Transportation Development Engineering Manager
Pay Range: $53.75 - $69.87/hr. | $111,791 - $145,328 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Friday, April 11, 2026 📅
Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, and Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. 🌆
A Transportation Development Engineering Manager job is available with The City of Fort Worth Development Services Department, Infrastructure Division. This position leads the Transportation Development team. The Transportation Development team reviews various development applications for compliance with the Transportation Engineering Manual, Access Management Policy, Master Thoroughfare Plan, and other transportation criteria & ordinances.
- The position is full-time and located at City Hall.
- After just six (6) months, enjoy the freedom of two (2) days of remote work each week (subject to department approval and based on business needs)
- Depending on the unique design and construction issues, there may be occasional site visits.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in civil engineering or a related field
- Five (5) years of increasingly responsible transportation engineering experience, including two years of administrative and supervisory responsibility
- Possession of registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. If licensed in another state, continued employment will be contingent upon obtaining registration as a Professional Engineer within the State of Texas within six months of employment
- Valid Driver's License
Preferred Qualifications:
- Highly conversant with transportation engineering and general civil engineering fundamental principles & practices
- Extensive Knowledge of transportation design manuals, including ITE Trip Generation manual, MUTCD, AASHTO Green Book, PROWAG, and other geometric roadway design manuals
- Eight (8) or more years of work experience in local government initiatives or projects, either as a public sector employee or private consultant, including project management experience (scoping, budgets, schedules, and contract administration)
- Ability to efficiently distill highly complex processes and technical matters into effective communications and actionable plans
- Demonstrated success in evaluating and streamlining processes to optimize service delivery and resource allocation
- Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification
- Proficiency with Synchro, SIDRA, and other traffic modeling software
The Transportation Development Engineering Manager job responsibilities include:
- Interpret and apply the City’s Transportation Engineering Manual, Access Management Policy, subdivision ordinance, and other City requirements to a wide range of development projects and unique design scenarios
- Review Traffic Impact Analysis submittals for new development projects and provide rough proportionality assessments of all qualifying developments
- Review of various transportation-related waiver requests
- Provide technical guidance and leadership related to transportation engineering, streetlights, traffic safety, signage, and pavement markings
- Prepare, update, and implement standard operating procedures. Monitor budgets and performance metrics and implement process improvements
- Coordinate on a variety of issues with management and executive staff, external agencies, residents, developers, and developer consultants
- Maintain close coordination and collaboration with various divisions within the Development Services Department and the Transportation & Public Works Department
Working Conditions and Physical Demands
Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, repetitive motions, climbing, balancing, pushing, pulling and lifting
Light Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly having to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for the Sedentary Work category and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated Light Work
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Conditions of Employment
The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.