Traffic Engineer

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

• Category: Traffic Engineering

Description

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We seek to move the world forward through innovative thinking.

Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.

Position Overview

Woolpert is hiring a hiring a Traffic Engineer to join our dynamic Transportation team at any of our Pennsylvania offices. This position reports to the National Traffic Team Lead and is responsible for completing traffic signal design plans and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) services, in addition to, but not limited to signing and pavement marking plans, traffic control design, traffic impact studies, crash analysis, traffic calming designs, HOP reviews, etc.

Candidate is preferred to sit in one of our Pennsylvania offices (Harrisburg, Sharpsburg or King of Prussia). This is still a hybrid role and time in the office is negotiable. 

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.  Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

Qualified candidates may be eligible for a signing bonus of up to $5,000, based on experience and role alignment. Bonus eligibility is contingent upon 12 months of service and must be repaid if the employee leaves the company within one year of hire.

What You Will Do:

• Performs engineering computations, conducts evaluations, design analyses, and design development.
• Prepares reports, recommendations and opinions for approval.
• Aid in design or oversee staff in the design of projects.
• Applies standard engineering practices and techniques to adjust and correlate data; recognizes and resolves discrepancies in results and follows operations through a series of related steps or processes.
• Works as a member of project team in the development of data and/or applications.
• Willing and able to sign and seal plans in the State of Pennsylvania or the ability to file for reciprocity.
• Ability and willingness to work across geographies. This is in terms of work type, not necessarily required to travel.
• Able to help train and mentor less experienced staff.

What You Will Bring:

• Must have 4 years related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering required.
• Experience in the field of Traffic Engineering is required.
• PE License or the ability to obtain one is required.
• Experience in Civil 3D or Bentley/Microsoft products is required.
• Must be able to read, analyze and interpret basic scientific, technical, financial and legal documents.
• Must be able to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
• Must have average verbal and written communication skills for both internal and external relationships.
• Must be able to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries from clients, regulatory agencies, and/or members of the business community.
• Must have Microsoft Office suite skills.
• Must be familiar with discipline related software applications.

Benefits You Will Love

Certified as a Great Place to Work, Woolpert is one of the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial companies in the world. With over 75 offices and countless projects around the globe, you’ll work on meaningful assignments that improve quality of life around the world. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:

• Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
• Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
• Flexible paid time off/vacation: Take time off when it makes sense for you and your team.
• Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
• Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.
• Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more!

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Find out more about what Woolpert has to offer here: http://woolpert.com/about-us/

Woolpert is an equal-opportunity employer. Woolpert is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.  You may view more about EEO on our website: Equal-Employment-Opportunity-The-Law.pdf and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.

Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting askhr@woolpert.com.

If you need to reschedule or cancel your interview, please reach out to your recruiter by contacting recruiting@woolpert.com. 

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via email, the internet, or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

Company

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Woolpert

Woolpert is one of very few engineering, architecture and geospatial firms that has been in business for more than a century. Our history shapes our competitive advantage. Because we are grounded in time-tested principles and values, we have the courage to push toward a further horizon.

Established in 1911, we are a design, geospatial and infrastructure management firm focused on providing exceptional services and employing cutting-edge technologies and processes for clients in the federal, state/local and private sectors across the U.S.

With 600 professional and technical staff in 25 offices nationwide, we are widely recognized as one of the nation’s largest and leading firms in our industry and are consistently ranked among the top 100 design firms by Engineering News-Record (ENR).