Traffic Engineer

Patel, Greene & Associates, LLC; Bartow (FL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Patel, Greene and Associates (PGA) in Bartow, FL, is seeking a driven Traffic Engineer to join our team in an embedded role with the District One DOT office. The role focuses on developing traffic engineering plans, concept plans, quantity estimates, and traffic studies, ensuring compliance with FDOT, MUTCD, AASHTO, and related standards.

The candidate should hold a PE, have a Civil or Environmental Engineering degree from an ABET-accredited university, and possess 0–10 years of

Qualifications

• PE is required and must be current.
• Bachelor's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering from ABET-accredited university.
• 0–10 years of post-registration traffic and/or ITS design experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare traffic engineering plans, concept plans, and quantity estimates.
• Support traffic study reviews and QA/QC activities.
• Develop recommendations to address traffic operations and safety concerns.
• Intake, document, and respond to customer requests for traffic studies.
• Prepare technical reports and engineering deliverables for road projects.

Skills

Verbal communications

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Prioritization & deadlines

Leadership qualities

Teamwork

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering (ABET Accredited)

Registered Professional Engineer (PE)

Tools

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Patel, Greene and Associates (PGA) is seeking a driven and detail-oriented Traffic Engineer to join our team in an embedded role within District One Department of Transportation office in Bartow, FL. The Traffic Engineer will be responsible for developing traffic engineering plans, concept plans, quantity estimates, and traffic studies while ensuring all work complies with current FDOT, AASHTO, MUTCD, and applicable industry standards. This role will also support traffic study reviews, QA/QC activities, and the development of recommendations to address traffic operations and safety concerns.

What You'll Do

Support includes provision of in-house staff support to the Traffic Services

area.

Prepare plan sets, concept plans, and quantity estimates as assigned by Traffic Services

staff.

Ensure documents and construction plansare prepared in accordance with the latest standards adopted by AASHTO, the FDOT Design Manual, FDOT Traffic Engineering Manual, The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), FDOT Standard Specifications and current implemented modifications, FDOT current memoranda, and shall be accurate, legible, complete in design, drawn to the appropriate scale, and furnished in reproducible form on material acceptable to the FDOT.

Perform traffic studies as required and provide quality assurance/quality

control (QA/QC) reviews for completed traffic studies received by the Traffic Services

staff as assigned.

Provide recommended courses of action based on traffic studies for consideration by Traffic Services staff.

Intake, document, and respond to customer requests for traffic studies.

Perform traffic operations analyses and microsimulation modeling.

Prepare technical reports and engineering deliverables for road and highway projects.

Conduct professional and respectful manner when conversing with the public.

Conduct good faith evaluations of each request received and document their findings in the manner approved by Traffic Services staff.

Provide feedback on the resulting studies, if required, recommend courses of action to the Traffic Services staff, and contact the customer with the results.

What You’ll Need

Registered Professional Engineer (PE)

0 – 10 years of progressively more complex post-registration Traffic and/or ITS design experience

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent from an ABET Accredited University, majoring in Civil or Environmental Engineering

What You’ll Bring

Excellent verbal communications skills and the ability to interact with a variety of clients

Excellent attention to detail and outstanding organizational skills

Must be able to effectively prioritize and assign work and meet deadlines

Excellent ability to perform multiple tasks in an organized manner and concurrently at the direction of PGA’s Leadership Team

Demonstrate leadership qualities in all aspects while continuing to produce at a high level

Ability to work independently and as part of a team on deadline-driven activities

Skill in working with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and other Office Products

Ability to work with across other disciplines (roadway, structures and drainage, landscape, etc.) to identify and reduce design conflicts

Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job including working on a computer, the employee is regularly required to sit for prolonged periods at a desk; use hands, handle, or feel, talk, and hear.

The employee is frequently required to stand and walk.

The employee must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.