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