Transportation Engineer Mid/Senior Level (National Transit Team) - Ntt0003

FHU is a transportation consulting firm on a mission to connect and enhance communities. We are passionate about transportation’s power to positively impact people’s lives and bring joy and fulfillment to our employees. Every day we collaborate with communities to reshape mobility networks, improve safety, fix equity disparities, address environmental concerns, and harness cutting-edge technologies. It’s exciting work that takes a smart, diverse, multidisciplinary team to deliver.

SUMMARY:

Felsburg Holt & Ullevig (FHU) is seeking an experienced, self-motivated mid/senior level engineer that is passionate about improving transit systems to connect and enhance communities. The ideal candidate has demonstrated success with transit planning, traffic analysis for transit projects, transit design, and project management experience. This position offers significant project management and technical responsibilities, as well as the opportunity to help establish and grow our new office in Salt Lake City, UT.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Works on a range of projects from start to finish. Projects may include general transit planning, corridor plans, alternative analysis, preliminary engineering, final design, and project implementation.
• Manages a range of small to mid-sized transit projects.
• Responsible for overseeing data collection, technical analyses, and written documentation.
• Participates in and presents project findings in writing and at client meetings, technical group gatherings, and day or evening public meetings/hearings.
• Applies microsimulation (e.g. VISSIM and TransModeler) and/or capacity analysis (e.g. Synchro and SimTraffic), modeling software and equipment to prepare engineering and planning documents for transit related projects.

• Develops conceptual and/or final design plans and specifications for transit related infrastructure projects including signing, striping, signals, and roadway improvements.
• Responsible for job specific quality system tasks as defined in the FHU quality manual.
• Oversees and directs the analytical work of other engineers and planners.
• Participates in the planning, estimation, and preparation of proposals as well as other competitive project pursuit elements such as client interviews.
• Participates in business development efforts and assists with mentoring and project-related management of staff.

• Builds and maintains client relationships.

Desirable areas of expertise include:

• Transit planning and engineering for bus priority projects (transit signal priority, queue jumps, bypass lanes, bus bulbs, etc.).
• Transit planning and engineering for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects.

• Experience with VISSIM and/or TransModeler, as well as Synchro and SimTraffic.
• Experience with AutoCAD and/or MicroStation

Requirements

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil/transportation engineering or a related field from an accredited four-year college or university.
• Seven or more years of experience in transit planning and transportation engineering on transit related projects.
• Certificates, licenses, registrations: Professional Engineer licensure Certificate or active pursuit of Professional Engineer license in Utah.

The actual offer will carefully consider a range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, and experience.

• Transportation Engineer- Mid level $80,000 - 125,000
• Transportation Engineer- Senior $125,000 - 150,000

Application Deadline: 5/14/24

Benefits

At FHU we seek to provide a benefits package that helps our team maintain a healthy work-life balance - a concept that is a guiding principle for us. Employees enjoy benefits including:

• Medical/RX, HSA, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability; all of which FHU contributes a significant portion towards or, for some plans, covers 100% of the premiums
• Generous Vacation and Sick leave programs
• 401(k) with employer match and discretionary Profit Sharing
• Adoption Assistance program
• Flexible schedules and options for remote work are available but may not be conducive to every employee and position.
• Professional and career development opportunities including tuition reimbursement for continuing education.
• Support of employee participation in professional and technical societies & various civic organizations.
• Reimbursement of professional certification and registration fees.
• This position is eligible to participate in our annual discretionary bonus plan.

FHU Employees are encouraged to participate in a variety of internal committees which include groups such as the Technology Committee, CAD Committee, FHUlanthropy Committee and the FHUn Committee, which plans multiple events that keep energy (and bragging rights) high and helps us remain a tight-knit team. We also enjoy many opportunities to socialize at various FHU sponsored events throughout the year.