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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 final project layout drawings that include details such as stress calculations.
- Check construction plans, design calculations, or cost estimations to ensure completeness, accuracy, or conformity to engineering standards or practices.
- Evaluate transportation systems or traffic control devices or lighting systems to determine need for modification or expansion.
- Investigate or test specific construction project materials to determine compliance to specifications or standards.
- Prepare project budgets, schedules, or specifications for labor or materials.
- Investigate traffic problems and recommend methods to improve traffic flow or safety.
- 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.
- Estimate transportation project costs.
- 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.
- 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.
- Evaluate 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.
- Analyze environmental impact statements for transportation projects.
- Direct the surveying, staking, or laying-out of construction 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.
- Develop or assist in the development of transportation-related computer software or computer processes.
- Prepare administrative, technical, or statistical reports on traffic-operation matters, such as accidents, safety measures, or pedestrian volume or practices.
- Design or engineer drainage, erosion, or sedimentation control systems for transportation projects.
- Participate in contract bidding, negotiation, or administration.
- Review development plans to determine potential traffic impact.
- Evaluate construction project materials for compliance with environmental standards.
- Supervise the maintenance or repair of transportation systems or system components.
- Plan alteration or modification of existing transportation structures to improve safety or function.
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- Bentley MicroStation
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
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- Microsoft PowerPoint
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- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Project
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- Microsoft Office
- Autodesk Land Desktop
- ESRI ArcGIS software
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