Job Description
Olympia, WA, USA About WSDOT
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is a multimodal organization with a global reputation for excellence! Our dedicated workforce is responsible to plan, design, build, and operate an integrated transportation system that safely and efficiently moves people and goods throughout the state. In addition to maintaining over 18,000 lane miles of state highway and 4,100 bridges, WSDOT manages the world's longest floating bridge, executes an award-winning Active Transportation Plan, holds a record for the world's widest tunneling project, and operates the largest ferry system in the nation!
The Opportunity
WSDOT’s Multimodal Planning and Data Division is seeking a self-motivated GIS professional to lead the growing Transportation GIS Data team in the GIS & Roadway Data Office as we modernize our data management processes and systems. This position serves as the Transportation GIS Data Team Supervisor and as the department’s expert in the development and maintenance of the agency’s authoritative Linear Referencing System (LRS) and over 20 related statewide geographic data sets for transportation planning. This position plays a key leadership role in the work to migrate our roadway data from a mainframe data system to a GIS-based platform. The GIS data delivered by this team are essential to supporting WSDOT internal business needs and meeting federal reporting requirements under the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) and the Model Inventory of Roadway Elements (MIRE) programs. This data is necessary to support numerous systems and business processes, such as safety analysis, project delivery in Planning, Program Management, Project Development, and Maintenance.
What to Expect
The primary responsibilities of this Transportation Planning Specialist 5 position include:
Lead the Transportation GIS Data Program and independently manage the maintenance and delivery of multiple federally required transportation related spatial datasets.
Supervise GIS specialists in the creation, maintenance, and production of annually required geographic datasets.
Establish standards and continually improve data collection, maintenance, and QA/QC processes for all data and information products that are this group’s responsibility.
Manage formal agreements involving data collection, data sharing, and data processing work, including agreements for vendor provided data needed to produce or maintain this group’s deliverables.
Review engineering documents, ortho photos, LIDAR data, GPS data and field studies to calculate new or changed State Route and All Public Roads LRS geometry and milepost changes and update the relevant tabular and geospatial data sets to ensure the history of roadway changes is maintained and that the current data reflects the current operational state of the highways to the extent possible.
Supervise the development and implementation of change detection methodologies used to identify geometry and event characteristic changes in data acquired from other State Agencies, and other local agencies. Ensure identified changes are recorded in their supporting systems of record.
Develop, maintain, distribute and support spatial and non-spatial geographic datasets used by systems and customers both within and external to WSDOT.
Qualifications
To be considered for this opportunity, the following are required:
A Bachelor’s degree involving major study in transportation, landscape architecture, environmental or urban, regional or land use planning, engineering, public or business administration, economics, or natural or physical sciences, or a closely related field. (Additional transportation experience involving analysis and evaluation of transportation issues and problems using GIS will substitute for education.)
Five (5) years professional transportation experience involving analysis and evaluation of transportation issues and problems using GIS. (A Master’s degree in one of the above fields will substitute for one year of the required experience.)
Two (2) years professional experience with implementation and management of Esri’s Roads and Highways product.
Five (5) years professional experience working with transportation related data in ArcGIS Pro software.
Five (5) years’ experience creating, maintaining, and testing Linear Referencing System data products using ArcGIS including modification to scripts and procedures.
Practical DBMS experience with SQL databases and complex relational databases.
The ability to communicate effectively with customers, TDGMO staff, other agency personnel, and the public, both orally and in writing.
Three (3) years of experience supervising staff or serving as a team lead.
It is preferred that qualified candidates also have:
Two (2) or more years of experience working with civil engineering plan and design sheets (paper or digital files).
Two (2) or more years of experience working with spatial data, event data and business processes (traffic, pavement, bridges).
GISP certification.
The ability to interpret and extract precise information from complex documents and technical manuals.
The ability to understand and analyze roadway and roadside related transportation data.
The ability to operate complex electronic equipment for data collection, including GPS, electronic measuring instruments (lasers) and inertial devices.
Practical experience with agile project management methodologies.
Please apply online at:
Apply online here or via email to gieser@wsdot.wa.gov
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