PRINCIPAL ENGINEERING AIDE/ TRAFFIC ANALYST PRINCIPAL ENGINEERING AIDE
Because Principal Engineering Aide/ Traffic Analyst Principal Engineering Aide is non-competitive, hiring leans on your background rather than a test score: meet the requirements and apply to the agency directly.
What it takes is 1 year of relevant experience. Pay on the FY 2027 schedule runs $48,807 to $70,641.
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Principal Engineering Aide/ Traffic Analyst Principal Engineering Aide is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.
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Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under an engineer or other technical supervisor, does skilled technical work in connection with any phase of engineering or related activities in the field, office, or laboratory pertaining to surveying, planning, design, inspection, investigation, maintenance, and/or other fields; does other related duties as required.
Under supervision, conducts simple, routine traffic surveys, analyzes the data from such surveys, and recommends appropriate action; does related work as required..
Examples of work
- Serves as lead person of a party on investigations, inspections, and surveys involved in engineering projects and related work.
- Guides subordinates in the assembly, analysis, and recording of data.
- Plans, organizes, and assigns work of the organizational unit and evaluates employee performance and conduct, enabling the effective recommendation of the hiring, firing, promoting, and disciplining of subordinates.
- Develops and interprets proofs, charts, maps, blueprints, and other plans
- May assist in assembling proposals and other specifications.
- Maintains records and files.
- Participates in the design of simple features, and performs complex mathematic computations involved in engineering construction and operations.
- Makes studies, prepares reports, performs statistical work, collects samples, makes tests, and performs related work as required.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Makes traffic surveys, working alone or as one of a group, to determine volume, speed, and traffic behavior patterns at designated locations, and gathers mass transportation information.
- Takes measurements with manual traffic counting, speed recording, and other equipment used in making surveys in connection with speed zoning, through streets, parking, and so forth.
- Compiles and summarizes survey data, and prepares graphs and charts of traffic conditions and traffic flow.
- Supervises the work of clerk enumerators.
- Analyzes traffic accident reports, compiles summary information relative to the reports, and prepares collision diagrams.
- Gathers pertinent information in conjunction with traffic engineering staff for reports on traffic problems and on installation of new or improved traffic control devices.
- Prepares written reports on surveys, investigations, and conferences with appropriate proposals for the improvement of traffic safety and traffic movement.
- Operates office copying equipment to reproduce reports and drawings.
- Maintains essential records and files.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Experience
Three (3) years of experience as an engineering technician performing field or office tasks involved in the planning, surveying, design, inspection, investigation, and/or maintenance of various types of engineering projects or operations.
One (1) year of experience in field investigation which shall have included gathering of significant data and compiling data into meaningful reports.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
Appointee will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of procedures applied in engineering activities and related technical operations.
- Knowledge of materials, tools, and equipment used in various engineering construction, maintenance, and/or operational projects.
- Knowledge of methods used in making arithmetic calculations and of fundamentals of algebra, plane geometry, and trigonometry.
- Ability to operate surveying and testing instruments.
- Ability to perform drafting operations in preparation of plans.
- Ability to read and interpret plans, maps, and specifications.
- Ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with coworkers, supervisors, and the public.
- Ability to prepare complete, accurate reports.
- Ability to maintain records and files.
- Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
- CODES: 15/R14 - (35 hr) RKR/cah 1/8/98 LG -
- This job specification is for state and local government use.
- TRAFFIC ANALYST
- Knowledge of laws, rules, and regulations of New Jersey relating to traffic regulations.
- Knowledge of procedures used in making simple traffic investigations, surveys, and studies including studies of speed, driver behavior, parking, and other related studies.
- Knowledge of statistical theory, methods, and procedures.
- Ability to analyze, comprehend, interpret, and apply basic traffic control and regulation laws.
- Ability to understand the varied devices and methods used in traffic engineering surveys.
- Ability to make field surveys of speed, parking practices, driver behavior, and related traffic investigations.
- Ability to operate office copying equipment.
- Ability to make statistical analyses and presentations of factual data.
- Ability to prepare clear, technically sound, accurate, and informative statistical and other reports.
- Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
- CODES: LG - RKR/hw 4/1//97
- This job specification is for local government use only.
- Title code for dual title: LG -
- This job specification is for local government use only.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
Education may be substituted for experience up to two (2) years on a year-for-year basis with thirty (30) semester hour credits being equal to one (1) year of experience, and with at least twenty-two (22) semester hour credits of the thirty (30) having been in engineering and technical subjects.
The definition and examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.