Freight & Multimodal Transportation Engineer

Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Competitive salary

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Parental/maternity leave

Job summary

Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP in Tampa, FL is seeking transportation engineering professionals with strong skills in planning, travel demand modeling, freight planning, and advanced analytics. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver data-driven transportation solutions.

The role emphasizes developing forecasts, evaluating multimodal systems, and producing reports, GIS products, and public-facing plans for clients and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field from an ABET accredited program.
• 0 – 4 years of relevant experience.
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with programming or scripting languages such as Python or R for data processing and analytics.
• Coursework or experience planning for and evaluating multimodal transportation systems for people and freight including street, highway, rail, port, airport, pipeline, and intermodal freight operations.
• Coursework or experience regarding the application of transportation planning, traffic engineering, and travel demand modeling principles.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical information, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and meet project deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support transportation systems management and operations, advanced technology, traffic operations, transportation planning, and freight mobility projects through the use of a combination of tools: travel demand modeling, traffic operations modeling, systems engineering, stakeholder outreach and engagement, advanced data analytics.
• Conduct freight transportation planning studies to support multimodal transportation, freight mobility, supply chain, and logistics planning initiatives.
• Analyze multimodal mobility using large and emerging transportation datasets to identify trends, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improving system performance.
• Develop traffic forecasts, origin-destination analyses, commodity flow assessments, truck parking evaluations, and transportation network performance measures.
• Support freight modeling and analytics, including logistics optimization, network analysis, and scenario evaluation.
• Assist in developing technical reports, public-facing transportation plans, data visualizations, GIS products, and presentations for clients and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver freight planning, transportation planning, travel demand modeling, traffic operations, and mobility projects.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data analytics

Python or R

Communication

Team collaboration

Project management

Education

ABET-accredited program

Master's degree in Civil/Transportation Engineering

Tools

VISUM

VISSIM

GIS (ArcGIS Pro/QGIS)

SQL

Job description

Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP in Tampa, FL is seeking transportation engineering professionals with strong skills in planning, travel demand modeling, freight planning, and advanced analytics. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver data-driven transportation solutions.

The role emphasizes developing forecasts, evaluating multimodal systems, and producing reports, GIS products, and public-facing plans for clients and stakeholders.