Executive ITS Officer

THE ROLE

The ITS Division is divided into three separate sections all working closely together to shape the mobility needs of our city. These teams are; Traffic Signal section, Public Transport Priority section and Traffic Systems Support section.

In conjunction with the National Transport Authority, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and other neighbouring local authorities the ITS Division is involved in major transportation projects, both current projects and future proposed projects such as the roll out of new Bus Connect corridors, future expansion to the Luas network, the planned installation of the Metro and the installation of major active travel schemes throughout the city.

For successful candidates assigned to the traffic signal and public transport priority sections, the role will encompass all aspects of traffic signal and junction installation. This includes working with the SCATS system, specifying signal operations for new and upgraded junctions, conducting relevant testing and optimisation, and establishing and managing the necessary network links. The role will also involve providing team leadership, including supervising technical staff, coordinating project tasks, and ensuring effective collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.

For successful candidates assigned to the traffic systems support section this will involve working in a network and ICT infrastructure environment, as the traffic division operates and supports ITS applications hosted on multiple in-house servers including a large proportion of virtualised platform suite using Vmware and an IT network proving real-time data streams over a wide area network utilising over a thousand communications nodes for on street devices. The set up and maintenance and upgrade of the systems required to support the Traffic division is a function of the Traffic Systems Support section.

The key ITS areas of responsibilities of the Traffic Signal Team are:

• Junction design, upgrades and projects in support of all mobility projects in the city including Bus Connect, Active travel, the Luas expansion and the Metro

• Traffic signals monitoring, maintenance and operations function

• Luas operations

• Liaising with staff in the traffic control room

• Planning of major events/incident management

• Traffic signal fault management

• Liaising with the Traffic Advisory Group (TAG) and responding to elected members questions

• Inputting into planning applications from a traffic signalling operation

• Traffic and transport modelling

The key areas of responsibility of the Public Transport Priority team are:

• Meeting with public transport operators in identifying and reducing delay points

• Updating the Dublin Public Transport Interface Module (DPTIM) with detectors

• Upgrading DPTIM to integrate with new real-time data feeds on bus performance details for bus priority

• Preparing stats for TAG to allow for changes to be made to bus lane hours

• Working closely with the NTA on the implementation of the Bus Connects programme

• Responding to questions from elected members and members of the public

• Providing input to active travel schemes that interact with the bus network

• Coordinating with traffic officers to implement civil interventions to reduce bus journey times

The key areas of responsibility for the Traffic Systems Support team are:

• Project management of traffic systems ICT infrastructure

• Upgrade of traffic networking and ICT environment

• Liaising with IS Department to implement networking security policies (NIS2 Directive)

• Maintenance of data centre and virtual environment

• Liaising with third party contractors providing networking, communications, backup and support for all traffic applications and infrastructure

• To provide support for tendering and procurement process

• To provide systems support for the traffic applications used by traffic signal team, public transport priority team and the traffic control room

• To have involvement with the Smart Dublin project and a number of EU Interreg Smart Cities projects

The ITS Division also operates and supports its own dedicated 24/7 hour control centre where all the information is presented for operators to monitor and intervene as required. It also operates its own traffic computer centre, which hosts the majority of the traffic systems support, as well as providing real-time streams to numerous transportation agencies.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE SHALL

• Have satisfactory experience in some of the following main areas; Civil engineering or road transport or traffic engineering/traffic modelling or ITS projects (road based) or in the design or deployment of technology driven distributed systems or virtualised server platforms or ICT networks

• Have satisfactory project management experience

• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills and have the ability to engage with a wide range of people

• Possess good organisation skills

• Have satisfactory experience in the supervision of staff

• Be capable of working on their own initiative

• Demonstrate a strong track record and relevant management experience at a sufficiently high level

• Have a good knowledge and awareness of Health & Safety Legislation and Regulations, their implication for the organisation and the employee, and their application in the workplace

QUALIFICATIONS

CHARACTER:

Each candidate shall be of good character.

