signal priority, infrastructure and operations, preferably including an understanding of a centralized approach.
• Knowledge of outside-plant fiber-optic cable network infrastructure.
• Staff supervision responsibilities, including hiring, performance monitoring, prioritization, and assignment of tasks to achieve productivity.
• Managing projects and contracts to meet schedules, budgets and ensure project objectives and contract obligations are met.
• Developing funding applications for TSM&O projects.
• Collaboration with other local, regional, and state agencies to support the development of projects and services that benefit regional and City of Norfolk mobility and safety.

Education/Experience

Work requires specialized knowledge in a professional or technical field. Work requires professional level of knowledge of a discipline equivalent to that which is acquired in a Masters degree-level of study.

Required:

• Five (5) years of experience in traffic engineering.

Preferred:

• Five (5) to seven (7) years of experience in progressively responsible transportation assignments, including project development and management
• Virginia Department of Transportation experience with certifications in work zone, and project and construction management.

Additional Information & Requirements

• Valid Drivers License required.
• Professional Engineers License required.
• VDOT and LAP certifications and training are preferred.

Work Schedule:

• 8:30am - 5:00pm (Monday - Friday) 40hrs/wk.

Signing Bonus:

• This position is eligible for a $5,000 signing bonus.

• Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking.

• Special project/grant employees are generally eligible for the same benefits of regular full-time employees; however, retirement, life insurance and participation in health plans vary depending upon funding and authorization.

• Temporary/seasonal and part-time employees are generally only eligible for employer provided parking and access to membership in credit union.

• Retirement

If you are hired October 5, 2010, or after to a position with City of Norfolk Retirement System benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

If you are hired January 1, 2022, or after to a position with Virginia Retirement System (VRS) benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

• The Tuition Assistance Program is established to encourage employees toward continued self-development and education. Permanent full-time and permanent part-time classified, unclassified permanent, full-time special projects, and constitutional employees who have completed six months continuous service will be eligible to apply. The applicant's school of enrollment must be an accredited institution.

NOTE:

The benefits described above are broad generalizations. The specific benefits that an employee may be eligible for are governed by City regulations, as applicable to job type.

Non-City

Positions listed with a job type designation of "Non-City" are not subject to the benefits descriptions above. Refer to the content of the job posting for information regarding these positions.

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The following Supplemental Questions are specific to the position for which you have applied to assist the hiring manager in screening applications for specific experience being sought. Please be specific in answering these questions as they will be used to evaluate which applications will be given further consideration in the process. Do not answer "see resume" or "see application" as these are not valid answers. Please note that if you are invited to be interviewed by the department, your responses to the following questions may be subject to verification.

• I understand and will answer the following supplemental questions completely and thoroughly.

02

If you were referred for this position by a current City of Norfolk employee, please provide the employees full name, department, and job title, and your relationship to the employee. If not, please indicate by typing "N/A."

03

Please select the highest level of education you have completed.

• High School Diploma/GED
• Some College (6 months or more)
• Vocational/Technical Degree
• Associates Degree
• Bachelors Degree
• Masters Degree or higher

04

Do you possess a bachelor's degree in engineering or relevant field? Please state the degree or relevant field (used in place of a degree).

• Yes
• No

05

How many years of experience do you have in traffic engineering?

• Less than 5 years
• 5-7 years
• 7-9 years
• 9 years or more

06

Do you possess a P.E. License in Virginia or another state? If there is any other state, please specify. If no, please type "n/a".

07

Would accept a starting salary between $90,716.54 to $104,099.31?

• Yes
• No

08

Do you have experience developing funding applications for TSM&O project?

• Yes
• No

09

Do you have experience supervising subordinates and working in a team environment?

• Yes
• No

10

Do you have experience completing projects based on VDOT's Locally Administered Projects Manual?

• Yes
• No

11

Do you currently have a valid driver's license?

• Yes
• No

12

Do you have the legal right to work in the United States and, upon employment, can you provide documentation to verify this?

• Yes
• No

13

Please provide an explanation of any periods of unemployment that are 30 days or longer. Indicate N/A if you have not experienced any periods of unemployment.

14

Are you a current or previous City of Norfolk employee?

• Yes - I am a current City of Norfolk Employee
• Yes - I am a previous City of Norfolk Employee
• No - I am not a previous or current City of Norfolk employee

15

Please indicate your veteran status. (A copy of your long form DD-214 may be required)

• I am not a Veteran
• I am a Veteran
• I am a Disabled Veteran

Required Question

Employer City of Norfolk