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this role would report to the ALDOT Deputy Director of Operations, who reports to the ALDOT
Transportation Director (Section B of below organizational chart to be discussed in the following section).
This position will allow the Deputy Director and the Director to get a different perspective on solving
surface transportation challenges with a focus on utilizing strategies to promote optimization and
efficiency, typically lower-cost solutions as compared to traditional expansion projects.
Figure 5: ALDOT Senior Leadership with the Addition of a State TSMO Engineer (Section A)
Refinement of State TSMO Organization
With the addition of a new senior leader role (State TSMO Engineer), there is a need to further define
functional roles and responsibilities to support the senior leadership level within the recommended State
TSMO organization. It is recommended that the state TSMO organization be divided into five functional
departments led by the State TSMO Engineer: Programs, Engineering, Operations, Systems, and Emerging
Technologies. It is envisioned that these departments will be serve the functional roles identified in Table
5 and will provide support to the regions within their respective roles. In some cases, a functional role
may be delegated to a single position; however, it is not expected that all functional roles will be
accomplished by a single dedicated staff position, but rather the responsibilities will be delegated based
on staff experience, expertise, and need (i.e. one staff person may be able to accomplish the
responsibilities of data collection and data analysis).
The Programs Department consists of several functional roles such as TSMO Program Planning Supervisor,
Safety Supervisor, and Funding Supervisor. Within each section, supporting functional roles have been
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