Are you a transportation or traffic design engineer who enjoys working on development projects?

If you’re in the mid stage of your career and looking to gain valuable experience as a reviewer and project manager in the public sector—experience that will accelerate your path toward senior engineering roles—this opportunity is for you!

The Development Engineering Division of the City of Redmond’s Planning Department is currently recruiting for a Senior Transportation Engineer with a focus on transportation and traffic engineering review and project management. In this role, you’ll serve as the subject matter expert for transportation-related reviews, which include evaluating transportation and traffic design elements, and collaborate closely with internal reviewers and external applicants to guide private development projects through the City's permitting process.

Redmond is a fast-growing, thriving, and culturally diverse community. As a regional hub for technology, aerospace, gaming, biomedical research, and innovation, Redmond offers a dynamic and rewarding professional environment.

This position is an excellent opportunity for a mid-level engineer with a strong background in transportation and traffic design who is ready to take on a more senior role. It provides meaningful public-sector experience and the chance to help shape the City’s transportation and civil infrastructure to support its continued growth.

Cover letter required: Please tell us how your experience and interest relate to this role. Share with us information not readily apparent in your resume and application. The cover letter helps us link your information together as well as serve as a writing sample. 

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• Prepare or review project plans and specifications, including drafting as needed; analyze project requirements, physical location, and other pertinent data; prepare engineer's estimate of cost; assure that project designs are in compliance with a  variety of state, federal, and city laws, codes, ordinances, and regulations governing public works projects and private projects submitted in development review.
• Develop scope of work and requests for proposals (RFPs); select consultants; finalize contracts; review work product; monitor budget and schedules; provide technical assistance to contractors; manage project resources and approve final work product for a wide range of public works projects, including capital improvement projects.
• Perform detailed and complex engineering studies, designs, and field inspections, developing conclusions and recommendations.
• Oversee projects to develop regulations from project inception through internal review and council adoption.
• Participate in regional management groups in order to remain current on relevant issues and provide technical input to groups who may influence the City of Redmond's actions.
• Represents the City in communications with public agencies, private utility companies, contractors, developers, business owners and the general public.
• Write correspondence related to project administration, including inspection, testing reports, change order preparations, and dispute resolution.
• Coordinate project activities with city employees, contractors, other cities and districts.
• Plans, directs, and manages multiple diverse and complex engineering projects, programs or systems.
• Recommends or influences changes to policies and procedures to accomplish general goals.
• Represent the City in negotiations with businesses, contractors, other local jurisdictions and property owners and have the authority to commit City resources to achieve work objectives.
• Ensures conformity and quality assurance of complete project documents, engineering projects, programs or systems.
• Participate as a professional expert in legal matters related to engineering projects.
• Recognize those project issues that could generate potential contractor claim disputes.
• Coordinate, supervise and provide fiscal tracking, quality control and safety oversight, from bid award through project final acceptance.
• Develops alternative methods of detailed analysis based on sound professional judgment addresses complex problems and judges the applicability and adequacy of methods.
• Identifies and evaluates impacts from proposed private and public development and negotiates with developers on improvements and/or fees necessary to mitigate these impacts, taking into account city codes and case law.
• Conducts peer review of technical reports and designs of complex private development projects prepared by consultants to ensure compliance with city codes and engineering standards.
• Prepare interpretations of complex issues related to both public and private development projects.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering or related field from an accredited college or university.
• Seven (7) years engineering experience which includes three years of project administration and management responsibilities.
• Any equivalent combination of education, experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Licenses and Certificates

• Engineer-Senior requires a Professional Engineer's License.
• Valid Washington State Driver's License required

Other
This class description describes the general nature of the work performed, representative duties as well as the typical qualifications needed for acceptable performance. It is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the job.

Please review the Senior Engineer job description for more information about the knowledge, skills, abilities, working conditions, and physical requirements.