Closing Date: Friday, December 20, 2013

This position is located in the Office of Transportation Operations in the Office of Operations. You will serve as a national expert in Traffic Incident Management (TIM); including the leadership, institutional development and sustainability, professional capacity building, and public awareness and education.  The position entails developing, executing and promoting TIM program efforts in collaboration with Transportation and Public Safety senior leaders, mid-level officials and practitioners. The position requires knowledge of current national TIM state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice guidance and good practices. You may conduct tasks associated with one or both categories based on the program’s needs and your strengths. You may also (1) manage executive-level interactions among governmental, private sector and association partners and serve as public safety liaison OR (2) provide technical services on a gamut of traffic incident management issues. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strengths in both of these categories.

The ideal candidate for this position is a mid-career or senior professional with experience interacting and providing technical services on traffic incident management issues with governmental, private sector and association partners and serving as public safety liaison.

Duties: 

PLEASE NOTE: At the interview stage, you will be required to provide writing examples that you have developed or produced such as reports, correspondence, studies, publications, speeches, etc.  You should provide examples that were developed for the highest level of audience; such as senior level officials inside your agency, senior level officials external to your agency and/or Congress.

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The Federal Highway Administration has an exciting and challenging research position available in the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office. The position is located at U.S. DOT headquarters in Washington, DC.

The selectee will serve as the focal point within the ITS Joint Program Office (JPO) formanaging, coordinating and supporting activities related to the connected vehicle safety and vehicle automation portions of the Department’s ITS program.

The candidate for this position will have excellent communications skills, expertise in ITS research and development topics, such as technology-based vehicle safety and road vehicle automation.  They will work closely with the vehicle safety, highway, motor carrier, rail, and transit industries to promote ITS initiatives and will work with the ITS community to ensure that vehicle safety systems needs are being accommodated.

The selectee will work with the ITS community to develop and implement a road vehicle automation program and will champion the capabilities and interests of the ITS community, often to a constituency that is not knowledgeable about or sympathetic to its needs.  In this capacity, the incumbent works to increase consensus building among its partners and work towards meeting National ITS program goals and objectives related to improvement of roadway safety and transportation mobility through the use of ITS solutions.

The vacancy announcement closes on Wednesday, November 13, 2013.

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U.S. Citizens: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/354504900

Current or former federal employee with status OR Veterans eligible under VEOA:

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/354505000

Serving as a senior Design Engineer, you will:

• Develop the design and monitors the budget and schedule for assigned projects from initial scoping through construction support.
• Generate and evaluate geometric design alternatives and develops sound design concepts. Assess the impact of standard exceptions/compromises to established engineering principles and practices and conceptualizes acceptable design exceptions and mitigation strategies.
• Develop plans, specifications, and estimates (PS&E) packages that clearly define the work, are biddable, and emphasize context sensitivity, safety, and constructability. Coordinate with cross functional team members and incorporate functional discipline and partner’s recommendations into the PS&E.
• Use appropriate technologies and improve the quality of highway design work through the use of new technologies and process improvements.
• Participate in discussions of project highway design matters with a wide range of external contacts, including technical representatives of client agencies.
• Prepare written field review and meeting reports and other technical reports as required.
• Provide timely comments and recommendations on PS&E reviews, reviews of manuals, standard plans, standard special contract requirements, and proposed policies and procedures.

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Note: Applications closing date – Monday September 9, 2013 

This position is in the Office of Transportation Operations within the Office of Operations, Federal Highway Administration.  You will serve as one of the Agency’s national experts for transportation operations, in particular, highway work zone safety and mobility management.  Accordingly, you will participate on the Road Weather and Work Zone Management Team.  You will also provide expertise in support of other areas, namely the implementation of management strategies and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that improve transportation operations.  As such, providing leadership; initiates, develops, promotes, markets, and conducts national programs; provides technical support and technology transfer; develops and interprets regulations, policies, procedures, and guidelines; and develops, interprets, and applies legislative requirements and FHWA directives for the administration and support of work zone management as it supports the agency’s system performance goals.

This position is ideal for a mid-career or experienced professional with knowledge and experience in transportation operations and highway work zone safety and mobility management theory, principles, concepts, practices and techniques.

