Posting Expires: 10/13/2026
Salary: $89,133.00
The Atlanta Department of Transportation (ATLDOT) was created to improve how Atlanta manages transportation and the public right-of-way. One of the main goals of the department is to prioritize safety on the city’s streets and to improve the experience of pedestrians, transit riders, cyclists, and scooter riders. ATLDOT is responsible for the transportation project delivery process, from planning to construction, as well as post-construction evaluation. The Road Design Engineer serves as an in-house engineer for ATLDOT, working with a team of planners and engineers, and will be responsible for assisting with planning and concept development, designing professional/technical engineering projects, conceptual and construction plans review, developing and updating design standards, collecting existing condition information including, GIS data collection, traffic data, signal timing, roadway and site evaluations, and other engineering project components. The engineer will assist with the preparation of construction plans for contractors and in-house crews to follow, conduct traffic engineering studies and safety assessments, provide recommendations, and engage stakeholders and the public in the project process.
This is an early career professional who works under the supervision of a senior engineer or director and may work on complex projects and serves as a specialized subject matter expert on road design, road safety, traffic operations, pedestrian infrastructure and cycling infrastructure.
This position works closely with and reports directly to the Senior Director for Multimodal Transportation Engineering or Senior Multimodal Transportation Engineer (Civil Engineer Manager). Weekly direction received focuses on long-term and short-term operating objectives and priorities for the department, office, and section. Position will be supervised by a licensed professional engineer who will assist with career development goals, on-the-job training, and identification of formal training as required. Transportation Engineer II will be employed in a position of trust to accomplish assigned tasks and progress towards goals in an expedient manner.
Decision Making:
Analyzes complex information and other challenges and applies sound and consistent judgment. Selects from multiple procedures and methods to accomplish tasks. Recommends revisions to procedures and methods to improve outcomes. May make purchasing or resource allocation decisions within organization guidelines. Applies organizational policies. May interpret organizational policies and recommend exceptions.
Leadership Provided
This position does not manage any staff; however, leadership is a character trait sought in all positions.
These are typical responsibilities for this position and should not be construed as exclusive or all inclusive.
This is a partial listing of necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the job successfully, it is not an exhaustive list.
Education and Experience –
Required physical and sensory capabilities to perform the job successfully. Typical environmental conditions associated with office work and field visits. In-person reporting as least 4-5 days per work. May require occasional field/site visits.
Required physical, lifting, and sensory capabilities are requirements to perform the job successfully. Typical environmental conditions associated with job.
The City of Atlanta remains a transportation hub, not just for the country but also for the world: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is one of the nations busiest in daily passenger flights. Direct flights to Europe, South America, and Asia have made metro Atlanta easily accessible to the more than 1,000 international businesses that operate here and the more than 50 countries that have representation in the city through consulates, trade offices, and chambers of commerce. The city has emerged as a banking center and is the world headquarters for 13 Fortune 500 companies.
Atlanta is the Capital city of the southeast, a city of the future with strong ties to its past. The old in new Atlanta is the soul of the city, the heritage that enhances the quality of life in a contemporary city. In the turbulent 60's, Atlanta was "the city too busy to hate." And today, in the 21st Century, Atlanta is the "city not too busy to care".
For more than four decades Atlanta has been linked to the civil rights movement. Civil Rights leaders moved forward, they were the visionaries who saw a new south, a new Atlanta. They believed in peace. They made monumental sacrifices for that peace. And because of them Atlanta became a fast-pace modern city which opened its doors to the 1996 Olympics.
Die-hard Southerners view Atlanta as the heart of the Old Confederacy; Atlanta has become the best example of the New South, a fast-paced modern city proud of its heritage.
In the past two decades Atlanta has experienced unprecedented growth -- the official city population remains steady, at about 420,000, but the metro population has grown in the past decade by nearly 40%, from 2.9 million to 4.1 million people. A good measure of this growth is the ever-changing downtown skyline, along with skyscrapers constructed in the Midtown, Buckhead, and outer perimeter (fringing I-285) business districts.
