Listing Summary

Position Summary:

Manages transportation and other development and improvement projects ensuring they align with city goals, engineering standards, and regulatory requirements. Serves as lead staff member for delivery of capital projects through design and land acquisition phases coordinating with consultants, contractors, and internal departments to maintain project timelines and budgets. Applies creative thinking and problem-solving to develop context-sensitive and cost-effective approaches to engineering and development challenges. Collaborates with stakeholders, including residents, developers, and government agencies, to balance project objectives with community needs. Utilizes a proactive, adaptable approach to managing multiple projects, mitigating risks, and delivering high-quality public infrastructure that enhances mobility, safety, and sustainability within the city.

Reports to:     Public Works Director

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this position. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the position as necessary.

Provides transportation public and private development review.

• Conducts technical reviews of development plans, site plans, and traffic impact studies to ensure compliance with all applicable standards.
• Coordinates with developers, engineers, and internal staff to address traffic flow, pedestrian access, and roadway design requirements.
• Works closely with Community Development and Public Works staff to streamline development processes and ensure alignment with city objectives.

Manages TSPLOST program.

• Coordinates with consultants, contractors, and government agencies to advance transportation projects from concept through completion.
• Tracks project schedules, financial expenditures, and reporting requirements to maintain compliance with funding regulations.

Manages transportation planning and traffic engineering.

• Develops transportation planning initiatives to enhance mobility, safety, and connectivity within the city.
• Conducts traffic studies, analyzes data, and recommends improvement measures.
• Works with regional and state agencies to coordinate improvements and funding opportunities.

Manages capital improvement projects, including design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction administration (management and execution).

• Ensures projects are completed on time, within budget, and in compliance with engineering standards and regulatory requirements.
• Identifies innovative and cost-effective solutions to engineering and construction challenges, incorporating creative problem-solving and context-sensitive design approaches.
• Provides technical guidance and support to city leadership, contractors, and the public on infrastructure improvements.

Additional Functions:

• Provides emergency operations support as necessary.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Construction Engineering; and five (5) years of related experience. An equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered. 

Additional Requirements:

• Georgia Professional Engineer License is required or must be obtained within 12 months of employment.
• Requires a valid State of Georgia Driver’s License with an acceptable driving history.

Leadership:

Has guidelines for work but determines the approach.

Complexity:

Performs work that encompasses advanced technical, scientific, legal, or mathematical concepts. The work directly contributes to the implementation of specific policies, programs, or initiatives of the organization.

Decision Making:

Makes decisions that govern the activities as well as others. The decisions impact how the unit provides services and support to internal and external customers.

Competencies/Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of basic engineering principles and standard construction practices, materials, methods, infrastructure systems, and codes.
• Knowledge and understanding of principles related to engineering design, plan review and specifications.
• Knowledge of current federal, state and local regulations related to infrastructure and working knowledge of related legislation.
• Knowledge of applicable laws, ordinances, policies, standards and regulations pertaining to infrastructure and development.
• Skills in interpersonal relationships with the ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with city staff, consultants, contractors, developers, and the general public.
• Skill in the use of computer software including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook with understanding of Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
• Ability to use Adobe, Bluebeam, and/or AutoCAD for designs, site plans, plan reviews and markups.
• Ability to read construction plans.
• Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, technical, structural, compositional or identifiable characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.
• Ability to communicate with people to convey or exchange professional information.
• Ability to read a variety of professional, technical and administrative documentation, directions, instructions, methods and procedures.
• Ability to produce reports with proper format, punctuation, spelling and grammar, using all parts of speech.
• Ability to communicate with and before others using correct English.
• Ability to learn and understand subject matter principles and techniques; to make independent judgments in absence of supervision within the scope of respective job duties and tasks; to acquire and be able to expound on knowledge of topics related to primary occupation.
• Ability to utilize mathematical formulas; add and subtract; multiply and divide totals; determine percentages; determine time and weight; and interpret same as may be appropriate.
• Ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
• Ability to interact with people (staff, supervisors, general public and elected officials) beyond giving the receiving instructions.
• Ability to be adaptable to performing under minimal stress when confronted with an emergency.

Working Conditions: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position may work in both an indoor (building chemicals) and outdoor (under all weather conditions) environment.
• Frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear clearly.
• Occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction. Able to hear in-person; as well as distinguish radio and telephone conversations, recognize differences or changes in soundpatterns and loudness or pitch.
• The noise level in the work environment may vary.
• Physical demands may also include hearing, mental acuity, speaking, talking, visual acuity, and/or walking.  

Limitations and Disclaimer:

The above position description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position, and those duties may change, be eliminated, or expanded in accordance with the needs of the City of Milton. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor and in compliance with federal and State laws and applicable regulations.

The City of Milton is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or retaliate against job applicants or employees on the basis of age, sex, race, national origin, military service, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, religion or on the basis of any other protected category. Job applicants and employees may request reasonable accommodations, in accordance with Americans with Disabilities Act. All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some essential job requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.

Requirements listed in this description are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/ or abilities required to perform this position successfully, and the applicant and/or employee must possess the listed abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.  Continued employment with the City of Milton remains on an "at-will" basis. This description does not create a property interest, an employment agreement, or alter the terms and conditions of any other policy or agreement that may be in effect now or in the future.