The Town of Pittsboro is seeking a forward-thinking Transportation Engineer ready to take on the opportunities and challenges of one of North Carolina’s growing communities.

This isn’t a role where you’ll focus on just one piece of the transportation puzzle. You’ll help guide efforts involving streets, transit, parking, infrastructure, and multimodal transportation, while helping turn the Town’s transportation vision into real-world solutions.

We’re looking for an engineer who is technically strong, collaborative, and comfortable working with everyone from residents and developers to Town leadership and elected officials. Most importantly, we want someone who is excited about creating transportation solutions that make Pittsboro safer, more connected, and ready for the future.

If you enjoy balancing long-range planning with practical problem-solving and want your work to have a visible impact on the community you serve, come help us shape the future of Pittsboro.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by employees in this job. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

• Directs the implementation of operations and programs of Transportation; provides strategic planning; coordinates, administers, and evaluates programs, projects, processes, systems, standards, and/or services; prioritizes and directs projects and initiatives in alignment with organizational strategy, mission and vision; ensures compliance with applicable regulations, standards, policies and procedures.
• Provides oversight and direction to achieve transportation goals and objectives; develops and oversees the implementation of policies, procedures and standards; evaluates operational effectiveness and implements process improvements and resource optimization.
• Serves as a transportation representative by advising, consulting with and facilitating complex discussions with Town management, Town officials, boards, commissions, authorities, various agencies and/or other organizations.
• Develops short- and long-term goals, objectives, and strategic plans; oversees and/or negotiates transportation contracts; provides and presents communications and updates on transportation activities, positions and project/program status.
• Develops, administers, and oversees the department operating budget. Reviews financial statements, monitors and approves expenditures, and ensures compliance.
• Represents the Town and develops and maintains strong relationships with regional partners, including the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, transit agencies, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, the Chamber of Commerce’s associated Transportation Alliance, and others.
• Reviews Transportation Impact Analyses, Safety Analyses, preliminary development plans, construction and infrastructure plans, plats, and other documents, both through the standard and express review processes, associated with commercial, mixed-use, multi-family and residential development for the design compliance of proposed public infrastructure and other transportation elements of such projects with federal, state and local regulations and best practices.
• Coordinates and collaborates with internal review staff from Development Services, Public Works and Inspections, Engineering Project Managers, Planning, Public Utilities (TriRiver/other), Parks and Recreation, and the Fire Marshal’s Office to ensure consistency and cohesiveness of provided comments and responses to all development review submittals.
• Serves as an additional higher-level technical resource for staff engineers to provide support and guidance on questions relating to design and process.
• Assists the Development Services Director to increase efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, and accountability of services delivered through assessment of processes, practices and technology.
• Develops long-range transportation planning documents, including comprehensive transportation plans, safety action plans, etc.
• Develops prioritization criteria for future Town transportation infrastructure projects.
• Oversees the design, engineering, construction, inspection, and closeout of Town infrastructure projects.
• Assists in the identification and preparation of grants and other non-municipal funding sources.
• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred qualifications:

• Professional Engineer license, preferably with eligibility for North Carolina licensure.
• Engineer Intern certification or American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification, as applicable to the assigned classification.
• Graduate degree in engineering, planning, public administration, or related field.
• Experience in a rapidly growing community.
• Experience with transportation modeling, Transportation Impact Analyses, Driveway Safety Analyses, multimodal planning, and grant-funded infrastructure projects.