DUTIES:

•  Participate in the development of program goals and strategies for mainstreaming advanced transportation operations and work zone safety and mobility management technologies within the Federal-aid program.
• Develop and aids implementation of regulations, policies, and guidance on various transportation operations and work zone safety and mobility management issues.
• Participate in the development of the Work Zone Management program budget/spend plan and roadmap in alignment with program strategies, lending expertise from a historical perspective based on experience with the Work Zone  Management program and providing strategic input for the future focus of the Program.
• Provide project oversight of contractors working on numerous technical work zone projects. Serve as project manager for these technical projects, ensuring that contractor deliverables meet the requirements laid out in the task orders and meet the objectives of the Work Zone Management Program.
• Provide liaison and work with staff from State and local departments of transportation, AASHTO, TRB, ITE, ITS America, ATSSA, and other partners outside U.S. DOT
• Prepare responses to Congressional, Office of the Secretary, and other outside inquiries regarding transportation operations and work zone safety and mobility management.

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HWA.HOP-2013-0025 Internal, open to Government employees only:https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/348533900

This is a planning, research, and environment team leader position within the New Jersey Division. You will lead a professional staff comprised of planners and environmental specialists. You will serve as the planning team leader and be the key staff officer to the Division Administrator for asset management planning, technical analysis, development, programming and implementation of Federal-aid projects. As the team leader,  you will be responsible for overseeing all activities in transportation planning and programming, transportation/air quality planning, research, data collection, congestion management systems, and intermodal coordination in a diversified, highly urbanized and highly populated State. You will be responsible for supervising the Division Office Planning, Research, and Environment staff in all technical and administrative matters. You will also provide leadership, coordination and authoritative advice to State, local, industry, academic and other Federal agencies and organizations concerning all functions within scope of responsibilities.

The ideal candidate for this position will be an experienced mid-career transportation or planning professional who has experience in transportation planning, asset management, research, and environment and one who would be comfortable representing the agency to state and local officials and the general public. The candidate will be a team player, a leader; and has good communications skills. This position is also good for a person who wants to be challenged, desires a Federal career and is seeking outstanding benefits.

 Duties:

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Note: The deadline to apply is Monday, July 22, 2013 11:59PM

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is seeking a Transportation Specialist to join the Washington, DC office.  The ideal candidate will be a mid-career transportation specialist with experience in managing highway improvement projects and implementing programs and initiatives that promote transportation technologies and partnerships.Duties:The Transportation specialist will:

• Serve as the expert and lead FHWA authority in deploying the SHRP2 suite of project management tools.
• Serve as the technical lead/task monitor for the R09 and R10 task order for product development and implementation.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive awareness of highway project aspects to include engineering design, construction, administration, and management.
• Create effective relationships with senior-level FHWA stakeholders that are involved in deployment of SHRP2 project management products.

• Will be responsible for monitoring, tracking, recording, and reporting on various office initiatives and programs related to data and information for the programs in the division office.  Maintain current knowledge of the initiatives/program requirements and reporting due dates.  Conduct annual division risk assessment and prepare reports for delivery to FHWA headquarters.  Serve as the lead person for annual strategic planning and developing the office annual performance plan.
• Will develop and manage a database to monitor the performance of multiple program areas to ensure that due dates for all recurring actions and activities are met. Will maintain program and project filing systems; establish the protocol and office procedures to effectively utilize these systems; independently research data sources to identify trends and potential problem areas to focus on future oversight, process reviews, and the use of limited resources.
• Will lead ad hoc teams and will organize, analyze, and evaluate technical data problems and situations to identify issues and solutions, with little or no guidance.  Will work with division office leadership to keep the office current on national policy and legislation, conduct training, streamline processes, and make recommendations for the implementation of new management tools for improved organizational effectiveness.
• Will facilitate meetings and discussions and make formal presentations.  Coordinate joint teams for all phases of process reviews and you will maintain the division statewide briefing and other briefing materials and update the documents for timely and accurate information.
• Will establish and maintain effective relationships with division office leadership, team leaders, staff members, and other parties to facilitate meetings and discussions, make formal presentations to influence managers and other officials.