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Job Title:
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TSMO Modeling Specialist
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Job Category:
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☐Management
☒Engineering
☐Specialist
☐Systems and Data Management
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Minimum Years of Experience/Position Level:
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5-10 Years/Mid-Level
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Applicable to:
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☒DOT
☒County
☒City
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☒MPO
☒Private
☒Toll Agency
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General Summary of Position / Purpose of Position
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This position is a professional, licensed engineering specialist that provides advanced engineering and technical guidance for traffic and transportation modeling used in Transportation System Management and Operations (TSMO) focused on mesoscale analyses.
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Roles and Responsibilities
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1.0 Managerial
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% of Time
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- Direct and supervise staff.
- Meet regularly with employees to assign work, establish work objective and timelines to ensure working objectives are met.
- Evaluate employees’ performance, during established time frames, throughout the year and at formal review periods.
- Motivate and train and/or ensure required training is available for staff.
- Communicate regularly with direct reports, both individually and in staff meetings.
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10%
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2.0 Strategic Planning
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% of Time
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- Collaborate with others related to overall TSMO planning.
- Employ TSMO modeling to enhance TSMO planning.
- Ensure TSMO modeling funding and resources are utilized in the most cost effective and beneficial manner.
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10%
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3.0 Customer Service
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% of Time
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- Participate in meetings, on committees, task teams and other groups with internal and external customers to represent TSMO interests related to TSMO modeling.
- Maintain professional contact with elected officials, private companies, public, government agencies, and officials doing business with the State related to TSMO modeling.
- Promote good public relations with the persons contacted while adhering internal policies.
- Provide accurate and timely responses to the public, contractors, and other department personnel.
- Promote the resolution of outstanding technical and contractual issues.
- Communicate effectively (strong written and verbal communication skills) and work well with team members from diverse technical backgrounds.
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10%
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4.0 Project Management
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% of Time
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- Develop and manage consultant contracts and other types of agreements that support TSMO functions and/or relate to performance targets.
- Develop documentation for contract funding, request for proposal (RFP) and related documents, participation on technical review committees (TRC), evaluation of contract work products, consultant evaluation and invoice processing approval.
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20%
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5.0 Technical
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% of Time
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- Act as a technical advisor on modeling tools for TSMO.Modeling tools may include such as TransCAD Transportation Planning Software™, Highway Capacity Software™, Aimsun Next™, PTV Vissim™, TSIS CORSIM™, Synchro™, customized applications, or others.
- Implement modeling for analysis, visualization, planning and training related to TSMO programs.
- Identify potential added value applications for modeling tools.
- Identify and recommend software and hardware systems for TSMO modeling.
- Collaborate with other technical staff to assure system compatibility and operability with other systems.
- Train users on the use of modeling tools.
- Participate on committees, task teams and in other groups as needed.
- Develop technical reports, presentations, training materials, etc.as required.
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45%
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6.0 Other
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% of Time
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- Perform other duties as required.
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5%
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Education
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☐High School Degree
☐Technical Degree/Associate Degree
☐Bachelor’s Degree in Related Field
☒Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
☐Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
☐Bachelor’s Degree in Business
☐Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science
☐Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Economics, Statistics, or another Quantitative Field
☐Master’s Degree in Engineering
☒Master’s Degree in Engineering (preferred but not required)
☐Master’s Degree in Quantitative Field (preferred but not required)
☐PhD in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (preferred but not required)
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Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
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☐Registered Engineer in Training
☒Registered Professional Engineer
☒Professional Traffic Operations Engineer
☐Certified Information Systems Security Professional
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