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