Traffic Safety EIT

®; Coral Gables (FL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec in Florida is seeking a full-time, entry-level Transportation Engineer to join our Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering team. The role focuses on building foundational skills in data preparation, analysis, and presentation while contributing to transportation planning projects across Miami area locations including Coral Gables.

You will work with a supportive team, gain mentor guidance, and develop essential design and communication abilities through projects that emphasize

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited program.
• Masters degree preferred but not required.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform traffic forecasting and operations analysis on projects.
• Assist with data compilation, analysis, and technical reporting.
• Support safety studies, concept development, and documentation.
• Collaborate with project team on planning and design tasks.

Skills

Traffic analysis

Team collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

ArcGIS

Synchro

Excel

Job description

Your Opportunity

Stantec's Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering team in Florida is growing based on recent project wins and is seeking a full-time, entry-level Transportation Engineer to join the team.

Our Lake Mary, Tampa, Coral Gables, and Sarasota team currently consists of a dozen professionals who are passionate about traffic and safety engineering and excited to provide mentorship to new problem solvers.

As an entry-level engineer, you will build foundational skills in data preparation, analysis, and presentation, as well as effective communication, time management, critical thinking, and problem-solving. You will support transportation planning and engineering projects of varying size and complexity.

Your Key Responsibilities

Typical projects include:

• Transportation impact assessments.
• Access, circulation, and parking studies.
• Safety action planning.
• Safety engineering studies and conceptual design.

Major components of these projects include:

• Performs traffic forecasting and traffic operations analysis.
• Supports safety network screening, site diagnosis, countermeasure selection, and economic appraisal using historical, predictive, and systemic safety analysis methods.
• Participates in field reviews.
• Assists with concept development, including signing, striping, signalization, and channelization elements based on State (FDOT) and Federal (FHWA) standards and guidance.
• Supports the development and preparation of technical documentation, including graphics, memorandums, reports, and presentations.
• Collaborates with project team members on transportation planning, traffic engineering, and safety-related assignments.
• Assists with data preparation, analysis, and presentation for projects of varying size and complexity.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Highly motivated individual with a genuine curiosity for traffic and safety engineering and planning.
• Effective communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and time management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a project team environment.
• Novice to intermediate experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Fundamental to novice experience with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), and Highway Safety Manual (HSM) preferred.
• Fundamental to novice experience with Synchro and ArcGIS preferred.
• Engineer Intern (EI) or Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification, or the ability and willingness to obtain certification within 12 months of the date of hire.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited institution by date of hire.
• Master's degree in Civil Engineering or a related field from an accredited institution preferred.

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all of the preferred qualifications.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required of the employee, and other duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed at any time with or without notice.

About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what's previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what's possible.

Primary Location: United States | FL | Lake Mary
Other Locations: United States | FL | Coral Gables
Organization: BC-2382 CommDev-US South
Employee Status: Regular
Management Level: Entry Level
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: No
Schedule: Full time

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.