Smart City Coordinators facilitate planning processes to support Smart City strategic and operational planning activities and prioritize investments in Smart City technology and infrastructure. Since Coordinators typically work in local government, they collaborate with other departments to devise Smart City solutions and ensure that the Smart City projects are well-coordinated. Coordinators also manage the process of identifying and communicating high-level analysis, priorities and requirements for the design and implementation of Smart City strategies and solutions, maintain a high level of education and awareness of developments in the Smart City technology environment by conducting research and attending meetings, demos, conferences, and other relevant events, and recommend Smart City products, solutions, and strategies based upon best practice research. Finally, Smart City Coordinators review and confirm related financial and risk management information, including cost-benefit analysis.
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ITS Systems Director
Responsible for citywide technology governance, strategic planning/policy development to advance Smart City solutions for infrastructure, energy, water and waste management; transportation alternatives, building/preoperties, and programs that promote technology literacy and public access to government information. Oversee diverse urban multimodal transportation needs critical to supporting ongoing safe/efficient management of a balanced street system that fully accommodates the needs of people who walk, bike, drive, and use transit.
Other responsibilities typically include:
- Collaborate with City departments working to devise Smart City solutions.
- Assist departments in managing, analyzing, interpreting data produced through Smart City implementations.
- Help departments ensure Smart City projects comply with City laws, policies, and standards.
- Work with appropriate IT teams on Smart City projects being proposed/planned.
- Ensure City standards of enterprise architecture, project management, procurement, security, privacy, social equity, data management, and performance are factored into the design of Smart City projects.
- Maintain a high level of education and awareness of developments in the Smart City technology environment.
Project Manager (Level III Analyst)
Senior Analyst/Logistician
Signal Operations Supervisor
Signal Operations Supervisors manage the signal and ITS design or timing section, plan, direct, coordinate, and review the daily work plan for the group’s activities, assign work activities and projects, monitor work flow, review and evaluate work products, methods, and procedures, and meet with staff to identify and resolve problems. Supervisors also supervise the preparation of preliminary and final designs, and design criteria for signal, ITS and lighting systems, the preparation of cost estimates and engineering and feasibility reports for public works projects and utility improvements, and the preparation of preliminary and long range plans, schedules, estimates, budgets, detail final construction plans, specifications, and agreements. Lastly, Signal Operations Supervisors coordinate contracts, designs, and new construction with private and government agencies, and monitor the work of consultants and construction contractors to ensure compliance with contract provisions and scope of work.
TMC Manager
A traffic incident manager will detect, monitor, and respond to various traffic management data sources and incidents to maintain safety and efficiency on local roadway systems. Real-time sources of traffic data may include CCTV cameras, other video detection sources, traffic sensors (weather, speed, and volume), traffic flow systems, alarms, police scanners, public phone calls, etc. A traffic incident manager may be asked to analyze or assess traffic events like construction zones, special events, congestion, traffic incidents, evacuations, or traffic equipment malfunctions. A traffic incident manager may also be asked to develop or implement response scenario plans for such incidents, including traffic control plans that indicate sign placement and traffic management plans at the scene. A traffic incident manager may help clear or manage major traffic incidents by providing information like the approximate duration of the traffic disruption, number of injuries or fatalities, number of lanes blocked, as well as to confirm or coordinate the arrival of emergency first response teams. Through coordination with local response teams and use of dynamic message signs and other ITS devices, the traffic incident manager will help mitigate traffic congestion by providing clear and concise safety information concerning local traffic incidents in roadway systems.