Project Management/Supervision

Traffic Safety Engineer

A Traffic Safety Engineer is committed to obtaining safety goals through continuous improvement of transportation planning, design, operations, and safety investment strategies. Traffic Safety Engineers utilize multiple strategies to integrate safety data and analysis into transportation decision-making processes. They apply their knowledge of systemic safety principles to analyze, assess, and present safety data, and to plan, implement, and evaluate road safety programs and processes.

Other responsibilities typically include:

Provide direction on development of safety-focused policies and guidelines through collaboration with law enforcement agencies, safety organizations, and other public stakeholders.
Analyze, synthesize, and present road safety data to relevant stakeholders to aid safety-focused decision making and investments, including through the development of models and simulations.
Ensure that transportation plans, roadway designs, and traffic operations and management strategies comply with established safety guidelines and reflect current best practices related to safety performance measures.
Apply analytical, modeling, and simulation skills as well as qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to develop safety solutions.

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Maintenance Safety Manager

A Highway Maintenance Safety Manager is responsible for oversight of maintenance activities in a given administrative district, including overseeing roadway repair, maintenance, and improvement projects, winter maintenance operations, and facilities and asset management. The Maintenance Safety Manager supervises maintenance staff; roadway monitoring, inspection, and permitting processes; disaster and emergency response; and roadway inspection and hazardous materials procedures. As such, execution of duties has a direct impact on the safety of both maintenance workers and the traveling public. Maintenance Safety Managers provide leadership on road safety promotion by means of maintenance activities and practices. Safety-related competencies include knowledge of systemic safety principles to assess risk, develop safety plans, and promote, implement, and evaluate maintenance impact on road user safety.

Other responsibilities typically include:

Identify hazards and control measures for maintenance activities.
Develop incident management and other safety plans based on risk assessment, incorporating knowledge of safety regulations and compliance measures.
Ensure effective traffic control techniques are in place to safeguard workers and those passing through a work zone or site during maintenance activities.
Implement effective road safety countermeasures through maintenance activities.
Ensure maintenance staff are able to identify, report, and/or remediate road safety deficiencies.
Promote a positive organizational safety culture.

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Human Factors Engineer

A Human Factors Engineer focused on transportation safety utilizes human factors principles to evaluate the interaction between the human element and transportation system elements to identify systemic risk and to design safety solutions. Human Factors Engineers must be able to recognize the capabilities and limitations of road users in terms of behavior choices and reactions to system elements, as well as how demographics influence safety outcomes. Based on knowledge of human factors principles, they investigate, design, and implement transportation system safety solutions; and utilize multiple strategies to integrate road safety and human factors data and analysis into transportation planning and design.

Other responsibilities typically include:

Utilize psychological and other scientific research methods based on principles related to human behavior and performance to assess safety impacts of behavioral decision-making as well as appropriate mitigation measures.
Analyze and integrate human performance or human factors related data and knowledge into transportation system design activities.
Diagnose design deficiencies based on real-world driver behavior.
Apply knowledge of environmental, cultural and other factors that influence behavior to the design and implementation of behavior change and safety culture enhancement strategies.
Apply modeling and simulation skills as well as appropriate qualitative, quantitative, user-centered design, and predictive analytics methodologies to identify safety issues and to design solutions, including safety-enhancement devices and technologies.

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Road Construction Manager

A Construction Manager for heavy civil and highway/roadway projects is responsible for the overall completion and management of construction projects. Responsibilities include oversight of project quality control, financial controls, production efficiency, site safety, and project management systems and reporting. The position requires knowledge of construction and project management practices, equipment, standards and policies, and job site reporting. Construction Managers provide leadership on safety promotion on the project site. Safety-related competencies include knowledge of systemic safety principles to assess risk, develop safety plans, and promote, implement, and evaluate project saftey.

Other responsibilities typically include:

Identify hazards and control measures for each phase of a project.
Develop safety plans based on risk assessment, incorporating knowledge of safety regulations and compliance measures.
Utilize effective traffic control techniques to ensure safety of project site workers and those passing through a work zone.
Implement effective safety measures on site and use safety management techniques to conduct incident investigations, identify deficiencies, and implement effective countermeasures.
Understand systemic road safety principles and crash reduction factors; ensure road design and construction practices integrate road safety best practices.

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