Traffic Staff Engineer

Dewberry Engineers Incorporated; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work option

Job summary

Dewberry Engineers Incorporated is seeking a Traffic Staff Engineer in North Carolina with a focus on traffic design and analyses. You will contribute to multi-project transportation work across Raleigh and Charlotte offices, handling signing, signaling, ITS, and traffic operations tasks.

The role emphasizes collaboration with a growing team, client engagement, and ongoing professional development, with hybrid work considered for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Professional Engineer license preferred; NC PE within 3 months is desirable.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in traffic engineering.
• Experience in traffic design plans for state DOT or municipalities.
• Knowledge of state and municipal policies, standards and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative traffic solutions for diverse roadway projects.
• Engage in client management and relationship-building.
• Represent the firm at industry events and conferences.
• Develop new areas of expertise and diversify the talent base.

Skills

Traffic engineering

Project management

Client relations

Communication

Education

BS degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

MicroStation

ORD

Civil3D

Synchro/SimTraffic

HCS

VISSIM

SIDRA

Microsoft Office

Job description

Traffic Staff Engineer

Job Location: US-NC-Raleigh | US-NC-Charlotte

Join our dynamic and expanding transportation team as a Traffic Staff Engineer, where you'll play a key role as part of a growing and developing practice in delivering innovative solutions for complex transportation challenges. We're seeking a skilled professional with expertise in traffic design and analyses which includes work zone traffic control, signing and pavement marking, traffic signal design, ITS design, roadway lighting, and traffic operations analysis and simulation. The ideal candidate does not need to be proficient in all areas, but at least one to two of the areas listed. This position is available in all NC offices: Raleigh or Charlotte. Hybrid work would be acceptable for the right candidate.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you're an experienced professional or a new graduate, you'll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the frontier of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call "Dewberry at Work," that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

In this role, you'll contribute to the Carolinas Traffic Team and impactful transportation projects by:

• Developing creative, effective traffic solutions for diverse roadway and multi-modal projects.
• Engaging in client management and relationship-building.
• Representing the firm through presentations at industry events and conferences.
• Developing new areas of expertise and diversifying your own talent base.

You'll be part of a growing traffic engineering team embedded in our southeast transportation group, supporting a diverse portfolio of DOT and municipal projects. If you're looking to make a difference and advance your career in traffic engineering, we'd love to hear from you

Required Skills & Required Experience

• BS degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Preferred to have Professional Engineer license, with ability to obtain NC PE within 3 months.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in traffic engineering.
• Project or Task Management experience is preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of state and municipal policies, standards, specifications, and guidelines desired.
• Experience preparing traffic engineering design plans for a state DOT or municipality.
• Additional experience in one or more of the following traffic engineering subdisciplines is desired:
  • Preparing traffic management plans and temporary traffic control plans
  • Traffic signal design, closed-loop signal system design, and ITS design;
  • Experience preparing signing and pavement marking plans;
  • Traffic analyses using software such as Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, VISSIM, SIDRA.
  • ITS and Lighting design for major roadway projects
• Excellent communication, presentation, writing and organizational skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Experience using MicroStation, ORD, or Civil3D is preferred.

Don't meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees. So if you're excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry's background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.