Intelligent Transportation Systems

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 63542
Ministry: Transportation and Economic Corridors
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: November 18, 2024
Classification: Engineering & Related Level 2

**Salary**: $3,183.15 to $4,407.30 bi-weekly ($83,080 - $115,030/year)

**Transportation and Economic Corridors**
**Alberta Transportation** is a center of excellence for transportation in North America. We contribute to Alberta's prosperity and quality of life by providing and supporting a safe, innovative, and sustainable provincial transportation system and water management infrastructure. With Alberta Transportation, you can engage in a fulfilling career with diverse room to grow. We believe in building careers, providing opportunities for growth within the organization, and strive to provide our staff with a work-life balance including reasonable hours of work to ensure time with family and to accommodate outside interests.

The department promotes a vital and diverse economy by:

- Managing transportation safety.
- Supporting municipalities with public transportation and water/wastewater facilities.
- Expanding and enhancing a well-integrated transportation system and enabling market access.

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**Role Responsibilities**:

- The Government of Alberta, Technical Standards Branch within Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors is currently looking for an Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Engineer to join their busy office in Edmonton.

If you are looking for a challenging and exciting opportunity, look no further and apply

Reporting to the Director of Highway Operations, and supporting the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Specialist, the ITS Engineer position provides engineering and administrative support for planning, development, procurement, administration and delivery of various ITS infrastructure and systems supporting highway operations and maintenance, as well as traveller information and traffic management.

This position provides support for Intelligent Transportation Systems operations and maintenance to internal stakeholders, and assists with the establishment of Department standards, specifications, design drawings, and practice guidelines for ITS. This position supports the operations of the Provincial Transportation Management Centre (TMC).

The range of responsibilities in this position may include:
**Coordination and Support for ITS Operations and Program Implementation**:

- Provides comprehensive support to senior staff managing ITS for the Department, including technical engineering and administrative tasks related to various programs and projects.
- Coordinates ITS projects and programs affecting traffic operations, incident management, emergency response, and highway maintenance.
- Assists in managing consultants and contractors, coordinating agreements with stakeholders, establishing work scopes, preparing terms of reference, and acting as the ITS project manager during the tender process. Responsibilities include reviewing work and invoices, monitoring progress and budgets, negotiating with co-funding partners, and coordinating project steering committees and stakeholders.
- Helps deliver training programs and workshops for staff and external partners using implemented ITS technologies (listed below).
- Conducts site visits for field installations, inspections, and audits.

**Technical Support on ITS Technologies**:

- Provides engineering support for winter-related ITS technologies such as Road Weather Information System (RWIS), Mobile Road Weather Information System (MARWIS), Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS), Dynamic Message Signs (DMS), traffic monitoring cameras, and Automatic Vehicle Location System (AVLS).
- Conducts technical reviews of documentation and reports related to ongoing and new ITS infrastructure projects.

**ITS Specification and Document Development**:

- Aids in the development and maintenance of ITS documentation, tools, and systems for various projects.
- Offers engineering support and administration for planning tasks and projects related to current and future ITS initiatives.

Please**APS Competencies**:
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
**Systems Thinking**:Considers inter-relationships and emerging trends to attain goals.

**Creative Problem Solving**: Focuses on continuous improvement and increasing breadth of insight.

**Agility**:Works in changing environment and takes initiative to change.

**Drive for Results**: Works to exceed goals and partner with others to achieve goals.

**Qualifications**: