Transport Safety Senior Engineer Under Statute at RWANDA TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENTAGENCY (RTDA): (Deadline 12 May 2023)
Job description
Reporting: Transport Safety Senior Engineer reports to the Director of Traffic Management Unit
Duties and Responsibilities
The transport Safety Senior Engineer is responsible for:
1. Following up and monitoring the issues related to road safety on Rwandan Road network;
2. Initiate, coordinate and report the implementation of road safety related policies, strategies and plans;
3. lead the road safety data collection / recommend appropriate improvements, conduct road safety related studies and follow up on their implementation;
4. Provide active support to stakeholders for road safety projects /activities (
5. Provide technical support for safety of inland water transport;
6. Identify and collect existing road safety information on both paved and unpaved road network;
7. Prepare network referencing and inventories (i.e. road furniture age, as built data, rehabilitation, and upgrading history);
8. Prepare proposed limits for the road safety performance indicator (i.e. trigger level for intervention, vertical sign illumination, shading off horizontal marking, black spots, bridge protection, and any other hazardous features;
9. Propose road safety development by means of new installation, rehabilitation or upgrading, whilst ensuring that all National road networks conform to acceptable standards of road safety;
10. Initiate and supervise the road safety audits are carried out in the entire network including installation of road safety features such as road horizontal and vertical signs and necessary traffic calming features;
11. Initiate and follow up on the development and regular updating of specifications to keep RTDA in the forefront of technological improvements and innovation;
12. Establish the framework wherein all division feed in data for the road safety planning and management. The data include; investigation, survey, design, construction, rehabilitation, maintenance;
13. Liaise with Department of Traffic police for collection of accident data and processing it for road network inventory;
14. Liaise with other divisions in RTDA and stakeholders in road safety related projects and activities;
15. Verify if past and future data are processed for inclusion in a network management System to be used for the planning and implementation of road design, rehabilitation and construction works;
16. Review and submit five-year road safety and environmental network development plans and roll-out plans for paved and unpaved roads and recommend programs and budgets for roads construction, upgrading and rehabilitation;
17. Verify if all designs and other services carried out by consultants and in-house staff are properly reviewed, checked and maintained in respect of meeting all the road safety standards in accordance with the defined procedures;
18. Identify and develop road safety database for network management system;
19. Perform any other duties as may be assigned by a competent authority.
Minimum Qualifications
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Master’s in Civil Engineering
1 Year of relevant experience
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Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering
3 Years of relevant experience
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Bachelor’s Degree in Road Engineering and Construction
3 Years of relevant experience
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Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Infrastructure Engineering
3 Years of relevant experience
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Master’s Degree in Road Engineering and Construction
1 Year of relevant experience
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Master’s Degree in Civil Infrastructure Engineering
1 Year of relevant experience
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Master’s Degree in Road Safety Management
1 Year of relevant experience
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Bachelor’s Degree in Transportation Engineering
3 Years of relevant experience
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Master’s Degree in Transportation Engineering
1 Year of relevant experience
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Bachelor’s Degree in Road Safety Management.
3 Years of relevant experience
Competency and Key Technical Skills
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Integrity
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Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.
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Inclusiveness
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Accountability
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Communication
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Teamwork
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Client/citizen focus
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Professionalism
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Commitment to continuous learning
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Understanding of Government policies implementation
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Resource management skills
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Problem solving skills
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Decision making skills
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Time management skills
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Risk management skills
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Results oriented
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Digital literacy skills
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Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage
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Analytical skills;
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