Traffic Operations & Safety Engineer/Planner

Description

Description

We create great places and the connections that get people and goods moving - whether by car, bus, train, plane, or their own two feet. Working within the context of the communities we serve, we provide planning, engineering, and infrastructure management services that fit the needs of our clients and improve the overall transportation experience. Come join our Transportation Team and work alongside others who share your passion to support communities through exciting and unique transportation projects.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking an experienced Traffic Engineer or Transportation Planner in our Lake Mary, Florida office. We seek a team player who desires a highly collaborative work environment, has excellent client and communication skills, and strong design capabilities. We seek a candidate with expertise with transportation studies, traffic forecasting, safety and operational analysis.

The ideal candidate will have both a passion for improving the safety of transportation facilities and optimizing the flow of traffic. Opportunities for advancement include leadership and/or project management courses, business development involvement, and delegation of responsibilities to traffic engineering staff.

The Traffic Engineer or Planner will work independently on smaller projects, and as a team member of a larger project under the guidance of transportation sector leadership, which includes the leaders of our Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning (TPTE), Project Development and Environment (PD&E), and Roadway Design groups. You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of transportation studies and projects including Safe Streets for All studies, transportation planning studies, and highway/corridor/intersection improvement projects from conceptual through final design.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Assist with and oversee traffic forecasting, safety, and operational analyses.

• Perform safety-related services, such as compilation of existing crash data, multidisciplinary field reviews, review of crash data to determine potential causes, recommendation of crash countermeasures, use of Highway Safety Manual methodologies, and economic benefit-cost analyses of such safety improvements.

• Conduct multi-modal transportation analyses, including traffic, bike/ped, and freight, using Complete Streets practices for our most vulnerable road users.

• Work with a variety of software programs effectively, including some or all of the following: Excel, Synchro, SimTraffic, HCS, VISSIM, Vistro, AimSun, Sidra, CUBE/Voyager, TransCAD, VISUM, ArcGIS, Python, IHSDM, HSM worksheets, FDOT's CAP-X, and FDOT's ICE.

• Convert results and measures of effectiveness from such software to make timely and informed recommendations to clients, elected officials, and stakeholders.

• Interact directly with state and local government clients and review agencies at project meetings and ensure that all client project designs satisfy engineering standards and exceed client expectations.

• Work with multi-disciplinary teams on tasks such as regional transportation planning studies, road safety audits, transit station facility design, surface/garage parking lot design, transportation management plans, intersection design, signal design, roadway signing and pavement marking plans, construction staging plans, and traffic and signal operation analysis.

• Prepare written technical reports to document the results of engineering/planning studies and surveys, including Traffic Impact Statements.

• Build and maintain relationships with key traffic engineering clients and review agencies both through project involvement and professional organization involvement, such as FLPRITE events.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Ability to work independently and develop task deliverables in a complete and reviewable manner.

• Experience working with public agencies, including municipalities, counties, and MPOs.

• Confidence in public speaking before audiences of laypersons, stakeholders, teaming partners, and owners.

• Experience in working on a variety of projects, including traffic and transit microsimulation, multimodal corridor studies, downtown circulation plans, transportation demand management plans, transportation impact studies, bicycle and pedestrian facility planning, and local/regional transportation plans.

• Familiarity with guidelines within the MUTCD to make signing and striping recommendations.

• Strong task and project management skills such as understanding of task assignment, schedule, budgeting, and efficient use of time and resources.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, or related field.

• Licensed as a Professional Engineer in Florida, or able to receive reciprocity within 3 months.

• As an alternative to engineering licensure, may be certified as a planner (AICP) by the American Planning Association.

• 5 years of relevant traffic engineering/planning experience.

• Proficiency is expected with software programs including some or all of the following: Synchro, SimTraffic, HCS, VISSIM, Vistro, AimSun, Sidra, CUBE/Voyager, TransCAD, VISUM, ArcGIS, Python, IHSDM, HSM worksheets, FDOT's CAP-X, and FDOT's ICE.

• Will primarily work in an office setting; may require some field work.

• Certification as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) or a Road Safety Professional (RSP) is a plus.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

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