PROJECT ENGINEER. PLANNING

Code: 12695 State Competitive Range: S29 (FY 2027) Work week N4: FLSA exemptOvertime table (4A:3, Appx. A)

Salary: $95,955.4 - $141,386.2/year FY 2027 schedule (last updated 2026-07-27)

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.

Examples of work

• Bureau of Route Location
• Supervises the engineering study of feasible locations consisting of accepted geometric standards and economic benefit and the preparation of estimated costs of right-of-way and construction.
• Under supervision, conducts public hearings for new route locations and revisions to existing State highways.
• Supervises the work of a district unit concerned with the study and determination of proposed locations of new State highway routes, by-pass relocations, and the dualization and widening of existing routes.
• <b>Bureau of Advance Planning and Programming</b>
• Supervises the analysis of existing traffic data and the preparation of estimates of traffic for use in the design of future transportation development using approved and accepted standards of procedures.
• Supervises the preparation and review of traffic network assignments to major highway systems.
• Supervises the preparation of the highway classification of all roads, streets and highways into functional systems and their projected development.
• Supervises the review of and recommends the type of roadway based on future average daily traffic, design hourly volumes, design speed and directional distribution, and the number of lanes required to serve the traffic volumes.
• In determining the improvement of an existing facility or the development of a new facility, supervises and reviews the present and future functions of the route, the type of traffic to be carried, the type of area to be developed, the effect of other routes on the proposed improvement, the effect on urban planning, and the effect of pertinent accident facts.
• <b>Bureau of Statistics</b>
• Analyzes the work allocated to the section and develops the fiscal budget and work program.
• Supervises the field operations of the various surveys and office operations of normal and special assignments.
• Supervises the preparation of inventory studies in which the physical characteristics of all public roads in the State are noted and/or the preparation of traffic volume statistics and maps.
• Serves on advisory committees for special transportation and planning studies.
• Supervises the preparation of statistical reports including a monthly traffic bulletin, and the yearly and hourly traffic patterns.
• Supervises the control count program special intersection counts, the making of annual speed checks, the regular trend and A.A.S.H.O. studies, and the annual loadmeter survey.
• Reviews mapping and data processing procedures and establishes necessary controls to ensure results; reviews expenditures.
• Furnishes accurate traffic data, as may be required, to out-side agencies and establishments not directly connected with the State or Federal Government.
• <b>Bureau of Urban Planning</b>
• Plans and organizes urban planning studies, including those conducted entirely by the Department of Transportation and those conducted in collaboration with other State, Federal, county, municipal and regional planning agencies.
• Supervises the preparation of schedules, manuals, and other material necessary to conduct the data collection phase of the various transportation studies of land development, population and employment, travel, goods movement and other related phases as designed by the Supervising Highway Engineer.
• Establishes control in the course of the collection of data by periodically reporting the progress of the work and organizing and supervising the personnel of the unit in processing, editing and in the analysis and projection of the data.
• Plans and directs the work related to simulation and analysis of present and future traffic utilizing the most appropriate methodology; supervises the application of such methodology so as to take into account all modes of transportation.
• <b>General</b>
• Maintains liaison with the agencies of adjoining state governments and State, county and municipal governing bodies in New Jersey as required.
• Resolves conflicts between competing (for example, environmental versus traffic growth) needs in negotiation and advisory efforts with new or expanded State and Federal agencies, with local municipalities, and with the public at interest.
• Resolves conflicts between State and Federal procedures, where usually no precedent for such resolution has been established.
• Makes engineering determinations that take into account the details of diversified factors of consideration which include social, economic, safety and environmental aspects.
• Under direction, provides traffic and other related data for the Department of Transportation to other governmental agencies and private industries, as requested, consistent with Department policy.
• Supervises the work operations and/or functional programs and has responsibility for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/or disciplining of employees.
• Supervises the preparation of clear, sound, accurate and informative engineering reports containing findings, conclusions and recommendations.
• Supervises the maintenance of the essential records and files.
• <b>REQUIREMENTS
• EDUCATION</b>
• Graduation from an accredited college with a Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• Possession of a valid license as a Professional Engineer issued by the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors may be substituted for the Bachelor's degree in engineering.

Experience

Four years of comprehensive professional engineering experience in the area of transportation planning, one year of which shall have included supervisory responsibilities.

A Master's degree in transportation engineering may be substituted for one year of non-supervisory experience.

License

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

• Ability to acquire thorough knowledge of the standards, policies, procedures, regulations and functions of the New Jersey Department of Transportation concerned with the planning phase of the transportation programs of the State.
• Thorough knowledge of the engineering principles, practices, and techniques employed in modern transportation planning.
• Thorough knowledge of modern statistical theory, principles, procedures and applications.
• Thorough knowledge of modern communication techniques in order to maintain effective liaison with other Department units and with public and private officials concerned with transportation planning.
• Ability to acquire thorough knowledge of related State and Federal policies and procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of social, economic, environmental and safety engineering considerations.
• Thorough knowledge of modern supervisory and on the job training techniques to ensure efficient work performance by transportation planning personnel.
• Ability to acquire considerable knowledge of the rules, procedures, and regulations of the Federal Highway Administration relating to the provision of Federal aid for transportation projects.
• Considerable knowledge of administrative functions related to engineering planning such as preparation of manuals, schedules, unit budgetary data, and other related reports.
• Ability to organize assigned supervisory and technical work within a transportation planning unit, analyze technical planning problems, and develop appropriate work methods.
• Ability to apply engineering principles, practices and techniques effectively to transportation planning problems and to develop satisfactory conclusions and recommendations.
• Ability to employ modern statistical theory in the solution of engineering problems encountered in transportation planning.
• Ability to perform administrative duties related to transportation planning such as preparation of manuals, schedules, data collection procedures, unit budgetary data, and related reports and studies.
• Ability to apply the rules, regulations, and procedures of the Federal Highway Administration to transportation planning projects eligible for Federal Aid.
• Ability to prepare clear, technically sound, accurate and informative transportation planning reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Ability to supervise the maintenance of the essential records and files.
• 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.