Senior Traffic Engineer - Design

Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.; Wethersfield (CT); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative team as a Senior Traffic Engineer, where you'll play a vital role in enhancing transportation solutions. This position offers the opportunity to work on exciting multimodal projects, focusing on traffic improvements and safety engineering. Collaborate with talented professionals in a hybrid work environment, contributing to transformative projects that positively impact communities. With a strong emphasis on learning and career growth, this role is perfect for those passionate about making a difference in the transportation sector. Embrace a culture of diversity and inclusion while advancing your career in a top-rated AEC firm.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid workplace

Learning and development opportunities

Diverse and inclusive culture

Community and social responsibility initiatives

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of professional transportation/traffic design engineering experience required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate traffic improvements including signals and roundabouts.
• Conduct safety engineering analysis and design traffic control devices.

Skills

Traffic Engineering

Task Management

Communication Skills

Writing Skills

Final Design Plan Development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Master’s degree

Tools

Synchro

MicroStation

AutoCAD

Vissim

Job description

Overview

ABOUT THE POSITION

Senior Traffic Engineer - Design | Hybrid

VHB is seeking a strong Senior Traffic Engineer with solid design experience to join our vibrant and growing transportation consulting practice in Connecticut. This is an exciting opportunity to develop, analyze and evaluate traffic improvements, while being involved in transportation planning, safety, and engineering solutions for multimodal transportation projects. There is an option for someone to work from another VHB office to support CT projects, if meeting all qualifications.

Engineering News-Record (ENR) magazine, a leading source of news and information for the engineering and construction industry, named VHB the 2024 Design Firm of the Year in New England.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, analyze and evaluate traffic improvements including traffic signals and roundabouts
• Develop traffic and transportation planning, safety, and engineering solutions for multimodal transportation projects
• Conduct safety engineering analysis, including design and operational focused analysis
• Design traffic control devices
• Design work zone traffic control
• Develop intersection design
• Use guidance within the MUTCD to prepare and oversee traffic signal warrant analyses
• Attend and lead meetings with transportation agencies and private developers
• Prepare and participate in presentations to the client team
• Prepare and review technical memoranda and reports
• Mentor junior team members

Skills & Abilities:

• A strong background in traffic engineering and task management
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Strong writing skills for proposals, technical reports and memoranda
• The ability to balance multiple concurrent assignments
• Final Design Plan Development

Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of professional transportation/traffic design engineering experience required, depending on level of education
• 8-11 years of professional transportation/traffic design experience preferred
• Proficiency in Synchro required
• Proficiency in MicroStation and/or AutoCAD required
• Vissim modeling capabilities a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering required
• Master’s degree a plus (master’s degree may substitute for 1 year of experience)
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required
• PTOE (Professional Traffic Operations Engineer) certification 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 Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion—supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. All individuals receive consideration for employment based on their qualifications without discrimination for race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, pregnancy, marital status, or any other basis protected by law.