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