What are the responsibilities and job description for the Entry Level Traffic Engineer position at VHB?
Overview
ABOUT THE POSITION
VHB’s Raleigh, NC team is seeking an entry-level Transportation/Traffic Engineer to join our Transportation Systems group. The selected candidate will work with a team of traffic engineers and highway safety specialists on a variety of public, private, and institutional projects within broad cross-section of markets, including municipal, state agencies, higher education, federal lands, and aviation.
Our ideal candidate has an interest in the practice of traffic and transportation engineering and is eager to apply practical solutions to real world problems for our clients. Our ideal candidate is open to on-the-job training on a wide variety of traffic operations and capacity evaluation projects including intersections, roadways, and interchanges; traffic and transportation studies for land development projects; intersection and roadway improvement design; traffic management and signal timing; multimodal and safety assessment; school traffic studies; travel demand forecasts; and access management and corridor planning. This position includes developing and enhancing a diverse set of skills on traffic operations, transportation design, and/or transportation planning projects throughout North Carolina and Mid-Atlantic region.
Responsibilities
- Working within a team of professionals in developing traffic and transportation planning and engineering solutions for a multitude of transportation projects
- Performing intersection and corridor operational analyses using Synchro, SimTraffic, HCS, Sidra, and other analysis tools
- Analyzing, developing, and evaluating of traffic improvements
- Developing conceptual intersection/roadway improvement design and traffic signal design plans in MicroStation and/or AutoCAD
- Developing traffic management and signal timing plans
- Preparing written documents, summarizing data and analysis, and assembling reports to convey findings and recommendations
- Collecting and tabulating traffic data
- Conducting field traffic safety assessments
Skills and Abilities
- Understanding of transportation engineering principles
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Strong computer skills
- Detail Oriented
- Self-motivated
- Ability to learn, think critically, and develop new skills
- Excel in working in a team environment
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related field
- Minimum of 0 to 1 years of transportation experience, preferably related to traffic or safety
- 1 to 3 years of transportation experience preferred
- Experience with Synchro/SimTraffic, Sidra, VISSIM, TransModeler and/or other capacity software a plus
- Experience with ArcGIS, AutoCAD and/or MicroStation and/or other planning/design/data software a plus
- EIT Designation is a plus
We are VHB! We’re an inspired and innovative team of engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who partner with clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. Our work helps improve mobility, enhance communities, and contribute to economic vitality. We do this while balancing development and infrastructure needs with stewardship of our environment.
Our people make us great! VHB provides a differentiating employee experience, which includes:
- Diverse and inclusive culture of collaboration and innovation
- Opportunity to work on complex, transformational projects
- Community and social responsibility as sustainable stewards
- Focus on learning, development, and career growth
- Best-in-class benefits, including flexible, hybrid workplace
We are consistently rated one of the top AEC firms to work for across our 30 offices on the East Coast. We’re growing, and we hope you’ll join us!
VHB is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of inclusion and belonging, supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity.
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