City of Eugene, OR – Traffic Operations Manager

Salary: $83,928 - $110,780 DOQ

Apply by Friday, October 11, 2019 by clicking here or by visiting www.governmentjobs.com/careers/eugene.

The Community: 

Located in the heart of wine country in western central Oregon, Eugene is within an hour drive from the Pacific Ocean and Cascade Mountains and serves as the county seat for Lane County. Home to nearly 170,000 residents, Eugene encompasses 44.3 square miles, is the second largest city by population in Oregon, and has an exceptional mix of education, community engagement, culture, recreation, and scenic beauty. Eugene is a gigabit city, which has allowed for the employment base to become increasingly dominated by the creative class and knowledge-based industries, in addition to services, trade, and government. The City is well-known as the home of the University of Oregon, which brings a cosmopolitan feel to the community, and whose collegiate teams have contributed excitement and pride on a national basis. With 20,000 students and over 6,000 employees, the University plays a major role in the community. Downtown Eugene has many iconic attractions that draw visitors to the city's center, including Kesey Square, a dining hub with food trucks and destination eateries, a performing arts venue, and an abundance of unique boutique shops and art galleries.

The Department & Position:

The City of Eugene’s Public Works Department consists of six divisions with more than 440 budgeted employees. The department has a FY20 Operating Budget of $94,371,972 and a Capital Budget of $51,529,068. The Public Works Maintenance Division, Traffic Operations crew is responsible for maintaining more than 1,300 lane miles of street markings, 250 traffic signals, 30,000 signs and 10,000 streetlights across streets, alleys and bike paths for the City of Eugene, Lane County and Oregon Department of Transportation roads within the City’s boundary.

Under the direction of the Maintenance Division Director, the Traffic Operations Manager oversees, plans, organizes and supervises the Traffic Operations Section in the Public Works – Maintenance Division. The Traffic Operations Manager is involved in the professional and technical engineering operations such as traffic operations, traffic control devices, signals and lighting, and performs a variety of complex professional and technical duties relative to the design and construction of traffic systems and controls. The Traffic Operations Manager also provides highly complex staff assistance to the Maintenance Director and the City Engineer in administering the traffic section of Eugene Code.

Ben Franklin Transit, WA – Director of Transit Operations

 Salary: Up to $145,302 DOQ

Apply by Sunday, October 13, 2019 by clicking here or by visiting www.prothman.com!

The Community: 

Embedded in the heart of wine country and a rich agriculture community, Richland is located at the confluence of the Snake, Yakima, and Columbia Rivers and its sister cities of Kennewick, Pasco, and West Richland make up the Tri-Cities (population 273,100), fourth largest metropolitan area in Washington State. Because of the mild climate and an abundance of warm, clear sunny days each year, Tri-City residents can enjoy a variety of outdoor recreation activities including hiking the trails of Badger Mountain, water-skiing or kayaking on the Columbia River, hitting the links at one of the ten beautiful golf courses, or horseback riding through Red Mountain wine country. The Tri-Cities is also a sports minded community, providing many public athletic facilities and two professional sports teams: Tri-City Americans WHL Ice Hockey and Tri-City Dust Devils, a professional Single A affiliate of the San Diego Padres. The region has its share of fine sports venues in the mix, boasting state-of-the-art softball fields and many soccer and baseball fields. Resident’s enjoy the Tri-Cities’ unique local flavor, excellent school system, low crime rate, diverse recreational opportunities, and regional attractions.

The Organization & Position:

Ben Franklin Transit is a municipal corporation, which provides public transportation services in a 616 square mile area located in Benton and Franklin Counties. The area includes the cities of Kennewick, Pasco, Richland, West Richland, Benton City, Prosser and certain unincorporated areas of Benton and Franklin County. The service area contains a population of approximately 270,170 residents. BFT has a 2019 operating budget of $42,022,300 and a capital budget of $22,012,566 which are balanced with 2019 Operating Revenues, Federal/State Awards and Reserves. BFT employs 318 full and part-time employees, both union and non-union.

Under the direction of the General Manager, the Director of Transit Operations is responsible for administering all operational functions of bus transportation, operations control center, field supervision, and training to provide a safe, reliable, high quality, and economical transportation services to the area’s customers. The Director of Transit Operations will also be responsible for the fixed route and dial a ride programs, and continually work to improve and maintain service delivery.

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