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