HEALTH:

Candidates shall be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, ETC.:

Each candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed applications:-

(a) hold a recognised degree (level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications) in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Transportation, Transportation Planning or Geographical Information Systems;

(b) have at least 5 years satisfactory relevant experience in the area of road based transportation/traffic engineering or ITS projects or in the design or deployment of technology driven distributed systems.

DUTIES

The duties of the post include, but are not limited to, the following:-

For the Bus Priority and the Traffic Signals Section

• Traffic signal optimisation and calibration at traffic signal locations

• Preparation of junction configuration specifications for traffic signal sites and programming of same as required

• Providing support, as required, for the 24 hour traffic control centre and systems

• Traffic signal analysis and network modelling

• Configuring the centralised bus priority system in providing traffic signal priority for bus services

• Working as part of a team on the preparation of reports on traffic signal/ITS issues for the City Council’s Traffic Advisory Group

• Provide input and feedback on traffic signal designs and operation for all mobility projects in the city

For the Traffic Systems Support Section

• Liaising with other City Council departments in particular the information systems department, and also external project offices and other local authorities as required, providing technical support, reports and site visits

• Querying the relevant ITS databases both for management reporting and day to day management of applications using tools such as SQL, MS-SQL reporting services and Tableau

• Taking responsibility for the specification, installation maintenance, operation and development of all City Council ITS applications, new and existing systems, including the communications network, virtualised server platforms, server management, database management and reporting services/business intelligent tools

General Duties for all Executive ITS Officers:

• Provide a team lead role as required in supervising professional, technical and administrative staff

• Working as part of a team on the specification, installation maintenance, operation and development of all City Council ITS systems

• Undertaking preparation of necessary tender specification and providing support to the tendering process

• Liaising with other City Council departments, and also external project offices and other local authorities as required, providing technical support, reports and site visits

• Taking part as required in EU projects and supporting the ongoing “Smart Cities” projects

• Carrying out such other duties as may be assigned from time to time

The particular duties and responsibilities attached to the post may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the duties or level of responsibilities entailed. The post holder may therefore be required to perform duties appropriate to the post, other than those detailed above, and to take instructions from and report to, an appropriate Officer or such designated Officer as may be assigned from time to time by the City Council.

The duties of the post are to give to the local authority and t

(a) The local authorities or bodies for which the Chief Executive is Chief Executive, and

(b) To any other local authority or body with which an agreement has been made by the local authority or by any of the authorities or bodies referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph under the general direction and control of the Chief Executive or of such officers as the Chief Executive may from time to time determine, such appropriate computing, technical, management, administrative, executive, supervisory, advisory and ancillary services as may be required by any local authority or body hereinbefore mentioned in the exercise and performance of any of its powers, functions and duties and to exercise such powers, functions and duties as may be delegated to them by the Chief Executive from time to time including the duty of servicing all committees that may be established by any such local authority or body. The holder of the post will, if required, act for an officer of a higher level.

SELECTION PROCESS

• Posts of Executive ITS Officer will be filled from this publicly advertised competition. Selection shall be by means of a competition conducted by or on behalf of Dublin City Council

• Candidates should note that the information provided by them in their application form and assessment questions will form the basis on which eligibility and short listing is conducted

• Dublin City Council reserves the right to undertake eligibility and/or shortlist candidates in the manner it deems most appropriate

• A panel may be formed on the basis of interviews. A candidate whose name is on a panel and who satisfies the Council that they possess the qualifications declared for the post and that they are otherwise suitable for appointment may, within the life of the panel, subject to the appropriate Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage sanction, be appointed as an appropriate vacancy arises

• The life of the panel shall be for a period of one year from the date of its formation

• Dublin City Council shall require any person to whom an appointment is offered to take up such appointment within a period of not more than one month and if they fail to take up appointment within such period, or such longer period as the Council in its absolute discretion may determine, the Council shall not appoint them

SHORTLISTING

Dublin City Council reserves the right to shortlist candidates to proceed to the interview stage of the competition. Shortlisting of candidates will be on the basis of information supplied on the Application Form, in conjunction with the answers given in the assessment questions. It is therefore in your own interest to provide a detailed and accurate account of your qualifications/experience in your application.

