The Transportation Manager position is responsible for managerial, administrative and professional transportation policy, and planning work of considerable difficulty in planning, directing, analyzing and coordinating transportation infrastructure and operations throughout the City.
Under general direction, both directly and through subordinate management personnel and engineering and planning consultants, the employee plans, directs, supervises, coordinates, and implements municipal transportation engineering programs and projects. The employee has considerable program management and design responsibility. The employee advises the Department Director, City Council, City Manager, Assistant City Managers, other City departments, neighborhood representatives and residents on the status of, and important issues associated with, City and other agency transportation projects.This position is classified as an exempt, full-time position with a 40 hour work-week.
- Coordinates with the City's Chief of Engineering to implement traffic and transportation engineering projects.
- Plans, directs, organizes and reviews the procedures, methods and results of the various specialized activities of the Transportation Division.
- Oversees and is responsible for preparation and updating of transportation plans for the City in general including detailed plans for individual elements.
- Coordinates with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Miami Dade County, the Miami Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Miami Dade Expressway Authority, and other agencies on their proposals and projects, which affect traffic and/or transportation in the City. Advises the Department Director, City Manager and City Council on other agencies' activities.
- Coordinates the analysis, preparation and implementation of traffic signal timing improvements by working with Miami Dade County.
- Assists the Department Director in a wide variety of functions associated with the responsibilities of the Transportation Division, including technical, administrative, policy, and managerial matters, as assigned.
- Conducts research, prepares and presents reports? and presents recommendations for City plans, policies and procedures affecting mobility and transportation planning.
- Establishes and updates goals and objectives and establishes or recommends the adoption of standards, procedures, forms and regulations.
- Provides professional and technical advice to the Department Director, City Council, City Manager, Department heads, other departments, subordinates, and others regarding City traffic/transportation policies and practices, and public transit projects? makes presentations to the City Council, various committees, and others regarding traffic/transportation projects and issues, and related City plans/policies.
- Represents the Department Director in contacts with elected officials, representatives of other governmental agencies, vendors and contractors, and the general public. May act as the Department Director in his/her absence on matters related to transportation. Coordinates regional transportation policy and planning initiatives for the City and the South Florida region comprised of Broward, Miami Dade and Palm Beach Counties.
- Oversees and is responsible for the review of traffic and transportation impacts of development proposals.
- Coordinates with other City departments and outside agencies and provides transportation planning advice and consultancy to promote economic development within the City.
- Plans, programs and advises the City Manager and Council on public transit projects.
- Makes recommendations regarding operating policies, expenditures, plans and other administrative matters? prepares and administers the transportation division budget assuring proper resources are available to fund capital improvement projects and the City's transportation program functions.
- Recommends TIP project priorities to Administration.
- Serves as the City's representative to the MPO; examines agendas and selectively attends the following MPO meetings: (MPO Governing Board, TIP Development Committee, Transportation Planning Council (TPC), Transportation Plan Technical Advisory Committee (TPTAC), and Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC).
Additional Duties:- Performs other related work as required.
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- Bachelor degree from an accredited four year college or university with major course work in transportation management, planning, traffic engineering, supplemented by five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in traffic and transportation planning, plus two (2) years in a supervisory capacity.
- Must possess five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in traffic and transportation planning.
- Must possess two (2) years of experience in supervisory capacity.
- An active Professional Engineering (PE) License is a plus.
- Must possess a valid Florida driver license with an acceptable driving record.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS REQUIRED
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Must be fluent in the English language. Ability to communicate in Spanish is a plus.
- Considerable knowledge and experience in the field of municipal transportation operations, traffic studies and analysis.
- General knowledge in Municipal Code
- Needs to be computer literate and proficient at Microsoft Office.
- Ability to use computers for data entry.
- Needs to be able to facilitate creation of standard operating procedures to implement within the Transportation Division.
- Ability to prepare and manage the budget within the Transportation Division.
- Ability to prepare and/or process purchase orders.
- Ability to be held accountable for inventory/property management.
- Ability to use small office equipment, including copy machines or multi-line telephone systems.
- Ability to interact with constituents as well as other entities both public and private in a courteous and effective manner in order to always reflect well upon the City.
- Must be a non-smoker.
- The minimum requirements may be waived by the City Manager.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to make rational decisions, express ideas through speaking accurately/loudly/quickly; use visual acuity to perform activities such as viewing a computer terminal; walk from one work site to another.
- Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
