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