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