Louisiana State University

Traffic and Safety Director (Engineer 9)

Louisiana State University • $105K — $189K *
Baton Rouge, LA 70816In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Current Louisiana Professional Engineer license required.
  • Minimum of four years of licensed engineering experience or eight years of professional engineering experience.
  • Two years of supervisory experience required.
  • Master's degree in engineering can substitute for one year of experience; doctorate for two years.
  • Experience as a licensed engineer is mandatory; no substitutions allowed.

Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership and strategic direction for traffic engineering and safety programs.
  • Align engineering standards with federal requirements and departmental priorities.
  • Drive measurable reductions in roadway fatalities and serious injuries.
  • Facilitate collaboration among various stakeholders to enhance safety outcomes.
  • Establish governance frameworks for engineering standards and safety countermeasures.
  • Oversee budgets for traffic engineering and safety programs.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive insurance coverage options available.
  • Up to six weeks of paid parental leave.
  • Paid holidays including New Year's Day, Independence Day, and Thanksgiving.
  • Accrual of sick and annual leave with increasing rates based on service.
  • Eligibility for various retirement systems, including LASERS.
Full Job Description
Salary : $8,771.00 - $15,792.00 Monthly
Location : Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number:
Department: DOTD-Engineering & Operations
Division: Section 12
Opening Date: 10/01/2026
Closing Date: 10/11/2026 11:59 PM Central

DOTD is seeking an experienced Engineer 9 to serve as the Traffic and Safety Director. This senior leadership position serves as the Department's senior authority for traffic engineering and highway safety across Traffic Engineering, Safety Programs, Traffic Design, Modeling, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) functions.

The position will establish standards, governance frameworks, compliance methodologies, and performance expectations to advance roadway safety, system reliability, and regulatory compliance.

Minimum Qualifications
Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering plus one of the following, which must include two years of experience at the supervisory level or above:

Four years of licensed engineering experience; or

Eight years of professional engineering experience.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTIONS:
A master's degree in engineering will substitute for one year of professional engineering experience.

A doctorate degree in engineering will substitute for two years of professional engineering experience.

Advanced degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of professional engineering experience.

There is no substitution for licensed engineering experience.

NOTES:
Engineering experience gained while licensed as a professional engineer will be accepted as licensed engineering experience. Engineering experience gained after earning an ABET-accredited degree and prior to earning a professional engineer's license (e.g., as an engineer intern applicant, engineer intern, or equivalent) will be accepted as professional level engineering experience.

Applications will be accepted from persons licensed to practice professional engineering in states other than Louisiana. If one of those applicants is selected for the position, he/she will be required to obtain a Louisiana license prior to appointment. The hiring agency will verify that all licensing requirements are met.

Louisiana Professional Engineer licenses are issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board. Licensing requirements may be viewed at www.lapels.com.
Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
  • Provides statewide leadership and strategic direction for traffic engineering, safety, ITS, and TSMO programs.
  • Aligns traffic engineering, ITS standards, safety programs, modeling, and TSMO strategies with Department priorities, federal requirements, and executive directives.
  • Advances measurable reductions in fatalities and serious injuries, improved roadway safety and reliability, and consistent statewide engineering standards.
  • Leads cross-functional collaboration with executive leadership, divisions, districts, maintenance, project delivery, and other stakeholders to achieve statewide safety outcomes.
  • Establishes governance and performance frameworks for engineering standards, ITS, safety countermeasures, crash data, modeling, work zone safety, and federal reporting.
  • Oversees budgets and financial management for HSIP, traffic engineering, ITS, modeling, safety countermeasures, and traffic control programs.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as either a probational appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a promotion (open to all statewide classified and Agency-wide permanent status employees); Job Appointment (temporary appointment in a classified position for a limit of four years); or by detail to special duty.

Compensation: The Special Entrance Rate (SER)for this position is $5,668.80 biweekly.

Additional compensation may be considered for applicants who possess extraordinary job-related qualifications or credentials in accordance with State Civil Service Rule 6.5(g) and DOTD policy. Any such consideration is subject to approval and applicable pay limitations.
How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities.

Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. Applicants can check the status of their application at any time by selecting the 'Application Status' link after logging into their account.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:
David Smith
DOTD Deputy Chief Engineer of Planning and Traffic
(225) 379-1348

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at

Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at

Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
  • Mardi Gras,
  • Good Friday,
  • Memorial Day,
  • Independence Day,
  • Labor Day,
  • Veteran's Day,
  • Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement- State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
  • Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
  • Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (),
  • Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (), among others

01

Are you a permanent LADOTD employee?
  • Yes
  • No

02

Are you a probational LADOTD employee?
  • Yes
  • No

03

Are you a current or former employee of the State of Louisiana?
  • Yes
  • No

04

If so, for which state agency(ies) do you/did you work and during what time period(s)? If not, indicate "N/A".
05

To ensure compliance with PPM #9, DOTD Nepotism Policy, please list the name and relationship with any immediate family members that are currently employed by the LaDOTD. Please type "N/A" if there are no immediate family members?
06

Do you possess a current Louisiana Professional Engineer License issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Surveying Board (LAPELS) or any other state?
  • Yes
  • No

07

If you answered yes to the previous question, please list your license number, original issue date, and expiration date. If you answered no, indicate "N/A."NOTE: Failure to list the requested information may result in your application being considered incomplete.
Required Question

About Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University (LSU) is a public research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was founded in 1853 as the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, and became Louisiana State University in 1870. LSU offers over 235 undergraduate and graduate degree programs across 14 colleges and schools, including the E. J. Ourso College of Business, the College of Engineering, and the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. The university is also home to the LSU Agricultural Center and the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans. LSU has a strong athletic program, with its teams known as the LSU Tigers.
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