The City of Austin is a progressive, dynamic, full-service municipal organization operating under the Council-Manager form of government. The City Council is responsible for appointment of the City Manager, who is the Chief Administrative and Executive Officer of the City, City Clerk, City Auditor, Municipal Court Judges and the Municipal Court Clerk. The Mayor, City Council and City Manager of Austin are committed to their mission of delivering the highest quality services in the most cost-effective manner. The organization’s vision is to make Austin the most livable city in the country and the City Manager’s resolve is to make it the best-managed city in the country.
Preferred Qualifications:
This position requires working in a deadline-focused environment, balancing multiple projects and addressing changing priorities while providing leadership, supervision, guidance, and direction for the implementation of the Transportation requirements of the Land Development Code. Highly qualified candidates will possess the required knowledge, skills, abilities and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that they can perform the essential functions of the job. At a minimum, qualified candidates will possess the following specific knowledge, skills and abilities:
Experience and interest in the design and implementation of bicycle, pedestrian, safe routes to school, and transit priority projects and more generally, multimodal transportation infrastructure.
Experience with construction methodologies to include concrete construction, to successfully deliver high-need, time-critical projects.
Experience serving as a technical expert on the design of multimodal transportation projects; consult with a team of technical personnel, including City staff and consultants to deliver multimodal street design projects on behalf of multiple capital delivery programs, including Bikeways, Safe Routes to School, Transit Enhancement and other work.
Experience creating system-wide analysis as needed to respond to internal and external requests including coordination with other jurisdictions for multimodal network planning, design assistance, feasibility, and background information.
Experience working with NACTO’s Transit Street Design Guide, Urban Street Design Guide, Urban Bikeway Design Guide; AASHTO’s Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities and Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities; TMUTCD; and relevant City / Capital Metro planning documents.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education and/or Equivalent Experience:
Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Engineering, plus eight (8) years of related experience acquired before and/or after licensing as a professional engineer, including two (2) years of which were in a lead or supervisory capacity.
Licenses and Certifications Required:
Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Texas; or if currently licensed in another state, must have the ability to obtain a Texas P.E. license within six (6) months of employment.
The City of Austin is a progressive, dynamic, full-service municipal Organization operating under the Council-Manager form of government. The City Council is responsible for appointment of the City Manager who is the Chief Administrative and Executive Officer of the city, City Clerk, City Auditor, Municipal Court Judges and the Municipal Court Clerk. The Mayor, Council and City Manager of Austin are committed to their mission of delivering the highest quality services in the most cost-effective manner. The organization’s vision is to make Austin the most livable city in the country and the City Manager’s resolve is to make it the best-managed city in the country.
