Entry Level Transportation Engineer

VHB; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

VHB is seeking an Entry Level Transportation Engineer to join their Atlanta team. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate on various projects involving traffic and transportation engineering, including traffic management, corridor planning, and multimodal safety assessments. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in Civil Engineering and a keen interest in applying engineering principles to real-world challenges within a supportive, team-oriented environment. VHB prides itself on a culture of inclusion and growth, making it a great place for aspiring engineers to kick-start their careers.

Benefits

Flexible, hybrid workplace

Diverse and inclusive culture

Focus on learning, development, and career growth

Best-in-class benefits

Qualifications

• Entry-level candidates with 0 to 1 year of experience preferred.
• Experience with Synchro/SimTraffic and other traffic software a plus.
• EIT designation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Developing traffic and transportation planning and engineering solutions.
• Performing operational analyses using analysis tools.
• Preparing data summaries and reports.

Skills

Understanding of transportation engineering principles

Excellent verbal communication skills

Excellent written communication skills

Interpersonal communication skills

Detail Oriented

Self-motivated

Ability to learn and think critically

Ability to develop new skills

Excel in working in a team environment

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Synchro

SimTraffic

Sidra

VISSIM

HCS

AutoCAD

ArcGIS

MicroStation

Job description

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VHB’s Atlanta, GA team is seeking an entry-level Transportation Engineer to join our Transportation Systems group. The selected candidate will work with a team of traffic engineers, highway safety specialists, and transportation planners on a variety of public, private, and institutional projects within broad cross-section of markets, including municipal, state agencies, higher education, and federal lands.

Our ideal candidate has an interest in the practice of traffic and transportation engineering and is eager to apply practical solutions to real world problems for our clients. Our ideal candidate is open to on-the-job training on a wide variety of traffic operations and capacity evaluation projects including intersections, roadways, and interchanges; traffic and transportation studies for land development projects; traffic management and signal timing; multimodal and safety assessment; school traffic studies; travel demand forecasts; and access management and corridor planning. This position includes developing and enhancing a diverse set of skills on traffic operations, transportation design, and/or transportation planning projects throughout Georgia.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for VHB in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Working within a team of professionals in developing traffic and transportation planning and engineering solutions for a multitude of transportation projects
• Performing intersection and corridor operational analyses using Synchro, SimTraffic, VISSIM, HCS, Sidra, and other analysis tools
• Analyzing, developing, and evaluating of traffic improvements
• Preparing written documents, summarizing data and analysis, and assembling reports to convey findings and recommendations
• Collecting and tabulating traffic data
• Conducting field traffic safety assessments

Skills and Abilities

• Understanding of transportation engineering principles
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Detail Oriented
• Self-motivated
• Ability to learn, think critically, and develop new skills
• Excel in working in a team environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related field
• Minimum of 0 to 1 years of transportation experience, preferably related to traffic or safety
• Experience with Synchro/SimTraffic, Sidra, VISSIM, TransModeler and/or other capacity software a plus
• Experience with ArcGIS, AutoCAD and/or MicroStation and/or other planning/design/data software a plus
• EIT Designation is a plus

We are VHB!We’re an inspired and innovative team of engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who partner with clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. Our work helps improve mobility, enhance communities, and contribute to economic vitality. We do this while balancing development and infrastructure needs with stewardship of our environment.

Our people make us great! VHB provides a differentiating employee experience , which includes:

• Diverse and inclusive culture of collaboration and innovation
• Opportunity to work on complex, transformational projects
• Community and social responsibility as sustainable stewards
• Focus on learning, development, and career growth
• Best-in-class benefits, including flexible, hybrid workplace

We are consistently rated one of the top AEC firms to work for across our 30+ offices on the East Coast. We’re growing, and we hope you’ll join us!

VHB is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of inclusion and belonging, supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Civil Engineering

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