Principal Transportation Engineer - City of Hayward

DEADLINE TO APPLY:Application review tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, September 24th, 2024

Current salary: $159,494.40 - $193,856.00/ annually 
*This position is scheduled to receive a 6% increase with the Council adoption on September 17, 2024  

THE POSITION:

Hayward is excited to announce an opportunity to join its progressive and dynamic Transportation Division as a Principal Transportation Engineer. Reporting to the Deputy Director of Public Works, the Principal Transportation Engineer will play a key role in delivering a safer, more sustainable transportation system for the City of Hayward. This individual will be a motivated, creative professional who will help deliver implementation of the City’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, Local Road Safety Plan; and Vision Zero initiative. The individual will support many projects and programs, including helping manage the City's Traffic Management Center and developing and implementing strategic enhancements to the City’s signal system; managing select transportation staff and assigning and reviewing work products for transportation team members ;; managing and leading transportation planning and design studies including complete streets and multimodal street design projects, neighborhood traffic calming, and other efforts; coordinating with partner agencies to deliver major regional transportation projects such as investments at interchanges of City streets with I-880 and SR-92; and providing overall support to the Deputy Director. 

You are:

Ideal candidates will be licensed in the State of California as Professional Civil or Traffic Engineer and have a strong technical background founded on advanced education and the hands-on design, review, and management of multimodal transportation improvements and transportation planning initiatives. The ideally suited candidates will embrace the City values of Openness, Caring and Integrity. Leading with integrity and by example and working in close collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams, ideal candidates will have the desire to engage closely with internal and external stakeholders and the Hayward community at large, including significant experience working with community members to develop consensus solutions to transportation challenges. They will take ownership of their work products and hold themselves and others accountable for ensuring the best possible services are delivered to the community and organization. They will drive vision, purpose and results by encouraging innovation and will improve the organization's effectiveness by developing and/or supporting the introduction of new and improved methods, procedures, or technologies. They will make an impact on others, be curious and ready to learn, while having a strong desire to share knowledge as they supervise, coach and guide those around them. They will show a desire to listen and understand and work through adversity; and they will communicate effectively, conveying a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.