What are the responsibilities and job description for the Traffic Monitoring Coordinator position at Department of Transportation?
Initial Posting Date:
04/01/2025
Application Deadline:
04/17/2025
Agency:
Department of Transportation
Salary Range:
$5,392 - $8,359
Position Type:
Employee
Position Title:
Traffic Monitoring Coordinator
Job Description:
Civil Engineering Specialist 2 – Traffic Monitoring Coordinator
Oregon Department of Transportation
Policy, Data & Analysis Division
Transportation Data Section - Transportation Systems Monitoring Unit
Policy, Data & Analysis Division
Transportation Data Section - Transportation Systems Monitoring Unit
Salem
The role:
Are you passionate about data and interested in using it to influence engineering designs for road features and highway construction projects? We are looking for a traffic monitoring coordinator to lead and coordinate the activities of our statewide
Traffic Monitoring Program
. In this role, you will be essential in maintaining and preparing the annual Transportation Volume Tables publication. You will also ensure compliance with the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Performance Monitoring System mandates while supporting the ODOT's roadway design, construction operations and planning activities. Apply today!
We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for our positions. We hope you’ll join us on our path to increasing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging through
our values, commitments, strategies and actions
.
Before applying, visit our
applicant information website
to learn more about our process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, you must apply through your employee Workday profile
.
A day in the life:
- Manage and carry out the Traffic Monitoring Program activities for ODOT's manual classification count, continuous counting and coverage count programs.
- Review Vendor Purchase Agreements (PAs), create work order contracts for traffic counts and manage traffic counting program contracts and special projects.
- Provide traffic data for the Highway Performance Monitoring System program.
- Coordinate Traffic Monitoring program activities with region staff.
- Manage the preparation of the annual Transportation Volume Tables, Traffic Flow Map, GIS data, State Highway Vehicle Miles Traveled Report and the monthly Selected Transportation Trends Report.
- Provide traffic data to support other programs.
- Check, interpret and approve the validity of field traffic data.
- Provides written and oral communication and represents the Traffic Monitoring Program in meetings and technical advisory committees.
- Work in an office environment with hybrid work options available. Occasional lifting up to 50 pounds may be required. Some bending, stooping and climbing ladders may be required.
- To request a copy of the position description, which includes all duties and working conditions, please emailODOTRecruitment@odot.oregon.gov.
What’s in it for you:
- Work/life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, flexible work schedules, paid leave and so much more.Learn moreabout working at the Oregon Department of Transportation and thebenefitswe offer.
- Comprehensive and equitable base salary offer within the listed range. Through an equal pay assessment, we will determine the salary offer using the information you provide in your submitted application materials. Please ensure your application materials are detailed, accurate and reflect your skills, experience (paid and unpaid) and education as they relate to the position when applying.
- The salary range listed is the non-PERSmonthly salary range. If you are already a participating PERS member or once you become PERS eligible,the salary range will increaseby 6%.
- Public Service Loan Forgivenessopportunity!
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Minimum qualifications:
Five (5) years of civil or transportation-related engineering or surveying experience. One (1) year of this experience must have been independently planning and completing assignments.
OR
A bachelor's degree in civil engineering, surveying or transportation-related engineering AND two (2) years of civil or transportation-related engineering or surveying experience.
OR
An equivalent combination of education and experience.
An equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special qualifications:
Driving is an essential function of this position. You must have a valid US driver license and an acceptable driving record. We will conduct pre-employment driving records checks on our final candidate(s). Your license does not have to be issued in Oregon to be considered.
What we’d like to see:
If you have these attributes, let us know in your application materials! It's how we will choose whom to move forward! You do not need to have all these qualities to be eligible for this position. We may also use transferable skills, experience, education and alignment with
ODOT values
to help us decide who will move forward.- Demonstrate knowledge of engineering principals, with the ability to understand transportation-related datasets.
- Demonstrate ability to analyze large datasets using tools such as Excel to identify trends and provide reports that support decision making.
- Demonstrate experience leading and communicating (verbally and written) to coordinate and implement Program activities.
- Demonstrate experience developing and providing technical data for complex engineering designs and studies.
- Demonstrate skill balancing competing priorities and organizing workload.
How to apply:
- Complete the following required steps:
- Fill out the application or attach a resume. Please contact the recruiter under the ‘Need help?’ section if you have any questions about how to fill out the experience fields or to attach a document. Your submitted experience fields or attached resume must include dates (MM/YYYY) for each employer.
- Attach a cover letter. Your cover letter should clearly demonstrate how your experience and training relates to the qualities that you have under the “what we’d like to see” section above.
- Your cover letter must be limited to no more than two (2) pages.
- Please address your cover letter to Stacy Snider, Transportation Systems Monitoring Unit Manager.
- Generic cover letters that do not address the qualities that you have under the “what we’d like to see” section may receive lower scores than those that addressed the desired qualities.
- You must upload your cover letter in the ‘Resume/Cover Letter’ section of the application.
- Complete questionnaire. Answer the checkbox-style questions before submitting your application.
- After you submit your application, please respond to the public records request authorization and gender identity questionnaire. This screen will come after you submit and will complete the process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, the tasks will come to your Workday inbox.
- If you are a veteran, you may receive preference. Thetask to upload your documentswill be available after you submit your application. For privacy reasons, please do not attach your military service document(s) to your application or combine it with any other required document attachments.
Need help?
- For questions, call 503-779-9733 or emailODOTRecruitmentJB@odot.oregon.gov.
Additional information:
- This classification is currently undergoing a statewide classification study.
- We do not offer visa sponsorship. If you are hired, you will be required to fill out the US Department of Homeland Security’s I-9 form confirming you are able to work in the US. We are not an E-Verify participating employer, and we are unable to proceed if E-Verify participation is required [e.g., STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) Extension].
- We may use this recruitment to fill multiple or future vacancies.
- We will conduct name-based criminal background checks on final candidates, not including current ODOT employees. All applicants may be subject to additional pre-employment check(s) such as driver license, LEDS (Law Enforcement Data System), and/or education verification as required for the position.
- You will be represented by the Association of Engineering Employees of Oregon (AEE).
ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or any other class protected by state or federal laws in admission or access to our programs, services, activities, hiring, and employment practices. Applicants with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. For questions, concerns, or complaints regarding EEO/AA/ADA, contact 1-877-336-6368 (1-877-EEO-ODOT). This information can be made available in an alternative format by contacting ODOT Recruitment at 503-986-3700. Oregon Relay Service can be reached by calling 7-1-1.
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