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Job Description
Develop plans for surface transportation projects, according to established engineering standards and state or federal construction policy. Prepare designs, specifications, or estimates for transportation facilities. Plan modifications of existing streets, highways, or freeways to improve traffic flow.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2051.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Transportation Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Transportation Engineers
- Traffic Operations Engineer
- Project Manager
- Transportation Planning Engineer
- Transportation Engineer
- Transportation Design Engineer
- Transportation Consultant
- Transportation Analyst
- Traffic Engineer
- Roadway Engineer
- Highway Engineer
- Civil Transportation Engineer
- Airport Engineer
Tasks for “Transportation Engineer”
- Supervise the maintenance or repair of transportation systems or system components.
- Prepare administrative, technical, or statistical reports on traffic-operation matters, such as accidents, safety measures, or pedestrian volume or practices.
- Direct the surveying, staking, or laying-out of construction projects.
- Check construction plans, design calculations, or cost estimations to ensure completeness, accuracy, or conformity to engineering standards or practices.
- Evaluate transportation systems or traffic control devices or lighting systems to determine need for modification or expansion.
- Inspect completed transportation projects to ensure safety or compliance with applicable standards or regulations.
- Estimate transportation project costs.
- Evaluate construction project materials for compliance with environmental standards.
- Confer with contractors, utility companies, or government agencies to discuss plans, specifications, or work schedules.
- Analyze environmental impact statements for transportation projects.
- Inspect completed transportation projects to ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
- Prepare project budgets, schedules, or specifications for labor or materials.
- Develop or assist in the development of transportation-related computer software or computer processes.
- Review development plans to determine potential traffic impact.
- Design transportation systems or structures, using sustainable materials or products, such as porous pavement or bioretention structures.
- Develop plans to deconstruct damaged or obsolete roadways or other transportation structures in a manner that is environmentally sound or prepares the land for sustainable development.
- Investigate or test specific construction project materials to determine compliance to specifications or standards.
- Design or prepare plans for new transportation systems or parts of systems, such as airports, commuter trains, highways, streets, bridges, drainage structures, or roadway lighting.
- Prepare final project layout drawings that include details such as stress calculations.
- Present data, maps, or other information at construction-related public hearings or meetings.
- Design or engineer drainage, erosion, or sedimentation control systems for transportation projects.
- Evaluate traffic control devices or lighting systems to determine need for modification or expansion.
- Participate in contract bidding, negotiation, or administration.
- Model transportation scenarios to evaluate the impacts of activities such as new development or to identify possible solutions to transportation problems.
- Investigate traffic problems and recommend methods to improve traffic flow or safety.
- Plan alteration or modification of existing transportation structures to improve safety or function.
Related Technology & Tools
- Digital cameras
- Laptop computers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Laser facsimile machines
- Mobile radios
- Photocopying equipment
- Computer laser printers
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Web browser software
- Trafficware SynchroGreen
- Trafficware SimTraffic
- Autodesk Land Desktop
- Bentley GEOPAK Civil Engineering Suite
- Microsoft Word
- Structured query language SQL
- Microsoft Project
- McTrans HCS+
- Bentley MicroStation
- McTrans TSIS-CORSIM
- Microsoft Office
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Citilabs Cube
- SIDRA INTERSECTION
- Visual Solutions VisSIM
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- McTrans TRANSYT-7F
- Bentley InRoads Suite
- Microsoft Excel