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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
- Transportation Engineer
- Traffic Operations Engineer
- Project Manager
- Transportation Planning Engineer
- Transportation Design Engineer
- Transportation Consultant
- Transportation Analyst
- Traffic Engineer
- Roadway Engineer
- Highway Engineer
- Airport Engineer
Tasks for “Civil Transportation Engineer”
- Investigate traffic problems and recommend methods to improve traffic flow or safety.
- 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.
- Inspect completed transportation projects to ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
- Prepare project budgets, schedules, or specifications for labor or materials.
- Review development plans to determine potential traffic impact.
- Investigate or test specific construction project materials to determine compliance to specifications or standards.
- Participate in contract bidding, negotiation, or administration.
- Estimate transportation project costs.
- Supervise the maintenance or repair of transportation systems or system components.
- Prepare final project layout drawings that include details such as stress calculations.
- Plan alteration or modification of existing transportation structures to improve safety or function.
- Design transportation systems or structures, using sustainable materials or products, such as porous pavement or bioretention structures.
- Prepare administrative, technical, or statistical reports on traffic-operation matters, such as accidents, safety measures, or pedestrian volume or practices.
- Model transportation scenarios to evaluate the impacts of activities such as new development or to identify possible solutions to transportation problems.
- Inspect completed transportation projects to ensure safety or compliance with applicable standards or regulations.
- Present data, maps, or other information at construction-related public hearings or meetings.
- Confer with contractors, utility companies, or government agencies to discuss plans, specifications, or work schedules.
- 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.
- Analyze environmental impact statements for transportation projects.
- 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.
- Evaluate construction project materials for compliance with environmental standards.
- Evaluate transportation systems or traffic control devices or lighting systems to determine need for modification or expansion.
- 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.
- Develop or assist in the development of transportation-related computer software or computer processes.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laptop computers
- Photocopying equipment
- Computer laser printers
- Digital cameras
- Desktop computers
- Laser facsimile machines
- Personal computers
- Mobile radios
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Trafficware SynchroGreen
- Visual Solutions VisSIM
- SIDRA INTERSECTION
- McTrans TSIS-CORSIM
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- Bentley GEOPAK Civil Engineering Suite
- Microsoft Project
- Structured query language SQL
- Bentley InRoads Suite
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Bentley MicroStation
- Citilabs Cube
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Autodesk Land Desktop
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- McTrans TRANSYT-7F
- Trafficware SimTraffic
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- McTrans HCS+
- Microsoft Office
- Web browser software