Job Description

Plans and directs the operations and activities of the Traffic Operations and Planning Division. This includes design, maintenance, and operation of the county's Traffic Signal system; Street Lighting system (5,800 streetlights); Fiber Optic Network System (310 miles); Traffic Crash Analysis System; and Signing and Marking Program (25,000 signs); management of the Collier County Traffic Management Center; and development of sustainable traffic solutions. Evaluate traffic impact studies, access points & the planning of future roadways and roadway improvements. Mange the In-House design team.

• Plans, directs, and supervises operations and activities of the Traffic Operations, Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning sections of the Division.

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.

• Develops, recommends, updates and implements divisional policies and procedures and ensures division compliance with all applicable codes, laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures.

• Consults with County management, County officials, or other officials to review division operations, resolve problems, and provide recommendations; submits executive summaries and makes presentations to Board of County Commissioners as needed.

• Develops and implements long and short-term plans, goals, and objectives for the division; evaluates needs for long-range programs to enhance preservation of the infrastructure assets; evaluates efficiency and effectiveness of the division operations, methods, and use of resources, and implements improvements as needed; prepares work program for next fiscal year, including capital improvements relating to traffic signals.

• Develops and oversees the administration of division budget.

• Prepares or completes traffic studies, warrant studies, construction cost estimates, or other documents; reviews and approves all Division communications as Professional Engineer (PE).

• Manages contractor, consultant, and vendor contracts for traffic engineering services.

• Designs roadway/signal modifications.

• Supervises and participates in the development and administration of County traffic engineering projects, including traffic operations signal or intersection projects; prepares construction cost estimates; develops project schedules; business section budgets including the forecast of funding required for staffing, equipment, materials and supplies as well as implementation of mid-year adjustments.

• Oversees the development of sustainable traffic solutions addressing future growth and transportation needs.

• Serves as the program manager for the installation, maintenance and improvement of the Advanced Traffic Management System; works with the Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Board of County Commissioners and Florida Division of Transportation to plan, fund and implement the system.

• Responds to questions and complaints from citizens regarding traffic issues.

• Requests/reviews speed studies and traffic counts; reviews, analyzes, and comments on collision reports/studies and traffic volume reports/studies; performs traffic signal warrant studies; conducts traffic studies and reviews staff traffic studies.

• Reviews and comments on County construction plans, contractor development plans, and specifications; ensures compliance with State/County standards and guidelines.

• Makes presentations and appears as a speaker on transportation related issues as requested.

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