Traffic Engineer - Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Kiewit; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 94,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Traffic Engineer in a forward-thinking company specializing in infrastructure design. This role offers the chance to work on innovative projects across North America, focusing on traffic engineering designs that enhance safety and efficiency. You will collaborate with a talented team, leveraging cutting-edge tools and methodologies to deliver high-quality solutions. With a commitment to professional growth, you will receive training and development opportunities that propel your career forward. Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including health coverage and a robust retirement plan, ensuring your long-term success and well-being.

Benefits

Top-tier medical, dental and vision plans

Voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plans with matching

Generous paid time off

Relocation assistance

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of transportation project experience in traffic engineering.
• Demonstrable knowledge in traffic analyses, ITS design, and signal design.
• Experience supervising and mentoring junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead traffic engineering design tasks for North America projects.
• Coordinate with multi-disciplinary design teams for effective strategies.
• Analyze complex design and construction phasing plans.

Skills

Traffic Analyses and Modeling

Signing & Pavement Markings

Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) design

Traffic Signal design

Roadway Lighting / Electrical design

Traffic simulation / modeling software

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer registration

PTOE certificate

Tools

MicroStation / OpenRoads Designer (ORD)

AutoCAD / Civil 3D

Synchro/SimTraffic

Vissim

TransModeler

HCS

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Traffic Engineer - Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

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Requisition ID: 176212

Job Level: Mid Level

Home District/Group: Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Department: Design Engineering

Market: Transportation

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering (KIE) has an immediate opening for a dynamic Traffic Engineer in our growing Traffic/ITS Group in Lone Tree, Colorado (Denver Metro area) and Westlake, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth Metro area). You will be part of our rapidly growing Infrastructure Design Department, which includes structural, geotechnical, MOT, pavement, utilities, drainage, roadway, rail, traffic, and materials disciplines. This infrastructure design group is a multi-faceted and leading-edge division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on the design-build delivery of infrastructure projects.

As a Traffic Engineer, you will be expected to coordinate with project teams in Canada, Mexico, and the United States to design and produce traffic engineering designs for design/build and other alternative delivery projects in North America.

District Overview

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering's Design Build/Alternative Delivery team are driving clients to turn to Kiewit during all stages of design-build projects to manage their multi-disciplined design teams to improve schedule, control costs and minimize risk. Our construction-focused engineers work collaboratively with our estimators and builders to design solutions that are innovative, constructible, and designed with a focus on safety. They analyze problems, determine root causes, and resolve design issues before they impact schedule and budget. Particularly on large design-build projects, clients benefit from the proven processes and tools used by Kiewit to minimize project risk. We are an in-house resource that supports projects throughout the company. Our staff shares experiences gained, innovative concepts, and best design practices for all projects that we support.

Our participation leads to safe, cost effective, and innovative designs that achieve client expectations and further Kiewit’s legacy of excellence.

On our team, you’ll have the opportunity to see more, touch more, and do more than you ever imagined. Working hard will not only bring you satisfaction from a job well done, but it will help propel your career forward faster than you might expect. We provide training, develop your skills, and allow you to take on projects that impact millions across North America. With top-notch health benefits, a wealth-building 401k plan, and unbeatable growth opportunities, by joining Kiewit, you’re ensuring a lifetime of success.

Location

This role will be based out of our Lone Tree, Colorado (Denver metro area) office or Westlake, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth metro area). We offer relocation assistance for candidates outside of the area.

Responsibilities

• Lead/perform preliminary- to final-design tasks – in the following traffic engineering sub-disciplines – for North America projects through coordination with multi-disciplinary design teams:
• Traffic Analyses and Modeling
• Signing & Pavement Markings
• Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) design
• Traffic Signal design
• Roadway Lighting / Electrical design
• Opportunities to supervise, mentor, and evaluate junior and entry-level staff and interns
• Analyze and evaluate complex design and construction phasing plans to formulate effective traffic engineering strategies, and to ensure compliance with traffic operations and safety requirements
  
  

Qualifications

• 5+ years of transportation project experience, performing similar traffic engineering duties as outlined above
• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Civil Engineering.
• Registered as a Professional Engineer. PTOE certificate is desirable.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in one or more of the following Traffic subdisciplines:
• Traffic Analyses and Modeling
• Signing & Pavement Markings
• Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) design
• Traffic Signal design
• Roadway Lighting / Electrical design
• Working knowledge and experience with MicroStation / OpenRoads Designer (ORD) or AutoCAD / Civil 3D platforms
• Skills in traffic simulation / modeling software including Synchro/SimTraffic, Vissim, TransModeler, HCS, or other similar platforms are desired
  
  
  

Other Requirements:

• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.
  
  
  

Base Compensation: $94,000/yr - $120,000/yr

(Actual compensation is subject to variation due to such factors as education, experience, skillset, and/or location)

This posting will be active from: 04/28/2025 - 08/30/2025

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Construction and Civil Engineering

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