What are the responsibilities and job description for the Traffic Engineer position at Sambatek, Inc.?
Sambatek, LLC is a professional services firm that specializes in engineering, planning, surveying, and environmental services. We serve public and private clients throughout the country with office locations in Minnesota, Texas, and North Carolina. We embrace challenging projects and work hard to help our clients find success.
The Opportunity
Sambatek is currently seeking a Traffic Engineer to join our growing team to deliver traffic engineering projects. As a traffic engineer you are responsible for collecting data, conducting traffic operations and safety analyses, analyzing alternatives, documentation, and client engagement.
We bring unique expertise and innovation to County and State clients to collaborate on the best solutions to ensure ethical, sustainable, and right-sized projects are optimizing the investment of what is ultimately our tax dollars at work. Expanding services into Traffic is a strategic next step to continue building on the success of Sambateks Transportation Practice.
Work Location: Hybrid, in-office as needed
The qualified candidate will:
- Collaborate with a team of transportation professionals to deliver projects for State and County agencies
- Lead data collection activities including traffic counts, crash data, and origin-destination data
- Traffic operations analysis for a wide range of transportation projects
- Conduct crash analysis and predict future crash benefits for improvements
- Manage traffic tasks for studies and preliminary design projects
- Represent Sambatek at meetings with clients, counties, cities, and other key stakeholders
- Participate in quality review processes, track and mitigate risks, and coordinate resource allocation
- Participate in business development and assist in pursuits and proposal development
- Mentor and teach support staff
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on traffic/transportation engineering
- PE in Civil Engineering, 4 years of relevant experience (PTOE license preferred)
- Synchro/SimTraffic and/or VISSIM experience highly preferred
- Actively engage in local, statewide, and/or national professional organizations
- Driven to exceed expectations, win over clients, and build strong relationships
- Reputation and network, experience with MnDOT and MN counties
- Experience managing county or state traffic tasks on projects
- Experience with traffic engineering software including HCS, Synchro/SimTraffic, VISSIM, Corsim, Rodel, and IHSDM
- Experience with evaluation of traffic projects for freeways, arterial corridors, and intersections; including signals, roundabouts, and other innovative intersection control designs
- Experience in multi-modal projects including pedestrian, bicyclist, transit, and freight
- Preparation of traffic impact analyses (TIA), traffic operation modeling, traffic signal warrant studies, and intersection control evaluations (ICE)
- Signal timing, controller experience and traffic signal design experience preferred
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to coordinate public engagement activities
- Possess critical thinking skills and independent engineering judgement
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local guidance and standards
Physical Demands and Work Environment
- Work is primarily performed in an office environment
- Ability to occasionally move equipment/objects weighing up to 10 pounds
Sambatek, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce. We select candidates without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, and any other category protected by law.
