Traffic Engineer - Employee-Owned, Multimodal Impact

Short Elliott Hendrickson; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee-owned

Flexible holidays

Paid Family Leave

Career development

Work-life balance

Job summary

Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH) in Minnesota seeks a Traffic Engineer to join the collaborative Transportation team. You will lead traffic operations, safety, and design assignments across local intersections and highways, presenting findings to clients and agencies.

As an employee-owned firm, SEH offers ownership opportunities, strong career development, flexible work arrangements, and a culture that values safety, productivity, and community impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, or South Dakota, with ability to obtain Minnesota licensure within three months of hire.
• Experience in traffic operations, transportation safety, and/or traffic design, including traffic studies or construction documents for signing and pavement markings.
• Experience conducting traffic operations analyses, traffic impact studies, or transportation safety evaluations.
• Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively on multidisciplinary transportation projects and present analysis and results to project teams.
• Ability to coordinate technical work with others and take ownership of assigned project tasks.
• Experience with relevant traffic analysis or design software; proficiency in Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, RODEL, MicroStation/OpenRoads Designer, AutoCAD, or Civil 3D.

Responsibilities

• Lead or contribute to traffic operations, safety, and design assignments, with opportunities to expand expertise across disciplines.
• Present recommendations and collaborate with project teams, clients, agencies, and community stakeholders to advance practical transportation solutions.
• Work directly with clients, contractors, and multidisciplinary partners to improve safety, mobility, accessibility, and constructability.
• Conduct multimodal traffic operations and safety analyses to evaluate existing and future conditions, identify opportunities for improvement, and inform transportation planning and design decisions.
• Develop and evaluate innovative treatments to improve safety, mobility, and accessibility for all transportation users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and motorists.
• Apply MUTCD, AASHTO, MnDOT, and other applicable guidance to solve real-world transportation challenges.
• Help shape solutions for projects ranging from local intersections and multimodal corridors to complex highways and interchanges.
• Develop traffic management plans and evaluate construction staging, maintenance of traffic, and strategies to reduce impacts on travelers.
• Guide high-quality technical deliverables through thoughtful design reviews, mentoring, and quality assurance.
• Collaborate with SEH's traffic, roadway, planning, landscape architecture, and other teams across Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, with opportunities to support projects in other SEH regions.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Project coordination

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Synchro/SimTraffic

HCS

RODEL

MicroStation/OpenRoads Designer

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Job description

Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH) in Minnesota seeks a Traffic Engineer to join the collaborative Transportation team. You will lead traffic operations, safety, and design assignments across local intersections and highways, presenting findings to clients and agencies.

As an employee-owned firm, SEH offers ownership opportunities, strong career development, flexible work arrangements, and a culture that values safety, productivity, and community impact.