The shortlisting process will provide for the assessment of each applicant’s application form against predetermined criteria that reflect the skills and depth of experience considered to be essential for a position at this level.

INTERVIEW

The interview will be competency based and marks will be awarded under the following competencies;

• Management and Change

• Delivering Results

• Performance through People

• Personal Effectiveness

• Knowledge, Skills and Experience

SALARY:

The salary scale for the position of Executive ITS Officer is;

€59,658; €61,829; €64,000; €66,175; €68,349; €70,521; €72,696; €74,857; €77,043; €79,209 (Maximum);

€81,706 (1st LSI) (after 3 years satisfactory service on the Maximum); €82,929 (2nd LSI) (after 3 years satisfactory service on the 1st LSI).

Entry point to this scale will be determined in accordance with Circulars issued by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. In accordance with Departmental Circular letter EL 02/2011, a person who is not a serving public service employee on or after 1st January 2011, will enter the scale for the position at the minimum point.

Rate of remuneration may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government Policy.

Under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013, the working hours for newly appointed/promoted staff are 35 hours per week.

All applicants must refer to the Additional Candidate Information Booklet which can be found at https://careers.dublincity.ie

for additional relevant information pertaining to the salary scale and the recruitment process.

PARTICULARS OF POSITION

(a) The post is permanent, whole time and pensionable.

(b) Dublin City Council reserves the right to, at any time, assign an employee to any Department now or in the future.

(c) A period of one year’s probation applies where a person is permanently appointed to Dublin City Council.

CITIZENSHIP

Candidates must, by the date of application be;

a) A citizen of the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA consists of the Member States of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, or

b) A citizen of the United Kingdom (UK), or

c) A citizen of Switzerland pursuant to the agreement between the EU and Switzerland on the free movement of persons, or

d) A non-EEA citizen who is a spouse or child of an EEA or UK or Swiss citizen and has a stamp 4 visa, or

e) A person awarded international protection under the International Protection Act 2015 or any family member entitled to remain in the State as a result of family reunification and has a stamp 4 visa, or

f) A non-EEA citizen who is a parent of a dependent child who is a citizen of, and resident in, an EEA member state or the UK or Switzerland and has a stamp 4 visa.

Dublin City Council welcomes all nationalities and ethnic backgrounds to join its diverse workforce and we hereby reserve the sole discretion to vary the above requirements from time to time subject to the business needs and staffing requirements.

IRISH PROFICIENCY

As part of our ongoing commitment to support the Irish language, our leadership on the Gaeilge365 programme and to comply with the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021, we are gathering information on candidates’ capacity to speak Irish.

Under this legislation, public bodies are required to ensure that 20% of new recruits are capable of performing their duties through Irish by 2030. While this position is not an Irish language speaking role, we are asking all applicants to indicate their current level of Irish language ability.

This information will be used for workforce planning purposes only and will not form part of the selection process for this competition.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS

• The National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 to 2016 came into effect on 29th April 2016. The Act places a statutory obligation on Dublin City Council to ensure that ‘any work or activity which is carried out by a person, a necessary and regular part of which consists mainly of a person having access to, or contact with children or vulnerable persons, will be the subject of Garda Vetting.

• Subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, applications will be treated in strict confidence.

• Any attempt by a candidate themselves or by any person(s) acting at the candidate’s instigation, directly or indirectly, by means of written communication or otherwise, to canvass or otherwise influence in the candidate’s favour, any employee of the City Council or person nominated by the City Council to interview or examine applicants, will automatically disqualify the candidate for the position being sought.

• It is important to remember that this is a competitive process for a role where integrity is paramount. Sharing information on the selection/interview process e.g. through social media or any other means, may result in a candidate being disqualified from the competition.

• Dublin City Council does not allow the unsanctioned use of any type of recording equipment on its premises. This applies to any form of sound recording and any type of still picture or video recording, whether including sound recording or not, and covers any type of device used for these purposes.