Traffic Engineer

Description

The Traffic Engineer's primary duties will include producing intersection layout and complete streets practices, pavement marking and signing, maintenance of traffic plans, traffic signal design plans and specifications, Traffic Impact Studies and design study reports, and safety analyses for transportation projects throughout New England. We're seeking someone who enjoys collaborating with a team and will help enhance the group's technical performance. This person will play an active role in assisting our transportation team in working with state and municipal agencies throughout New England and mentoring younger staff members and helping them develop their engineering skills while providing encouragement and motivation.

• Write traffic impact and transportation assessment reports to communicate analysis results and recommendations clearly and present findings to the team.
• Conduct operational traffic analysis using various modeling tools, ranging from highway capacity software to complex microsimulation models, and apply results to sound engineering practice; analyze everything from isolated intersections and roundabouts to urban arterials and freeway segments.
• Perform traffic engineering analysis and design consisting of traffic modeling and analysis, traffic signal design, traffic safety analyses, signing and striping design, safety planning and analysis for strategic highway safety plan development
• Perform as traffic engineering task leader, coordinating with other disciplines.
• Perform crash analysis and safety studies as part of more extensive transportation assessments.
• Perform detailed checks and quality control reviews of design work performed by other design team members.
• Assist with the preparation of traffic signal design plans, signing and striping plans, maintenance of traffic plans and PS&E packages, and work with the roadway design team to evaluate to evaluate traffic systems and recommend solutions.

Requirements

HDR New England Transportation Group is seeking to hire a Traffic Engineer to work on various transportation and safety design projects throughout New England and be based in our Boston Office.

• RSP Certification is a plus #LIJC7
• Knowledge and experience with New England transportation agency, Complete Streets, NACTO, FHWA, and AASHTO policies and procedures
• Experience using PTV Vissim, GuideSign, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office is a plus
• PTOE Certification is a plus
• Experience in the design of traffic control Tactics, systems management, communications, ITS systems and sequencing plans is a plus
• Experience in adaptive signalization, transit signal design, and ITS, is a plus

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance