What are the responsibilities and job description for the Entry Level Transportation Engineer position at VHB?
Overview
ABOUT THE POSITION
VHB is seeking an entry-level Transportation Engineer to join us. This position can be based out of our offices in Wethersfield, CT; Providence, RI; or Worcester, MA.
Responsibilities
- Work within a team of professionals in developing transportation design and solutions for a multitude of transportation and highway-related projects
- Support traffic-safety studies, road safety assessments, and transportation planning documentation
- Research, collect, tabulate, and interpret traffic and safety data
- Prepare written planning documents, summarize information collected by others, and assemble reports
- Develop preliminary and final design plans
- Develop engineer’s construction cost estimates
- Contract documents, including specifications
- Document and communicate findings from field observations and data collection
Skills and Attributes
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Comfortable working independently as well as on a team
- Ability to work in an office or virtual environment
- Detail oriented, self-motivated, and committed
- Strong computer skills
- Critical thinking and problem solving
Qualifications
- BS in Civil Engineering
- 0-1 year of professional transportation engineering experience
- 1-3 years of professional transportation engineering experience preferred
- Engineer in Training certification, or ability to obtain within 6 months, preferred
- MicroStation, AutoCAD / Civil3D, InRoads, HyrdroCAD experience 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 Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion—supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. All individuals receive consideration for employment based on their qualifications without discrimination for race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, pregnancy, marital status, or any other basis protected by law.
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