SARASOTA COUNTY GOVERNMENT

Department: Public Works

About Our Job

This is professional and technical work related to engineering support for Traffic Engineering, Transportation, Maintenance of Traffic (MOT), sidewalks, American with Disabilities Act (ADA), review of construction plans, and other technical projects as assigned.

Job Description:

Transportation

• Prepare and report on miscellaneous inquires and traffic studies including Sight Distance Investigations, Traffic Control Devices, Speed limit, Parking Prohibition, and No Through Truck Traffic.

• Prepare and make presentations to the Traffic Advisory Council (TAC)

• Represent Traffic Engineering at the Community Traffic Safety Team monthly meetings. 

• Investigate citizen’s concerns/inquiries and resolve issues.

• Interacts with the public to address complaints, concerns and questions.

• Review of construction plans of projects impacting traffic operations or traffic control devices referred by Land Development Services and Capital Improvement.

• Perform final roadway field inspection for acceptance by public works for maintenance.

Maintenance of Traffic (MOT)

• Design and review MOT plans for road projects referred by Land Development Services, Capital Projects and Utilities.

• Design and review MOT for public events.

• Design and review MOT for road closures.

Crash Study Program

• Procurement of crash data

• Manage the County’s web-based Crash Data Management System and support its users.

• Provide crash analysis and reports to internal and external customers.

• Prepare the annual crash report.

Traffic Signals

• Support traffic signal timing system and operation.

• Support traffic signal related capital improvement projects.

Other Functions

• Maintain Traffic Operations GIS data on Intranet.

• Coordinate integration between CarteGraph, Maximo and GIS.

• Coordination with GIS to create and maintain Traffic Engineering related GIS layers for Signs & Signals.

• American with Disabilities Act (ADA) Design and field reviews.

• Other duties as assigned.

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