TrafficManagementSpecialist

### **Job Description** ## **Overview** We are hiring! AtkinsRéalis is seeking a **Traffic Management Specialist** to join our Statewide Transportation Operations Center in **Selma, NC.** This role will manage traffic congestion on roadways throughout the state and respond to planned and unplanned traffic incidents including road work, vehicle crashes, and major adverse weather. As a Traffic Management Specialist (TMS), you will use an array of technologies to monitor and detect traffic incidents, to prevent and resolve traffic impacts, and to interface with emergency responders and the traveling public. The Traffic Operations Center (TOC) is a 24/7/365 communications hub and emergency response facility. Successful TMS are complex problem-solvers and dedicated public servants. **Interested candidates must be able to work second shift (1:45PM – 10:15PM) with occasional weekend work for increased holiday traffic and if Department of Transportation request our office to be staffed.** There will be a five-week training period. The initial 2 weeks of training will be business hours from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM in Raleigh Monday through Friday, transitioning to Selma on 2nd shift the 3rd week of training. ## **Your role** * Detect and monitor traffic incidents using congestion maps, traffic cameras, responder radios and other technologies. * Determine the appropriate response to traffic incidents by assessing incident characteristics, traffic impacts, available resources, and other factors. * Document incident details, response activity, and other critical data in real-time. * Publish incident details on the DriveNC.gov website and create other traveler information to help motorists avoid impacted roadways. * Activate electronic roadside message boards to warn motorists of hazardous travel conditions and to reroute traffic around affected areas. * Actively seek out incident details and relay critical intel to NCDOT and other emergency responders in real-time. * Dispatch NCDOT’