Traffic Engineer II

Reynolds Smith & Hills Inc.; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Reynolds Smith & Hills Inc. seeks an experienced traffic engineer in Colorado to join our Infrastructure team.

The role offers a hybrid schedule of in-office and remote work, with responsibilities spanning planning, design, and coordination of diverse projects, plus client communication and management of multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited engineering degree with seven years of relevant experience or equivalent combination
• Professional Engineer (PE) licensure in good standing
• Knowledge of applicable federal, state and local codes, criteria, regulations, and ordinances
• Experience reviewing junior staff work for technical accuracy and providing guidance

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering consultation in planning, design, and coordination of diverse projects.
• Lead discipline teams or small multidisciplinary teams and manage budgets/schedules.
• Review junior staff work for technical accuracy and provide mentorship.
• Prepare specifications, scaled drawings, proposals, and ensure quality control and field reviews.

Skills

Oral and written communication

Leadership / mentoring

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Client relationship building

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Professional Engineer (PE) licensure

Tools

Production software

Construction document production

Job description

The Opportunity

RS&H is currently seeking an experienced traffic engineer to join our team. This position will have the ability to work a hybrid schedule of in-office and remote. As part of the infrastructure team, you'll serve an integral role in the firm by providing professional engineering consultation in the planning, design, and coordination of diverse projects; developing and evaluating engineering reports, plans, and specification criteria; coordinating with a diversified project team, including development of client communication, proposal coordination, marketing, presentations, and management of other discipline-related activities; preparing specifications, scaled drawings and proposals and ensuring finished plans, specifications, and approval of materials and construction; meeting with clients to determine objectives and requirements for executing desired scope; reviewing junior staff's work for technical accuracy and providing technical guidance to other professionals and technicians; and performing quality control reviews, field reviews, and observations of ongoing construction projects. This position may also review and approve scopes, budgets, and schedules for assignments, serve as the team expert and/or project lead, lead a discipline team or small multidisciplinary teams to complete projects, and/or manage a small team of direct reports.

To be successful in this role, you must:

• Have a degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program and seven years relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Be a professional engineer in good standing
• Be knowledgeable of applicable federal, state and local codes, criteria, regulations, and ordinances
• Be proficient in production software and construction document production
• Have proven ability to successfully address challenging or potentially controversial issues in a sound professional and business-like manner
• Have experience working on parts of major projects or multiple moderate-size projects and providing technical guidance to junior-level staff, including reviewing others' work for technical accuracy
• Possess strong oral and written communication skills and have the ability to effectively interact with and build strong relationships with clients, customers, contractors, team members, and other key stakeholders

The ideal candidate has traffic engineering expertise including:

• ITS Planning and Design
• Traffic Signal Design
• Coordinated Signal Timing Development and Implementation
• Lighting Analysis & Design
• Maintenance of Traffic (MOT)
• Capacity and Microsimulation Analysis
• Safety Studies and Crash Predictive Analysis
• Traffic Studies

Typical salary range for this position in Colorado is $106,000 – $145,000, and commensurate with experience relative to the position.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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The Company

Employee-owned, RS&H is one of the nation’s leading architecture, engineering, and consulting firms, with associates who work hard every day to create tomorrow together. We offer an exceptional journey from start to future. Our integrated teams translate experience into insight, turn challenges into opportunities, and build relationships that are as strong as the buildings and infrastructure we deliver together. We attribute our success to our unwavering commitment to our core values: integrity, accountability, curiosity, and teamwork.