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SDOT Project Development Division – Job Opportunities

Senior Transportation Planner

The Seattle Department of Transportation’s (SDOT) Project Development division is seeking qualified candidates for the Senior Transportation Planner position. There may be an opportunity for multiple hires within Project Development from the candidate pool generated from this hiring process. These positions will serve as senior project manager for a series of projects on technically complex active transportation projects. Positions will also develop concepts, 10% design packages, monitor progress on a programmatic level for multiple projects, manage schedule and budget, identify impediments to progress, and initiate solutions with appropriate parties while understanding the bigger picture of implementation of transportation projects in the City.

Associate Transportation Planner

The Seattle Department of Transportation’s (SDOT) Project Development division is seeking qualified candidates for the Associate Transportation Planner position. This position will serve as project manager for specific projects, or a collection of activities for a series of projects on active transportation projects. Position will also develop concepts, 10% design packages, monitor progress on a programmatic level for multiple projects, manage schedule and budget, identify impediments to progress, and initiate solutions with appropriate parties while understanding the bigger picture of implementation of transportation projects in the City.

Civil Engineer, Associate (CE,Assoc)

The Project Development Division of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is currently seeking a Civil Engineer, Associate. This position will evaluate SDOT projects for holistic transportation needs consistent with City-wide and Departmental objectives, ROW allocation priorities, modal plans and public input to create comprehensive scopes, schedules, budgets and preliminary design for multi-modal capital projects. This position’s projects include freight corridors, transit corridors, arterial paving projects including a variety of multi-modal elements including safety enhancements, and bike and pedestrian improvements.

This position will serve as project engineer/coordinator or project manager/project developer leading both internal teams and/or consultant teams through the project development process of scoping and preliminary engineering design to include specified preliminary engineering deliverables at 10% including plans, estimates, budgets, traffic analysis, operations analysis, topographical survey, pavement designs, drainage designs, public outreach and involvement plans and procurement plans. This position will report to a Project Development Strategic Advisor.

Assistant Civil Engineering Specialist I

The Seattle Department of Transportation’s (SDOT) Project Development division’s Project Design and Delivery group is seeking qualified candidates for the Assistant Civil Engineering Specialist I position. This position will perform professional civil engineering drafting and engineering work in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of crew delivered projects that include Neighborhood Greenways, Safe Routes to School, Transit Spot, Vision Zero, Pedestrian, and Bicycle Programs.