Entry-level Transportation Engineer/Planner (Fall 2025 & Summer 2026)

Description

• Complete streets planning, operations, and design
• Design drawings from the conceptual stage all the way to construction-ready documents, including the following:
• Explore the Fehr & Peers internal Research and Development program
• Signing and striping
• Participate in meetings, including preparing presentations and public outreach materials
• Increase responsibility for managing small projects
• Conduct site visits and collect field data
• Participate in on-the-job training and mentoring
• Prepare deliverables, including memos, reports, and presentations
• Attend multiple client meetings
• Use several technical software programs
• Conduct transportation analysis and write reports
• Participate in professional organizations
• Travel behavior forecasting
• Handle project management responsibilities
• Transit forecasting and operations

Requirements

• Interpersonal skills, a desire to collaborate, and a creative approach to problem-solving
• Organizational skills and the ability to balance priorities between multiple tasks within a defined timeline
• Experience or exposure to relevant software (note that experience with all software is not required). General–Microsoft Excel, GIS (ArcGIS, QGIS), and/or CAD (AutoCAD, Microstation). Traffic Operations Analysis–HCS, Synchro/SimTraffic, Vistro, VISSIM, and/or Sidra. Travel Demand Modeling–Cube/Voyager, TransCAD, VISUM, and/or Emme. Programming–Python and/or R.
• Previous work experience in an office setting related to a topic area listed above
• Coursework in transportation, engineering, urban and regional planning, geography, math, statistics, economics, or other related courses (an EIT for engineering candidates is preferred)
• Completed bachelor’s or in-progress master’s degree in transportation, civil or electrical engineering, urban and regional planning, or a related major (e.g., geography, math, statistics, economics)
• Genuine curiosity for the work and familiarity with the challenges of day-to-day travel within your community
• Vehicle miles of travel (VMT) assessments
• Access, circulation, and parking studies
• Experience or exposure related to the following topic areas (note that experience in all these areas is not required) Topic Areas: Field work, traffic operations analysis, signal design, transportation planning (e.g., bicycle or transit plans, infrastructure finance, transportation and land use policy, and/or travel demand modeling)
• Experience with technical writing and public speaking through school and/or work experience

Benefits

• Street lighting
• Bikeways/complete streets

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance