About the Department

The City of Jersey City is looking for an experienced Director of Traffic & Transportation for the Division of Traffic Engineering. Under direction of your department director, takes charge of, supervises, and administers all technical engineering work involved in the design, maintenance, and/or operation of roadway traffic control devices, including signs, pavement markings, traffic signals, curb use, and city owned vehicular, bicycle parking facilities and to ensure compliance with rules, regulations and standards to ensure the safe mobility of the public on all modes of transport. The Traffic Engineering Division works closely with the Transportation Planning Division to advance design and operations to advance policy and goals of Vision Zero, multi-modal mobility to support the public. The City of Jersey City is a rapidly growing, highly urbanized environment and a leader in New Jersey in complete streets policy and design. Jersey City was the first city in New Jersey to adopt the Vision Zero initiative and received the 2019 New Jersey Complete Streets Excellence Award. This is an unparalleled opportunity to play a key role in the implementation of progressive transportation policies and projects.

Position Duties

Job Duties:
• Directs, plans, organizes, and supervises work relating to traffic regulation/control.
• Organizes and directs induction and training of field/office staff, reviews assignments/instructions, advises and
assists with difficult/unusual situations, and evaluates employees' performance relating to established
procedures, maintaining reasonable standards, and achieving desired objectives.
• Studies problems and makes recommendations concerning traffic flow, on and off-street parking, bus routes,
bus/taxi zones, and quiet and play zones.
• Develops plans for police officers and others concerned with traffic flow/control.
• Directs collection, recording, and analysis of data relating to traffic accidents, investigation of their causes, and
working out of preventive measures.
• Organizes and supervises planning/execution of traffic surveys and analysis/interpretation of the data.
• Determines procedures for installation/operation of traffic signs, signals, markings, and other traffic control
devices.
• Prepares and analyzes local government traffic ordinances.
• Consults with and assists state/local government officers in transportation matters, traffic control, accident
prevention, and highway matters.
• Serves as technical advisor on traffic/transportation matters.
• Represents the agency at local, state, and national traffic/transportation conferences, hearings, and meetings,
and serves technical committees or organizations concerned with highway traffic, parking, and related
problems.
• Evaluates statistical and other data pertaining to such factors as vehicle count, load capacity of pavement,
feasibility of widening pavement, and projected traffic loads in the future.
• Develops and formulates programs relating to and involving generaltransportation problems.
• Supervises, assigns, and instructs staff in work involved in study, analysis, designs, and implementation of
engineering projects pertaining to rail, bus, and highways.
• Calculates complete geometrics for highway/intersection designs in developing plans/specifications for
engineering projects.
• Directs collection, recording, and analysis of data relating to mass transit passenger uses and mass transit
schedules.
• Conducts surveys and analyzes data to determine mass transit passenger use, need for service, improvement
in schedules, and revision or consolidation of routes.
• Coordinates activities with other public/private agencies.
• Integrates results of studies with work of other agencies to develop a municipal or regional transportation
plan.
• Plans and participates in development of special projects.
• Supervises establishment and maintenance of files and records.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
*Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities,
duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and
activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Minimum Qualifications

Required Educational Background: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree
in civil, Traffic, or Transportation Engineering or in Planning.
Required Experience: Five (5) years of experience in traffic or transportation engineering work and/or in traffic
or transportation planning work, two (2) years of which shall have involved supervision of a major transportation
program or project.

Note: A master’s degree in Civil, Traffic, or Transportation Engineering or in Planning with a major course of study
in transportation planning from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one (1) year of
indicated nonsupervisory experience.

A current, valid license as a Professional Planner in New Jersey issued by the State Board of Professional Planners
may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree in planning.

A Professional Engineer's license issued by the NJ State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree in civil, Traffic, or Transportation Engineering

Required License: Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

Other Qualifications

Preferred Experience: Seven (7) years of experience in the design, construction and maintenance of facilities or
structures which shall have included the preparation and review of engineering plans and specifications, three (3)
of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
Preferred License:
• Possession of a Professional Engineer's license issued by the New Jersey State Board of
Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
• Possession of a professional Traffic Operations Engineer license from the Transportation
Professional Certification Board.
• Possession of a Roadway Safety Professional (Level 1 or 2) license from the Transportation
Professional Certification Board.

Essential Skills:
• Knowledge of current geometric design practices and the laws, rules, and regulations relating to traffic
control and regulation.
• Knowledge of legal limitations as to traffic regulations and control placed on local government by
state law.
• Knowledge of the collection, compilation, recording, analysis, and interpretation of data relating to
traffic accidents and condition of engineering enforcement/education problems involved in
regulating/controlling traffic and making public highways as safe as possible.
• Knowledge of methods used in planning, developing, and adopting a work program and work
procedures.
• Knowledge of the induction, training, assignment, and supervision of field/office staff.
• Knowledge of problems encountered in establishing standards for installation/operation of traffic
control devices; determining need for specific devices at specific places; in recommending the design,
installation, and operation of suitable devices; in analyzing traffic ordinances so as to recommend
their approval or disapproval, and in establishing/maintaining working relations with state/local
government officers concerned with traffic matters.
• Knowledge of obstacles encountered in obtaining observance/enforcement of traffic laws, rules, and
regulations.
• Knowledge of preparation of reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Knowledge of establishment and maintenance of records and files.
• Knowledge of procedures associated with design and supervision of transportation projects.
• Ability to analyze traffic laws, rules, and regulations and apply them to specific cases.
• Ability to use good judgment in recommending installation of traffic control devices and the approval
or disapproval of local traffic ordinances.
• Ability to take the lead in establishing/maintaining working relations with officers of state/local
governments.
• Ability to formulate a work program and working procedures.
• Ability to direct the induction and training of field/office staff, give them assignments/instructions,
advise and assist them when difficult/unusual situations arise, and check their work to ensure observance of established procedures, maintenance of reasonable standards, and achievement of desired objectives.
• Ability to supervise the purchase, allocation, storage, use, and maintenance of equipment, material,
and supplies.
• Ability to prepare and obtain preparation of clear, sound, accurate, and informative reports.
• Ability to supervise the establishment/maintenance of records and files