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    Transportation Specialist (MUTCD) - (SME)

    Department of Transportation

    The subject position is located in the Office of Transportation Operations (HOTO), Office of Operations, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Washington, D.C.

    The employee serves as a member of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Team where he/she is responsible for initiating, developing, issuing, interpreting and managing regulations, standards, policies and guidelines for traffic control devices as well as their application on all roads open to public travel.


    Location

    1 vacancy in the following location:

    Duties

    As a Transportation Specialist (MUTCD), you will:

    • Provide authoritative technical advice, assistance and leadership to FHWA personnel and FHWA's external partners in the area of traffic control devices and their applications, the evaluation of projects and design concepts, highway safety improvement programs, interpretation of federal laws and regulations related to the safety and operations program, capacity analyses, railroad-highway crossings, safety and operation countermeasures to problems, performance management systems, safe accommodation of pedestrians and bicyclists, and sign, signal and marking issues (MUTCD).
    • Provide technical advice and assistance on traffic control devices and related standards, maintains a current knowledge and reference on approved products, technologies and practices and brings this knowledge to FHWA and its partners through training and technical assistance activities.
    • Launch initiatives to evaluate the performance of traffic control devices and supports process, program and project reviews to enhance the overall transportation program. In all of these areas, provides authoritative interpretations of extremely complex data, policy, legislation and regulations, procedures, requirements, technological advancements and/or approaches as well as lending assistance in the most complex/unusual and/or unique issues/situations and/or problems which develop and which have been resistant to resolution through normal approaches.
    • Foster new partnerships, marketing approaches, and partner interaction and supports and provides responses on inquiries regarding the MUTCD orally and in writing.
    • Provide extensive coordination, liaison, negotiation, and consultation for highway safety and traffic operations to officials within a broad range of governmental agencies at the local, State, regional and national levels; officials of non-profit organizations, professional associations, and public interest groups; representatives of educational institutions, private industry, etc., and the general public.

    The ideal candidate is a mid-career professional with experience related to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and/or traffic engineering programs.

    Requirements

    Conditions of Employment

    • You must be a U.S.Citizen and eligible for consideration.
    • You must meet specialized experience to qualify.
    • Required documents must be submitted by the closing date.
    • Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.

    CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
    *
    SELECTIVE
    SERVICE:
    Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
    *
    PCS/RELOCATION/
    RECRUITMENT:
    Permanent Change of Station (PCS), Relocation, and Recruitment Incentive authorization varies by position/selection.
    *
    PROBATIONARY
    PERIOD:
    You must complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
    *
    TIME-IN-GRADE: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.
    *
    DEU

    REQUIREMENTS: Applicants selected under delegated examining procedures may be required to successfully complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).


    Qualifications

    To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the specialized experience qualifications for the grade at which you are requesting consideration.


    To qualify for the Grade 13, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-12, it must include:

    Experience in initiating, developing, issuing, interpreting and managing regulations, standards, policies and guidelines for traffic control devices as well as their application on all roads open to public travel.


    To qualify for the Grade 14, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-13, it must include:

    Experience with assuring safety and effectiveness in the deployment of traffic control device technologies and strategies throughout the United States by promoting uniformity of design and application of technologies and techniques.


    KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs):

    Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

    Written Communication - Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the
    intended audience.

    Technical Competence - Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

    For all types of consideration, experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

    Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

    You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
    **For additional information about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link:

    All applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.**
    This announcement may be used to fill more than one vacancy.



    Education
    This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

    Additional information

    PLEASE NOTE:

    • This is not a Bargaining unit position.

    COVID VACCINATION: If selected, you will be required to provide information regarding your COVID-19 vaccination status for the purposes of implementing workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.

    This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if similar vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.
    A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.

    As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

    .

    Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

    Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
    You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.




    DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE:
    PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC.

    WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume/ application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

    Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending da

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