Graduate Traffic Engineer - Employee-Owned Growth Path

Alliant Engineering, Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with bonus

ESOP and 401k contributions

Medical/Dental/Vision

Company-paid life insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Wellness programs

Generous leave

Flexible schedules

Casual work environment

Professional development

Community involvement

Lunch & Learns

Job summary

Alliant Engineering, Inc., an employee-owned firm, invites you to join as a Graduate Traffic Engineer in Salt Lake City. You will work under a licensed Professional Engineer on diverse transportation projects with DOTs, counties, cities and developers.

This entry-level role focuses on signal timing, travel demand modeling, safety analyses, ITS design, and maintenance of traffic plans, offering hands-on training, growth opportunities, and a collaborative, employee-owned culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering (or related field).
• 0–4 years of experience in Traffic Engineering.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word and Excel.
• Motivated to learn, take initiative, and contribute to high-quality project deliverables.
• Excellent technical, written, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support signal timing projects, including building, optimizing Synchro models and implementing signal timing plans.
• Develop regional travel demand for traffic forecasting and microscopic traffic simulation models for urban arterial and freeway traffic operations.
• Conduct traffic capacity, traffic operations, and safety analysis for traffic impact studies (TIS), intersection control evaluations (ICE) and corridor studies.
• Supporting documentation, evaluation and design of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
• Traffic design – plans, specifications, quantities and estimates for traffic signal, roadway lighting, roadway signing, and pavement markings.
• Developing maintenance of traffic plans to support roadway construction staging.

Skills

Motivated to learn

Initiative

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Synchro

SimTraffic

Vissim

AutoCAD

MicroStation

Job description

Alliant Engineering, Inc., an employee-owned firm, invites you to join as a Graduate Traffic Engineer in Salt Lake City. You will work under a licensed Professional Engineer on diverse transportation projects with DOTs, counties, cities and developers.

This entry-level role focuses on signal timing, travel demand modeling, safety analyses, ITS design, and maintenance of traffic plans, offering hands-on training, growth opportunities, and a collaborative, employee-owned culture.